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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88fa4027bd
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+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/App.config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
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index 0000000000..d9630eef58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/App.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Application xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui">
+  <Application.Styles>
+    <StyleInclude Source="resm:Avalonia.Themes.Default.DefaultTheme.xaml?assembly=Avalonia.Themes.Default"/>
+    <StyleInclude Source="resm:Avalonia.Themes.Default.Accents.BaseLight.xaml?assembly=Avalonia.Themes.Default"/>
+  </Application.Styles>
+</Application>
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diff --git a/samples/VirtualizationTest/App.xaml.cs b/samples/VirtualizationTest/App.xaml.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14ab5b3f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/App.xaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
+
+namespace VirtualizationTest
+{
+    public class App : Application
+    {
+        public override void Initialize()
+        {
+            AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/VirtualizationTest/MainWindow.xaml b/samples/VirtualizationTest/MainWindow.xaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fd25eb176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<Window xmlns="https://github.com/avaloniaui"
+        Title="Avalonia Virtualization Test">
+    <DockPanel LastChildFill="True" Margin="16">
+        <StackPanel DockPanel.Dock="Right" Margin="16 0 0 0">
+            <TextBox Watermark="Item Count"
+                     UseFloatingWatermark="True"
+                     Text="{Binding ItemCount}"/>
+        </StackPanel>
+
+        <ListBox Items="{Binding Items}">
+            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
+                <DataTemplate>
+                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Header}"/>
+                </DataTemplate>
+            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
+        </ListBox>
+    </DockPanel>
+</Window>
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diff --git a/samples/VirtualizationTest/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/samples/VirtualizationTest/MainWindow.xaml.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..952383dffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
+using VirtualizationTest.ViewModels;
+
+namespace VirtualizationTest
+{
+    public class MainWindow : Window
+    {
+        public MainWindow()
+        {
+            this.InitializeComponent();
+            this.AttachDevTools();
+            DataContext = new MainWindowViewModel();
+        }
+
+        private void InitializeComponent()
+        {
+            AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/VirtualizationTest/Program.cs b/samples/VirtualizationTest/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bbf01f428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+
+namespace VirtualizationTest
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            AppBuilder.Configure<App>()
+               .UseWin32()
+               .UseDirect2D1()
+               .Start<MainWindow>();
+        }
+    }
+}
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6af64555b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("VirtualizationTest")]
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+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("VirtualizationTest")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2016")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
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+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
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+
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+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version 
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0cf69c23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/ViewModels/ItemViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace VirtualizationTest.ViewModels
+{
+    internal class ItemViewModel
+    {
+        private int _index;
+
+        public ItemViewModel(int index)
+        {
+            _index = index;
+        }
+
+        public string Header => $"Item {_index}";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/VirtualizationTest/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/samples/VirtualizationTest/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..916568f7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using ReactiveUI;
+
+namespace VirtualizationTest.ViewModels
+{
+    internal class MainWindowViewModel : ReactiveObject
+    {
+        private int _itemCount = 200;
+
+        public MainWindowViewModel()
+        {
+            this.WhenAnyValue(x => x.ItemCount).Subscribe(ResizeItems);
+        }
+
+        public int ItemCount
+        {
+            get { return _itemCount; }
+            set { this.RaiseAndSetIfChanged(ref _itemCount, value); }
+        }
+
+        public IReactiveList<ItemViewModel> Items { get; private set; }
+
+        private void ResizeItems(int count)
+        {
+            if (Items == null)
+            {
+                var items = Enumerable.Range(0, count).Select(x => new ItemViewModel(x));
+                Items = new ReactiveList<ItemViewModel>(items);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbe5882de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/VirtualizationTest.csproj
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+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProjectGuid>{FBCAF3D0-2808-4934-8E96-3F607594517B}</ProjectGuid>
+    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>VirtualizationTest</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>VirtualizationTest</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
+    <AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>true</AutoGenerateBindingRedirects>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
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+    <PlatformTarget>AnyCPU</PlatformTarget>
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
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+    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
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+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <StartupObject />
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Splat, Version=1.6.2.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
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+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
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+      <Private>True</Private>
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+    <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f744eecae0
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@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<ProjectConfiguration>
+  <AutoDetectNugetBuildDependencies>true</AutoDetectNugetBuildDependencies>
+  <BuildPriority>1000</BuildPriority>
+  <CopyReferencedAssembliesToWorkspace>false</CopyReferencedAssembliesToWorkspace>
+  <ConsiderInconclusiveTestsAsPassing>false</ConsiderInconclusiveTestsAsPassing>
+  <PreloadReferencedAssemblies>false</PreloadReferencedAssemblies>
+  <AllowDynamicCodeContractChecking>true</AllowDynamicCodeContractChecking>
+  <AllowStaticCodeContractChecking>false</AllowStaticCodeContractChecking>
+  <AllowCodeAnalysis>false</AllowCodeAnalysis>
+  <IgnoreThisComponentCompletely>true</IgnoreThisComponentCompletely>
+  <RunPreBuildEvents>false</RunPreBuildEvents>
+  <RunPostBuildEvents>false</RunPostBuildEvents>
+  <PreviouslyBuiltSuccessfully>true</PreviouslyBuiltSuccessfully>
+  <InstrumentAssembly>true</InstrumentAssembly>
+  <PreventSigningOfAssembly>false</PreventSigningOfAssembly>
+  <AnalyseExecutionTimes>true</AnalyseExecutionTimes>
+  <DetectStackOverflow>true</DetectStackOverflow>
+  <IncludeStaticReferencesInWorkspace>true</IncludeStaticReferencesInWorkspace>
+  <DefaultTestTimeout>60000</DefaultTestTimeout>
+  <UseBuildConfiguration></UseBuildConfiguration>
+  <UseBuildPlatform></UseBuildPlatform>
+  <ProxyProcessPath></ProxyProcessPath>
+  <UseCPUArchitecture>AutoDetect</UseCPUArchitecture>
+  <MSTestThreadApartmentState>STA</MSTestThreadApartmentState>
+  <BuildProcessArchitecture>x86</BuildProcessArchitecture>
+</ProjectConfiguration>
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diff --git a/samples/VirtualizationTest/packages.config b/samples/VirtualizationTest/packages.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9613b3fccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/VirtualizationTest/packages.config
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Rx-Core" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="Rx-Interfaces" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="Rx-Linq" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="Rx-Main" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="Rx-PlatformServices" version="2.2.5" targetFramework="net452" />
+  <package id="Splat" version="1.6.2" targetFramework="net452" />
+</packages>
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diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ItemVirtualizerSimple.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ItemVirtualizerSimple.cs
index a5e04ad6d5..d938153d3c 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ItemVirtualizerSimple.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Presenters/ItemVirtualizerSimple.cs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Presenters
             var generator = Owner.ItemContainerGenerator;
             var panel = VirtualizingPanel;
 
-            if (!panel.IsFull)
+            if (!panel.IsFull && Items != null)
             {
                 var index = LastIndex + 1;
                 var items = Items.Cast<object>().Skip(index);