new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/xpconnect/tests/unit/test_bug853709.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+const Cu = Components.utils;
+
+function setupChromeSandbox() {
+  this.chromeObj = {a: 2, __exposedProps__: {a: "rw", b: "rw"} };
+  this._b = 3;
+  Object.defineProperty(chromeObj, 'b', { configurable: true,
+                                          get: function() { return _b; },
+                                          set: function(val) { _b = val; } });
+  this.chromeArr = [4, 2, 1];
+}
+
+function checkDefineThrows(sb, obj, prop, desc) {
+  var result = Cu.evalInSandbox('(function() { try { Object.defineProperty(' + obj + ', "' + prop + '", ' + desc.toSource() + '); return "nothrow"; } catch (e) { return e.toString(); }})();', sb);
+  do_check_neq(result, 'nothrow');
+  do_check_true(!!/denied/.exec(result));
+  do_check_true(result.indexOf(prop) != -1); // Make sure the prop name is in the error message.
+}
+
+function run_test() {
+  var chromeSB = new Cu.Sandbox(this);
+  var contentSB = new Cu.Sandbox('http://www.example.org');
+  Cu.evalInSandbox('(' + setupChromeSandbox.toSource() + ')()', chromeSB);
+  contentSB.chromeObj = chromeSB.chromeObj;
+  contentSB.chromeArr = chromeSB.chromeArr;
+
+  do_check_eq(Cu.evalInSandbox('chromeObj.a', contentSB), 2);
+  do_check_eq(Cu.evalInSandbox('chromeObj.b', contentSB), 3);
+  do_check_eq(Cu.evalInSandbox('chromeObj.b = 4; chromeObj.b', contentSB), 4);
+  do_check_eq(Cu.evalInSandbox('chromeArr[1]', contentSB), 2);
+
+  checkDefineThrows(contentSB, 'chromeObj', 'a', {get: function() { return 2; }});
+  checkDefineThrows(contentSB, 'chromeObj', 'a', {configurable: true, get: function() { return 2; }});
+  checkDefineThrows(contentSB, 'chromeObj', 'b', {configurable: true, get: function() { return 2; }, set: function() {}});
+  checkDefineThrows(contentSB, 'chromeArr', '1', {configurable: true, get: function() { return 2; }});
+}

--- a/js/xpconnect/tests/unit/xpcshell.ini
+++ b/js/xpconnect/tests/unit/xpcshell.ini
@@ -30,16 +30,17 @@ support-files =
 [test_bug805807.js]
 [test_bug809652.js]
 [test_bug809674.js]
 [test_bug813901.js]
 [test_bug845201.js]
 [test_bug845862.js]
 [test_bug849730.js]
 [test_bug851895.js]
+[test_bug853709.js]
 [test_bug854558.js]
 [test_bug856067.js]
 [test_bug868675.js]
 [test_bug867486.js]
 [test_bug872772.js]
 [test_bug885800.js]
 [test_bug930091.js]
 [test_bug961054.js]