diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProvider.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProvider.java
index 37829d6a3..3981de2bd 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProvider.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProvider.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class JpaNamedQueryProvider<E> extends AbstractJpaQueryProvider {
 
 	@Override
 	public Query createQuery() {
-		return getEntityManager().createNamedQuery(namedQuery, entityClass);
+		return getEntityManager().createNamedQuery(this.namedQuery, this.entityClass);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class JpaNamedQueryProvider<E> extends AbstractJpaQueryProvider {
 
 	@Override
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
-		Assert.isTrue(StringUtils.hasText(namedQuery), "Named query cannot be empty");
-		Assert.notNull(entityClass, "Entity class cannot be NULL");
+		Assert.isTrue(StringUtils.hasText(this.namedQuery), "Named query cannot be empty");
+		Assert.notNull(this.entityClass, "Entity class cannot be NULL");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReaderNamedQueryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReaderNamedQueryIntegrationTests.java
index cc780840b..eeb1e67f7 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReaderNamedQueryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReaderNamedQueryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -17,41 +17,45 @@ package org.springframework.batch.item.database;
 
 import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 
-import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
 import org.springframework.batch.item.database.orm.JpaNamedQueryProvider;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.sample.Foo;
-import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
-import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 /**
  * Integration Test for {@link JpaPagingItemReader} and {@link JpaNamedQueryProvider}.
  *
  * @author Parikshit Dutta
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  */
-public class JpaPagingItemReaderNamedQueryIntegrationTests
-		extends AbstractGenericDataSourceItemReaderIntegrationTests {
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations={"JpaPagingItemReaderParameterTests-context.xml"})
+public class JpaPagingItemReaderNamedQueryIntegrationTests extends AbstractPagingItemReaderParameterTests {
 
+	@Autowired
+	private EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory;
+	
 	@Override
-	protected ItemReader<Foo> createItemReader() throws Exception {
-		LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean factoryBean = new LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean();
-		factoryBean.setDataSource(dataSource);
-		factoryBean.setJpaVendorAdapter(new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter());
-		factoryBean.setPersistenceUnitName("bar");
-		factoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
+	protected AbstractPagingItemReader<Foo> getItemReader() throws Exception {
 
-		EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory = factoryBean.getObject();
+		String namedQuery = "foosStartingFrom2";
 
+		JpaPagingItemReader<Foo> reader = new JpaPagingItemReader<>();
+
+		//creating a named query provider as it would be created in configuration
 		JpaNamedQueryProvider<Foo> jpaNamedQueryProvider = new JpaNamedQueryProvider<>();
-		jpaNamedQueryProvider.setNamedQuery("allFoos");
+		jpaNamedQueryProvider.setNamedQuery(namedQuery);
 		jpaNamedQueryProvider.setEntityClass(Foo.class);
 		jpaNamedQueryProvider.afterPropertiesSet();
 
-		JpaPagingItemReader<Foo> inputSource = new JpaPagingItemReader<>();
-		inputSource.setEntityManagerFactory(entityManagerFactory);
-		inputSource.setQueryProvider(jpaNamedQueryProvider);
-		inputSource.afterPropertiesSet();
-		inputSource.setSaveState(true);
+		reader.setEntityManagerFactory(entityManagerFactory);
+		reader.setQueryProvider(jpaNamedQueryProvider);
+		reader.afterPropertiesSet();
+		reader.setSaveState(true);
 
-		return inputSource;
+		return reader;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JpaPagingItemReaderBuilderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JpaPagingItemReaderBuilderTests.java
index d9bea71ba..a88f0df42 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JpaPagingItemReaderBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/builder/JpaPagingItemReaderBuilderTests.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 /**
  * @author Michael Minella
  * @author Parikshit Dutta
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  */
 public class JpaPagingItemReaderBuilderTests {
 
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ public class JpaPagingItemReaderBuilderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testConfigurationQueryProvider() throws Exception {
+	public void testConfigurationNativeQueryProvider() throws Exception {
 
 		JpaNativeQueryProvider<Foo> provider = new JpaNativeQueryProvider<>();
 		provider.setEntityClass(Foo.class);
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProviderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProviderTests.java
index 84decf303..64cc04015 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProviderTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/orm/JpaNamedQueryProviderTests.java
@@ -15,15 +15,26 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.batch.item.database.orm;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.Query;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.item.sample.Foo;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * Test for {@link JpaNamedQueryProvider}s.
  *
  * @author Parikshit Dutta
+ * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine
  */
 public class JpaNamedQueryProviderTests {
 
@@ -52,4 +63,25 @@ public class JpaNamedQueryProviderTests {
 			assertEquals("Entity class cannot be NULL", exception.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNamedQueryCreation() throws Exception {
+		// given
+		String namedQuery = "allFoos";
+		TypedQuery<Foo> query = mock(TypedQuery.class);
+		EntityManager entityManager = Mockito.mock(EntityManager.class);
+		when(entityManager.createNamedQuery(namedQuery, Foo.class)).thenReturn(query);
+		JpaNamedQueryProvider<Foo> jpaNamedQueryProvider = new JpaNamedQueryProvider<>();
+		jpaNamedQueryProvider.setEntityManager(entityManager);
+		jpaNamedQueryProvider.setEntityClass(Foo.class);
+		jpaNamedQueryProvider.setNamedQuery(namedQuery);
+		jpaNamedQueryProvider.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		// when
+		Query result = jpaNamedQueryProvider.createQuery();
+
+		// then
+		Assert.notNull(result, "Result query must not be null");
+		verify(entityManager).createNamedQuery(namedQuery, Foo.class);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/Foo.hbm.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/Foo.hbm.xml
index 7f05cc9ed..b3287cfea 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/Foo.hbm.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/item/database/Foo.hbm.xml
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@
 	<query name="allFoos">
 		from Foo 
 	</query>
+
+	<query name="foosStartingFrom2">
+		from Foo where value >= 2
+	</query>
 </hibernate-mapping>