diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java
index 5ede4bd..6264749 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/dom/org/eclipse/jdt/core/dom/ASTConverter.java
@@ -3398,7 +3398,9 @@
 //{ObjectTeams: handle BaseConstructorMessageSend. Note: might be unresolvable, i.e. incomplete rhs!
         if (statement instanceof org.eclipse.objectteams.otdt.internal.core.compiler.ast.BaseAllocationExpression) {
             BaseConstructorInvocation invocation = convert((org.eclipse.objectteams.otdt.internal.core.compiler.ast.BaseAllocationExpression) statement);
-            return this.ast.newExpressionStatement(invocation);
+            ExpressionStatement expressionStatement = this.ast.newExpressionStatement(invocation);
+            expressionStatement.setSourceRange(invocation.getStartPosition(), invocation.getLength());
+			return expressionStatement;
         }
 //carp}
 		if (statement instanceof org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.ast.Block) {
diff --git a/testplugins/org.eclipse.objectteams.otdt.ui.tests.dom/src/org/eclipse/objectteams/otdt/ui/tests/dom/converter/BaseConstructorInvocationTest.java b/testplugins/org.eclipse.objectteams.otdt.ui.tests.dom/src/org/eclipse/objectteams/otdt/ui/tests/dom/converter/BaseConstructorInvocationTest.java
index bbe3382..27123b5 100644
--- a/testplugins/org.eclipse.objectteams.otdt.ui.tests.dom/src/org/eclipse/objectteams/otdt/ui/tests/dom/converter/BaseConstructorInvocationTest.java
+++ b/testplugins/org.eclipse.objectteams.otdt.ui.tests.dom/src/org/eclipse/objectteams/otdt/ui/tests/dom/converter/BaseConstructorInvocationTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 public class BaseConstructorInvocationTest extends FileBasedDOMTest
 {
     public static final String TEST_PROJECT = "DOM_AST";
-	private static final int JAVA_LANGUAGE_SPEC_LEVEL = AST.JLS14;
+	private static final int JAVA_LANGUAGE_SPEC_LEVEL = AST.JLS20;
 
     private TypeDeclaration _typeDecl;
 	private TypeDeclaration _role;
@@ -236,4 +236,14 @@
         assertNotNull(actual);
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
+   
+    public void testSourceRange() {
+        RoleTypeDeclaration role = _typeDecl.getRoles()[0];
+        MethodDeclaration constructor = role.getMethods()[1];
+
+        _testObj = getBaseConstructorInvocation(constructor);
+        ExpressionStatement stm = (ExpressionStatement) _testObj.getParent();
+        assertEquals("expected source position", 270, stm.getStartPosition());
+        assertEquals("expected source length", 4, stm.getLength());    	
+    }
 }