diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory.java
index dd3d4cc07..ad369a0de 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory.java
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory implements ApplicationContext
 			super.customizeBeanFactory(beanFactory);
 			if (parentBeanFactory != null) {
 				ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory.this.prepareBeanFactory(parentBeanFactory, beanFactory);
+				for (Class<? extends BeanFactoryPostProcessor> cls : beanFactoryPostProcessorClasses) {
+					for (String name : parent.getBeanNamesForType(cls)) {
+						beanFactory.registerSingleton(name, ((BeanFactoryPostProcessor) parent.getBean(name)));
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -245,10 +250,10 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory implements ApplicationContext
 		protected Resource[] getConfigResources() {
 			return new Resource[] { resource };
 		}
-		
+
 		@Override
 		public String toString() {
-			return "ResourceXmlApplicationContext:"+getId();
+			return "ResourceXmlApplicationContext:" + getId();
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -256,10 +261,7 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory implements ApplicationContext
 	/**
 	 * Extension point for special subclasses that want to do more complex
 	 * things with the context prior to refresh. The default implementation
-	 * copies bean factory post processors according to the values requested.
-	 * The bean factory for the context will be available if needed through
-	 * {@link ConfigurableApplicationContext#getBeanFactory()
-	 * context.getBeanFactory()}.
+	 * does nothing.
 	 * 
 	 * @param parent the parent for the new application context
 	 * @param context the new application context before it is refreshed, but
@@ -268,11 +270,6 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory implements ApplicationContext
 	 * @see ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactory#setBeanFactoryPostProcessorClasses(Class[])
 	 */
 	protected void prepareContext(ConfigurableApplicationContext parent, ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
-		for (Class<? extends BeanFactoryPostProcessor> cls : beanFactoryPostProcessorClasses) {
-			for (String name : parent.getBeanNamesForType(cls)) {
-				context.addBeanFactoryPostProcessor((BeanFactoryPostProcessor) parent.getBean(name));
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactoryTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactoryTests.java
index 7e545d97b..8d22a6326 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactoryTests.java
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ public class ClassPathXmlApplicationContextFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(4, ((Foo) context.getBean("foo", Foo.class)).values[1], 0.01);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testBeanFactoryPostProcessorOrderRespected() {
+		factory.setApplicationContext(new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(
+				getClass(), "parent-context.xml")));
+		factory.setResource(new ClassPathResource(ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(),
+				"placeholder-context.xml")));
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = factory.createApplicationContext();
+		assertEquals("test-job", context.getBeanNamesForType(Job.class)[0]);
+		assertEquals("spam", ((Job) context.getBean("test-job", Job.class)).getName());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testBeanFactoryPostProcessorsNotCopied() {
 		factory.setApplicationContext(new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/parent-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/parent-context.xml
index c88fec662..83a1035e3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/parent-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/parent-context.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 	<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
 		<property name="properties" value="foo=bar" />
+		<property name="order" value="1"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer">
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/placeholder-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/placeholder-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13c3dfe96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/support/placeholder-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" 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/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="test-job" class="org.springframework.batch.core.job.JobSupport">
+		<property name="name" value="${bar}" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="unique" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
+		<property name="properties" value="bar=spam" />
+		<property name="order" value="0"/>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>