diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests.java
index 20bfbf299..d86179d12 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.batch.core.resource;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -28,7 +27,14 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.job.AbstractJob;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobLauncher;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowCallbackHandler;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
@@ -38,16 +44,18 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 /**
  * @author Lucas Ward
- *
+ * 
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(locations = "/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/data-source-context.xml")
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = {
+		"/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests-context.xml",
+		"/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/data-source-context.xml" })
 public class ListPreparedStatementSetterTests {
 
 	ListPreparedStatementSetter pss;
 
 	StepExecution stepExecution;
-	
+
 	private SimpleJdbcTemplate simpleJdbcTemplate;
 
 	@Autowired
@@ -55,42 +63,82 @@ public class ListPreparedStatementSetterTests {
 		this.simpleJdbcTemplate = new SimpleJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
 	}
 
+	@Autowired
+	private AbstractJob job;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobLauncher jobLauncher;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private FooStoringItemWriter fooStoringItemWriter;
+
 	@Before
 	public void onSetUpInTransaction() throws Exception {
-		
+
 		pss = new ListPreparedStatementSetter();
 		List<Long> parameters = new ArrayList<Long>();
 		parameters.add(1L);
 		parameters.add(4L);
 		pss.setParameters(parameters);
 	}
-	
-	@Transactional @Test
-	public void testSetValues(){
-		
+
+	@Transactional
+	@Test
+	public void testSetValues() {
+
 		final List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>();
-		simpleJdbcTemplate.getJdbcOperations().query(
-				"SELECT NAME from T_FOOS where ID > ? and ID < ?",
-				pss,
-				new RowCallbackHandler(){
+		simpleJdbcTemplate.getJdbcOperations().query("SELECT NAME from T_FOOS where ID > ? and ID < ?", pss,
+				new RowCallbackHandler() {
 					public void processRow(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException {
 						results.add(rs.getString(1));
-					}});
-		
+					}
+				});
+
 		assertEquals(2, results.size());
 		assertEquals("bar2", results.get(0));
 		assertEquals("bar3", results.get(1));
 	}
-	
-	@Transactional @Test
-	public void testAfterPropertiesSet() throws Exception{
-		try{
-			pss.setParameters(null);
-			pss.afterPropertiesSet();
-			fail();
+
+	@Transactional
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	public void testAfterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		pss.setParameters(null);
+		pss.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testXmlConfiguration() throws Exception {
+		this.simpleJdbcTemplate.update("create table FOO (ID integer, NAME varchar(40), VALUE integer)");
+		try {
+			this.simpleJdbcTemplate.update("insert into FOO values (?,?,?)", 0, "zero", 0);
+			this.simpleJdbcTemplate.update("insert into FOO values (?,?,?)", 1, "one", 1);
+			this.simpleJdbcTemplate.update("insert into FOO values (?,?,?)", 2, "two", 2);
+
+			JobParameters params = new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("start.id", 1L).toJobParameters();
+			JobExecution jobExecution = this.jobLauncher.run(this.job, params);
+			assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, jobExecution.getStatus());
+
+			List<Foo> foos = fooStoringItemWriter.getFoos();
+			assertEquals(2, foos.size());
+			System.err.println(foos.get(0));
+			System.err.println(foos.get(1));
+			assertEquals(new Foo(1, "one", 1), foos.get(0));
+			assertEquals(new Foo(2, "two", 2), foos.get(1));
 		}
-		catch(IllegalArgumentException ex){
-			//expected
+		finally {
+			this.simpleJdbcTemplate.update("drop table FOO");
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static class FooStoringItemWriter implements ItemWriter<Foo> {
+		private List<Foo> foos = new ArrayList<Foo>();
+
+		public void write(List<? extends Foo> items) throws Exception {
+			foos.addAll(items);
+		}
+
+		public List<Foo> getFoos() {
+			return foos;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..473c5c090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/ListPreparedStatementSetterTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" 
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" 
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<job id="pssJob">
+		<step id="step1">
+			<tasklet>
+				<chunk reader="reader" writer="writer" commit-interval="1"/>
+			</tasklet>
+		</step>
+	</job>
+	
+	<job-repository id="jobRepository"/>
+
+	<beans:bean id="jobLauncher" class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher">
+		<beans:property name="jobRepository" ref="jobRepository" />
+	</beans:bean>
+
+	<beans:bean id="reader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcCursorItemReader">
+		<beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
+		<beans:property name="sql" value="select ID, NAME, VALUE from FOO where ID >= ?"/>
+		<beans:property name="preparedStatementSetter" ref="pss"/>
+		<beans:property name="rowMapper">
+			<beans:bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.resource.FooRowMapper"/>
+		</beans:property>
+	</beans:bean>
+
+	<beans:bean id="pss" class="org.springframework.batch.core.resource.ListPreparedStatementSetter" scope="step">
+		<beans:property name="parameters">
+			<beans:value>#{jobParameters[start.id]}</beans:value>
+		</beans:property>
+	</beans:bean>
+
+	<beans:bean id="writer" class="org.springframework.batch.core.resource.ListPreparedStatementSetterTests$FooStoringItemWriter"/>
+	
+</beans:beans>
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