diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java
index 3c42d5a5c..46d3d6f97 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipLimitStepFactoryBean.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class SkipLimitStepFactoryBean extends SimpleStepFactoryBean {
 								.getStepSkipCount())) {
 							// increment skip count and try again
 							contribution.incrementTemporaryReadSkipCount();
-							listener.onSkipInRead(e);
+							onSkipInRead(e);
 							logger.debug("Skipping failed input", e);
 						} else {
 							// re-throw only when the skip policy runs out of
@@ -435,6 +435,16 @@ public class SkipLimitStepFactoryBean extends SimpleStepFactoryBean {
 			});
 			retryOperations.execute(retryCallback);
 		}
+		
+		private void onSkipInRead(Exception e){
+			
+			try{
+				listener.onSkipInRead(e);
+			}
+			catch(Exception ex){
+				logger.debug("Error in SkipListener onSkipInReader encountered and ignored.", ex);
+			}
+		}
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipIntegrationTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..618bf2437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/SkipIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,253 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.batch.core.step.item;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.ItemReadListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.SkipListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.StepListener;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.job.JobSupport;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.AbstractJobDaoTests;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.MapJobExecutionDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.MapJobInstanceDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.MapStepExecutionDao;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.support.JobRepositoryFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.AbstractStep;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.support.AbstractBufferedItemReaderItemStream;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.support.AbstractItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests;
+import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author Lucas Ward
+ * 
+ */
+public class SkipIntegrationTests extends AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests {
+
+	private List processed = new ArrayList();
+	private int skipCount = 0;
+
+	private SkipLimitStepFactoryBean step;
+
+	private Job job;
+
+	private PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager;
+
+	private DataSource dataSource;
+
+	private JobRepository jobRepository;
+
+	/**
+	 * Public setter for the PlatformTransactionManager.
+	 * @param transactionManager the transactionManager to set
+	 */
+	public void setTransactionManager(PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager) {
+		this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Public setter for the DataSource.
+	 * @param dataSource the dataSource to set
+	 */
+	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+		this.dataSource = dataSource;
+	}
+
+	protected void onSetUp() throws Exception {
+		MapJobInstanceDao.clear();
+		MapStepExecutionDao.clear();
+		MapJobExecutionDao.clear();
+
+		JobRepositoryFactoryBean jobRepositoryFactoryBean = new JobRepositoryFactoryBean();
+		jobRepositoryFactoryBean.setDatabaseType("hsql");
+		jobRepositoryFactoryBean.setDataSource(dataSource);
+		jobRepositoryFactoryBean.setTransactionManager(transactionManager);
+		jobRepositoryFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
+		jobRepository = (JobRepository) jobRepositoryFactoryBean.getObject();
+
+		step = new SkipLimitStepFactoryBean();
+		step.setJobRepository(jobRepository);
+		step.setTransactionManager(transactionManager);
+		step.setBeanName("skipTest");
+		step.setCommitInterval(3);
+		step.setSkipLimit(10);
+		step.setSkippableExceptionClasses(new Class[]{ Exception.class });
+
+		job = new JobSupport("FOO");
+
+		step.setTransactionManager(transactionManager);
+
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.test.AbstractSingleSpringContextTests#getConfigLocations()
+	 */
+	protected String[] getConfigLocations() {
+		return new String[] { ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(AbstractJobDaoTests.class, "sql-dao-test.xml") };
+	}
+
+	public void testSkip() throws Exception{
+		
+		step.setItemReader(new FooReader());
+		step.setItemWriter(new ItemWriterStub());
+		
+		JobExecution jobExecution = jobRepository.createJobExecution(job, 
+				new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("time", new Long(System.currentTimeMillis())).toJobParameters());
+		StepExecution stepExecution = new StepExecution(step.getName(), jobExecution);
+		
+		AbstractStep abstractStep = (AbstractStep)step.getObject();
+		abstractStep.execute(stepExecution);
+		
+		Iterator it = processed.iterator();
+		assertEquals(0, nextFooId(it));
+		assertEquals(1, nextFooId(it));
+		assertEquals(3, nextFooId(it));
+		assertEquals(4, nextFooId(it));
+		assertEquals(5, nextFooId(it));
+		assertEquals(7, nextFooId(it));
+		assertEquals(8, nextFooId(it));
+	}
+	
+	private int nextFooId(Iterator it){
+		return ((Foo)it.next()).getId();
+	}
+	
+	public void testSkipListener() throws Exception{
+		
+		skipCount = 0;
+		
+		SkipListener listener = new SkipListener(){
+
+			public void onSkipInRead(Throwable t) {
+				skipCount++;
+			}
+
+			public void onSkipInWrite(Object item, Throwable t) {}
+		};
+		
+		step.setListeners(new StepListener[]{listener});
+		
+		testSkip();
+		
+		assertEquals(3, skipCount);
+	}
+	
+	public void testExceptionInSkipListener() throws Exception{
+		
+		skipCount = 0;
+		
+		SkipListener listener = new SkipListener(){
+
+			public void onSkipInRead(Throwable t) {
+				throw new RuntimeException();
+			}
+
+			public void onSkipInWrite(Object item, Throwable t) {}
+		};
+		
+		step.setListeners(new StepListener[]{listener});
+		
+		try{
+			testSkip();
+		}
+		catch(RuntimeException e){
+			//expected
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public void testExceptionInItemReadListener() throws Exception{
+		
+		skipCount = 0;
+		
+		ItemReadListener listener = new ItemReadListener(){
+
+			public void afterRead(Object item) {}
+
+			public void beforeRead() {}
+
+			public void onReadError(Exception ex) {
+				throw new RuntimeException();
+			}
+		};
+		
+		step.setListeners(new StepListener[]{listener});
+		
+		testSkip();
+	} 
+
+	private class FooReader extends AbstractBufferedItemReaderItemStream{
+
+		int fooCounter = 0;
+		
+		public FooReader() {
+			super.setName("fooReader");
+		}
+		
+		protected Object doRead() throws Exception {
+			if(fooCounter == 10){
+				return null;
+			}
+			else if( fooCounter == 2 || fooCounter == 6 || fooCounter == 9){
+				fooCounter++;
+				throw new Exception();
+			}
+			else{
+				return new Foo(fooCounter++);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		protected void doClose() throws Exception {}
+
+		protected void doOpen() throws Exception {}
+	}
+	
+	private class Foo{
+		
+		final int id;
+		
+		public Foo(int id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+		
+		public String toString() {
+			return "Foo " + id;
+		}
+		
+		public int getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private class ItemWriterStub extends AbstractItemWriter{
+
+		public void write(Object item) throws Exception {
+			processed.add(item);
+		}
+		
+	}
+}