diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateCursorItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateCursorItemReader.java
index e537b7389..18e6f2fea 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateCursorItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateCursorItemReader.java
@@ -203,7 +203,14 @@ public class HibernateCursorItemReader<T> extends AbstractItemCountingItemStream
 		initialized = true;
 
 	}
-
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void jumpToItem(int itemIndex) throws Exception {
+		for(int i = 0; i < itemIndex; i++){
+			cursor.next();
+		}
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Close the cursor and hibernate session.
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReader.java
index 8a91688a7..ed8813a86 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemReader.java
@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ public class FlatFileItemReader<T> extends AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemRea
 		}
 
 		String line = null;
-
 		try {
 			line = this.reader.readLine();
 			if (line == null) {
 				return null;
 			}
 			lineCount++;
+			
 			while (isComment(line)) {
 				line = reader.readLine();
 				if (line == null) {
@@ -235,12 +235,30 @@ public class FlatFileItemReader<T> extends AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemRea
 				}
 				lineCount++;
 			}
+			
+			line = applyRecordSeparatorPolicy(line);
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new FlatFileParseException("Unable to read from resource: [" + resource + "]", e, line, lineCount);
 		}
 		return line;
 	}
+	
+	private String applyRecordSeparatorPolicy(String line) throws IOException{
+		
+		String record = line;
+		while (line != null && !recordSeparatorPolicy.isEndOfRecord(record)) {
+			line = this.reader.readLine();
+			if (line==null) {
+				throw new FlatFileParseException("Unexpected end of file before record complete", record, lineCount);
+			}
+			record = recordSeparatorPolicy.preProcess(record) + line;
+			lineCount++;
+		}
+		
+		return recordSeparatorPolicy.postProcess(record);
+		
+	}
 
 	private boolean isComment(String line) {
 		for (String prefix : comments) {
@@ -282,6 +300,13 @@ public class FlatFileItemReader<T> extends AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemRea
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	protected void jumpToItem(int itemIndex) throws Exception {
+		for (int i = 0; i < itemIndex; i++) {
+			readLine();
+		}
+	}
 
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
 		Assert.notNull(lineMapper, "LineMapper is required");
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java
index b66866640..35a4c674e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/xml/StaxEventItemReader.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+import javax.xml.stream.events.EndElement;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.StartElement;
+import javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -211,5 +213,49 @@ public class StaxEventItemReader<T> extends AbstractItemCountingItemStreamItemRe
 
 		return item;
 	}
-
+	
+	/*
+	 * jumpToItem is overridden because reading in and attempting to bind an entire fragment
+	 * is unacceptable in a restart scenario, and may cause exceptions to be thrown that
+	 * were already skipped in previous runs.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void jumpToItem(int itemIndex) throws Exception {
+		for (int i = 0; i < itemIndex; i++) {
+			readToStartFragement();
+			readToEndFragment();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/*
+	 * Read until the first StartElement tag that matches the provided 
+	 * fragmentRootElementName.  Because there may be any number of tags in between where the reader
+	 * is now and the fragment start, this is done in a loop until the element type and name 
+	 * match.
+	 */
+	private void readToStartFragement() throws XMLStreamException{
+		while(true){
+			XMLEvent nextEvent = eventReader.nextEvent();
+			if( nextEvent.isStartElement() &&
+				((StartElement)nextEvent).getName().getLocalPart().equals(fragmentRootElementName)){
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/*
+	 * Read until the first EndElement tag that matches the provided 
+	 * fragmentRootElementName.  Because there may be any number of tags in between where the reader
+	 * is now and the fragment end tag, this is done in a loop until the element type and name 
+	 * match
+	 */
+	private void readToEndFragment() throws XMLStreamException{
+		while(true){
+			XMLEvent nextEvent = eventReader.nextEvent();
+			if( nextEvent.isEndElement() &&
+				((EndElement)nextEvent).getName().getLocalPart().equals(fragmentRootElementName)){
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }