diff --git a/src/test/storm/transformer/EndComponentEliminatorTest.cpp b/src/test/storm/transformer/EndComponentEliminatorTest.cpp
index 972f4d812..087310183 100644
--- a/src/test/storm/transformer/EndComponentEliminatorTest.cpp
+++ b/src/test/storm/transformer/EndComponentEliminatorTest.cpp
@@ -51,32 +51,91 @@ TEST(NeutralECRemover, SimpleModelTest) {
     
     auto res = storm::transformer::EndComponentEliminator<double>::transform(matrix, subsystem, possibleEcRows, allowEmptyRows);
     
+
     // Expected data
+    // State 0 is a singleton EC that is replaced by state 2
+    // States 1,4 build an EC that will be eliminated and replaced by state 1.
+    // State 2 is not part of the subsystem and thus disregarded
+    // State 3 is the only state that is kept as it is (except of the transition to 2) and will now be represented by state 0
     storm::storage::SparseMatrixBuilder<double> expectedBuilder(8, 3, 8, true, true, 3);
     ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.newRowGroup(0));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(0, 2, 1.0));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(0, 1, 1.0));
     ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(2, 0, 1.0));
     ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.newRowGroup(3));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(3, 0, 0.4));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(3, 2, 0.5));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.newRowGroup(5));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(3, 0, 0.3));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(3, 1, 0.7));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(4, 1, 1.0));
     ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(5, 0, 1.0));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(6, 0, 0.3));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(6, 2, 0.7));
-    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(7, 2, 1.0));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.newRowGroup(6));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(6, 0, 0.4));
+    ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedBuilder.addNextValue(6, 1, 0.5));
     storm::storage::SparseMatrix<double> expectedMatrix;
     ASSERT_NO_THROW(expectedMatrix = expectedBuilder.build());
+    std::vector<uint_fast64_t> expectedNewToOldRowMapping = {6,7,8,2,3,11,1,0};
+    std::vector<uint_fast64_t> expectedOldToNewStateMapping = {2,1,std::numeric_limits<uint_fast64_t>::max(), 0, 1};
     
-    std::vector<uint_fast64_t> expectedNewToOldRowMapping = {6,7,8,1,0,11,2,3};
-    
-    std::vector<uint_fast64_t> expectedOldToNewStateMapping = {1,2,std::numeric_limits<uint_fast64_t>::max(), 0, 2};
+    //std::cout << "Original matrix:" << std::endl << matrix << std::endl << std::endl << "Computation Result: " << std::endl << res.matrix << std::endl<< std::endl << "expected Matrix" << std::endl<< expectedMatrix << std::endl;
     
     // Note that there are other possible solutions that yield equivalent matrices / vectors.
     // In particular, the ordering within the row groups depends on the MEC decomposition implementation.
-    // However, this is not checked here...
-    EXPECT_EQ(expectedMatrix, res.matrix);
-    EXPECT_EQ(expectedNewToOldRowMapping, res.newToOldRowMapping);
-    EXPECT_EQ(expectedOldToNewStateMapping, res.oldToNewStateMapping);
-    //std::cout << "Original matrix:" << std::endl << matrix << std::endl << std::endl << "Computation Result: " << std::endl << res.matrix << std::endl<< std::endl << "expected Matrix" << std::endl<< expectedMatrix << std::endl;
+    // Hence, we can not do this:
+    // EXPECT_EQ(expectedMatrix, res.matrix);
+    // EXPECT_EQ(expectedNewToOldRowMapping, res.newToOldRowMapping);
+    // EXPECT_EQ(expectedOldToNewStateMapping, res.oldToNewStateMapping);
+    
+    // Instead, we try to find a mapping from the actual solution to the expected solution
+    EXPECT_EQ(expectedMatrix.getRowCount(), res.matrix.getRowCount());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expectedMatrix.getRowGroupCount(), res.matrix.getRowGroupCount());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expectedMatrix.getColumnCount(), res.matrix.getColumnCount());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expectedNewToOldRowMapping.size(), res.newToOldRowMapping.size());
+    EXPECT_EQ(expectedOldToNewStateMapping.size(), res.oldToNewStateMapping.size());
+    
+    std::vector<uint64_t> actualToExpectedStateMapping(res.matrix.getRowGroupCount());
+    for (uint64_t oldState = 0; oldState < expectedOldToNewStateMapping.size(); ++oldState) {
+        uint64_t expectedNewState = expectedOldToNewStateMapping[oldState];
+        uint64_t actualNewState = res.oldToNewStateMapping[oldState];
+        ASSERT_EQ(actualNewState < std::numeric_limits<uint_fast64_t>::max(), expectedNewState < std::numeric_limits<uint_fast64_t>::max()) << " Mapping does not match for oldState " << oldState;
+        actualToExpectedStateMapping[actualNewState] = expectedNewState;
+    }
+    std::vector<uint64_t> actualToExpectedRowMapping;
+    for (uint64_t actualRow = 0; actualRow < res.matrix.getRowCount(); ++actualRow) {
+        bool found = false;
+        for (uint64_t expectedRow = 0; expectedRow < expectedMatrix.getRowCount(); ++expectedRow) {
+            if (res.newToOldRowMapping[actualRow] == expectedNewToOldRowMapping[expectedRow]) {
+                actualToExpectedRowMapping.push_back(expectedRow);
+                EXPECT_FALSE(found) << "Found multiple matching rows";
+                found = true;
+            }
+        }
+        EXPECT_TRUE(found) << "Could not find matching expected row for result row " << actualRow;
+    }
+    
+    for (uint64_t oldState = 0; oldState < expectedOldToNewStateMapping.size(); ++oldState) {
+        uint64_t expectedNewState = expectedOldToNewStateMapping[oldState];
+        uint64_t actualNewState = res.oldToNewStateMapping[oldState];
+        if (actualNewState < std::numeric_limits<uint_fast64_t>::max()) {
+            for (uint64_t actualRow = res.matrix.getRowGroupIndices()[actualNewState]; actualRow < res.matrix.getRowGroupIndices()[actualNewState + 1]; ++actualRow) {
+                uint64_t expectedRow = actualToExpectedRowMapping[actualRow];
+                EXPECT_EQ(res.newToOldRowMapping[actualRow], expectedNewToOldRowMapping[expectedRow]);
+                // Check whether the expectedRow belongs to the row group of the expectedState
+                EXPECT_GE(expectedRow, expectedMatrix.getRowGroupIndices()[expectedNewState]);
+                EXPECT_LT(expectedRow, expectedMatrix.getRowGroupIndices()[expectedNewState + 1]);
+                // Check whether the two rows are equal
+                EXPECT_EQ(expectedMatrix.getRow(expectedRow).getNumberOfEntries(), res.matrix.getRow(actualRow).getNumberOfEntries());
+                for (auto const& expectedEntry : expectedMatrix.getRow(expectedRow)) {
+                    bool foundEqualEntry = false;
+                    for (auto const& actualEntry : res.matrix.getRow(actualRow)) {
+                        if (expectedEntry.getValue() == actualEntry.getValue() && expectedEntry.getColumn() == actualToExpectedStateMapping[actualEntry.getColumn()]) {
+                            EXPECT_FALSE(foundEqualEntry) << "Found multiple equal entries.";
+                            foundEqualEntry = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    EXPECT_TRUE(foundEqualEntry) << "Could not matching entry for expected entry'" << expectedEntry.getValue() << " (row " << expectedRow << ", column " << expectedEntry.getColumn() << "). Was searching at row " << actualRow << " of actual matrix " << std::endl << res.matrix << ".";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }
+    
     
 }