diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/SimpleJobOperator.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/SimpleJobOperator.java
index d545dfd4b..a5a184c11 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/SimpleJobOperator.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/SimpleJobOperator.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRestartException;
 import org.springframework.batch.support.PropertiesConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -355,6 +356,7 @@ public class SimpleJobOperator implements JobOperator, InitializingBean {
 	 * @see
 	 * org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobOperator#stop(java.lang.Long)
 	 */
+	@Transactional
 	public boolean stop(long executionId) throws NoSuchJobExecutionException {
 
 		JobExecution jobExecution = findExecutionById(executionId);
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans b/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
index dae6e44e7..0beb88fe6 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/.springBeans
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/hibernate.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/hibernateJob.xml</config>
 		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/jpa.xml</config>
+		<config>src/main/resources/jobs/iosample/ibatis.xml</config>
+		<config>src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests-context.xml</config>
 	</configs>
 	<configSets>
 		<configSet>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests.java
index 94890119b..8fd953750 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package org.springframework.batch.sample;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus.STARTED;
+import static org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus.STOPPED;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -11,7 +15,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import static org.springframework.batch.core.BatchStatus.*;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.ListableJobRegistry;
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration()
+@ContextConfiguration
 public class JobOperatorFunctionalTests {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(JobOperatorFunctionalTests.class);
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests-context.xml
index 93b921438..e70a46ca6 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/sample/JobOperatorFunctionalTests-context.xml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 <?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/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx">
+
 
 	<import resource="classpath:/simple-job-launcher-context.xml" />
 	<import resource="classpath:/jobs/infiniteLoopJob.xml" />
+	
+	<tx:annotation-driven/>
 
 </beans>