diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxy.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxy.java
index e56a86537..8c3340438 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxy.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxy.java
@@ -287,4 +287,13 @@ public class StepExecutionResourceProxy extends StepExecutionListenerSupport imp
 		delegate = resourceLoader.getResource(createFileName(jobName, stepName, properties));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Delegates to the proxied Resource.
+	 */
+	public String toString() {
+		return delegate.toString();
+	}
+	
+	
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxyTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxyTests.java
index cace3d635..2535ee974 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxyTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/resource/StepExecutionResourceProxyTests.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.resource.StepExecutionResourceProxy;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.StepSupport;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
+import org.springframework.core.io.DescriptiveResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 
 /**
@@ -114,6 +115,24 @@ public class StepExecutionResourceProxyTests extends TestCase {
 		resource.beforeStep(stepExecution);
 		assertTrue(resource.exists());
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * toString delegates to the proxied resource.
+	 */
+	public void testToString() {
+		resource = new StepExecutionResourceProxy();
+		resource.setResourceLoader(new DefaultResourceLoader() {
+			public Resource getResource(String location) {
+				return new DescriptiveResource("toStringTestResource") {
+					public String toString() {
+						return "to-string-test-resource";
+					}
+				};
+			}
+		});
+		resource.beforeStep(stepExecution);
+		assertEquals("to-string-test-resource", resource.toString());
+	}
 
 	private void doTestPathName(String filename, String path) throws Exception, IOException {
 		String returnedPath = resource.getFile().getAbsolutePath();