diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentStepFactoryBeanParserTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentStepFactoryBeanParserTests.java
index 333aa6395..2ec531b2e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentStepFactoryBeanParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentStepFactoryBeanParserTests.java
@@ -42,4 +42,15 @@ public class ParentStepFactoryBeanParserTests {
 		assertTrue("Wrong processor type", chunkProcessor instanceof FaultTolerantChunkProcessor<?,?>);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSkippableAttributes() throws Exception {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentSkippableStepFactoryBeanParserTests-context.xml");
+		Object step = context.getBean("s1", Step.class);
+		assertNotNull("Step not parsed", step);
+		Object tasklet = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(step, "tasklet");
+		Object chunkProcessor = ReflectionTestUtils.getField(tasklet, "chunkProcessor");
+		assertTrue("Wrong processor type", chunkProcessor instanceof FaultTolerantChunkProcessor<?,?>);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentSkippableStepFactoryBeanParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentSkippableStepFactoryBeanParserTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..409433076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ParentSkippableStepFactoryBeanParserTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+	<import resource="common-context.xml" />
+
+	<bean id="stepParent" class="org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.FaultTolerantStepFactoryBean" abstract="true">
+		<property name="skippableExceptionClasses">
+			<map merge="true">
+				<entry key="java.lang.Exception" value="true" />
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<job id="job" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch">
+		<step id="s1" parent="stepParent">
+			<tasklet>
+				<chunk reader="reader" writer="writer" processor="processor" commit-interval="5" skip-limit="1">
+					<skippable-exception-classes merge="true"/>
+				</chunk>
+			</tasklet>
+		</step>
+	</job>
+
+</beans>
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