diff --git a/spec/operators/multicast-spec.ts b/spec/operators/multicast-spec.ts
index 925d19215f..acc199a031 100644
--- a/spec/operators/multicast-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/operators/multicast-spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ declare const {hot, cold, asDiagram, expectObservable, expectSubscriptions, time
 
 const Observable = Rx.Observable;
 const Subject = Rx.Subject;
+const ReplaySubject = Rx.ReplaySubject;
 
 /** @test {multicast} */
 describe('Observable.prototype.multicast', () => {
@@ -89,6 +90,26 @@ describe('Observable.prototype.multicast', () => {
     expectSubscriptions(source.subscriptions).toBe(sourceSubs);
   });
 
+  it('should accept a multicast selector and respect the subject\'s messaging semantics', () => {
+    const source =     cold('-1-2-3----4-|');
+    const sourceSubs =     ['^           !',
+                            '    ^           !',
+                            '        ^           !'];
+    const multicasted = source.multicast(() => new ReplaySubject(1),
+      x => x.concat(x.takeLast(1)));
+    const expected1   =     '-1-2-3----4-(4|)';
+    const expected2   =     '    -1-2-3----4-(4|)';
+    const expected3   =     '        -1-2-3----4-(4|)';
+    const subscriber1 = hot('a|           ').mergeMapTo(multicasted);
+    const subscriber2 = hot('    b|       ').mergeMapTo(multicasted);
+    const subscriber3 = hot('        c|   ').mergeMapTo(multicasted);
+
+    expectObservable(subscriber1).toBe(expected1);
+    expectObservable(subscriber2).toBe(expected2);
+    expectObservable(subscriber3).toBe(expected3);
+    expectSubscriptions(source.subscriptions).toBe(sourceSubs);
+  });
+
   it('should do nothing if connect is not called, despite subscriptions', () => {
     const source = cold('--1-2---3-4--5-|');
     const sourceSubs = [];
diff --git a/src/operator/multicast.ts b/src/operator/multicast.ts
index f0302f17bd..de06574900 100644
--- a/src/operator/multicast.ts
+++ b/src/operator/multicast.ts
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ export class MulticastOperator<T> implements Operator<T, T> {
   constructor(private subjectFactory: () => Subject<T>,
               private selector: (source: Observable<T>) => Observable<T>) {
   }
-  call(subscriber: Subscriber<T>, self: any): any {
+  call(subscriber: Subscriber<T>, source: any): any {
     const { selector } = this;
-    const connectable = new ConnectableObservable(self.source, this.subjectFactory);
-    const subscription = selector(connectable).subscribe(subscriber);
-    subscription.add(connectable.connect());
+    const subject = this.subjectFactory();
+    const subscription = selector(subject).subscribe(subscriber);
+    subscription.add(source._subscribe(subject));
     return subscription;
   }
 }