diff --git a/library/Zend/Navigation/AbstractContainer.php b/library/Zend/Navigation/AbstractContainer.php
index ed3c213df1b..7572ccdb647 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Navigation/AbstractContainer.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Navigation/AbstractContainer.php
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ public function valid()
      */
     public function hasChildren()
     {
-        return $this->hasPages();
+        return ($this->valid() && $this->current()->hasPages());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/ContainerTest.php b/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/ContainerTest.php
index b933d34ed4f..644b1e2ae3b 100644
--- a/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/ContainerTest.php
@@ -225,6 +225,133 @@ public function testRecursiveIteration()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $actual);
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @see https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/issues/3211
+     */
+    public function testHasChildrenCompatibility()
+    {
+        $nav = new Navigation\Navigation(array(
+            array(
+                'label' => 'Page 1',
+                'uri' => '#',
+                'pages' => array(
+                    array(
+                        'label' => 'Page 1.1',
+                        'uri' => '#',
+                        'pages' => array(
+                            array(
+                                'label' => 'Page 1.1.1',
+                                'uri' => '#'
+                            ),
+                            array(
+                                'label' => 'Page 1.1.2',
+                                'uri' => '#'
+                            )
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    array(
+                        'label' => 'Page 1.2',
+                        'uri' => '#'
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'label' => 'Page 2',
+                'uri' => '#',
+                'pages' => array(
+                    array(
+                        'label' => 'Page 2.1',
+                        'uri' => '#'
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'label' => 'Page 3',
+                'uri' => '#'
+            )
+        ));
+
+        $page1 = $nav->findOneBy('label', 'Page 1');
+        $this->assertTrue($page1->hasChildren(), "page1's first child has children 1.1.1 1.1.2");
+
+        $page2 = $nav->findOneBy('label', 'Page 2');
+        $this->assertFalse($page2->hasChildren(), "page2's first child doesn't have children");
+    }
+
+    public function testDetailedRecursiveIteration()
+    {
+        $nav = new Navigation\Navigation(array(
+            array(
+                'label' => 'Page 1',
+                'uri' => '#',
+                'pages' => array(
+                    array(
+                        'label' => 'Page 1.1',
+                        'uri' => '#',
+                        'pages' => array(
+                            array(
+                                'label' => 'Page 1.1.1',
+                                'uri' => '#'
+                            ),
+                            array(
+                                'label' => 'Page 1.1.2',
+                                'uri' => '#'
+                            )
+                        )
+                    ),
+                    array(
+                        'label' => 'Page 1.2',
+                        'uri' => '#'
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'label' => 'Page 2',
+                'uri' => '#',
+                'pages' => array(
+                    array(
+                        'label' => 'Page 2.1',
+                        'uri' => '#'
+                    )
+                )
+            ),
+            array(
+                'label' => 'Page 3',
+                'uri' => '#'
+            )
+        ));
+
+        $expected = array(
+            'beginIteration',
+            'Page 1',
+            'beginChildren',
+            'Page 1.1',
+            'beginChildren',
+            'Page 1.1.1',
+            'Page 1.1.2',
+            'endChildren',
+            'Page 1.2',
+            'endChildren',
+            'Page 2',
+            'beginChildren',
+            'Page 2.1',
+            'endChildren',
+            'Page 3',
+            'endIteration',
+        );
+
+        $iterator = new TestAsset\RecursiveIteratorIterator($nav, \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);
+        $iterator->logger = array();
+        $iterator->rewind();
+        //#4517 logging with walking through RecursiveIterator
+        while ($iterator->valid()) {
+            $iterator->current();
+            $iterator->next();
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $iterator->logger);
+    }
+
     public function testSettingPageOrderShouldUpdateContainerOrder()
     {
         $nav = new Navigation\Navigation(array(
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/TestAsset/RecursiveIteratorIterator.php b/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/TestAsset/RecursiveIteratorIterator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4265f366e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Navigation/TestAsset/RecursiveIteratorIterator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Navigation\TestAsset;
+
+class RecursiveIteratorIterator extends \RecursiveIteratorIterator
+{
+    /**
+     *
+     * @var \ArrayAccess|array
+     */
+    public $logger = array();
+
+    public function beginIteration()
+    {
+        $this->logger[] = 'beginIteration';
+    }
+
+    public function endIteration()
+    {
+        $this->logger[] = 'endIteration';
+    }
+
+    public function beginChildren()
+    {
+        $this->logger[] = 'beginChildren';
+    }
+
+    public function endChildren()
+    {
+        $this->logger[] = 'endChildren';
+    }
+
+    public function current()
+    {
+        $this->logger[] = parent::current()->getLabel();
+    }
+}