diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballJob.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballJob.xml
index c4f37849d..5e0f4aa44 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballJob.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		<step id="playerload" next="gameLoad">
 			<tasklet>
 				<chunk reader="playerFileItemReader" writer="playerWriter" 
-	                   commit-interval="#{jobParameters['commit.interval']}" />
+	                   commit-interval="#{jobParameters['commit.interval']}"/>
 			</tasklet>
 		</step>
 		<step id="gameLoad" next="playerSummarization">
diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballSkipJob.xml b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballSkipJob.xml
index f66fda9e5..90102beb0 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballSkipJob.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/main/resources/META-INF/batch/footballSkipJob.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<step id="playerload" next="gameLoad">
 			<tasklet>
 				<chunk reader="playerFileItemReader" writer="playerWriter" commit-interval="${job.commit.interval}"
-					skip-limit="100000">
+					 skip-limit="#{jobParameters['skip.limit']}">
 					<skippable-exception-classes>
 						<include class="org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException" />
 					</skippable-exception-classes>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/test/football/FootballJobSkipIntegrationTests.java b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/test/football/FootballJobSkipIntegrationTests.java
index f4c98a009..64e9cc49a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/test/football/FootballJobSkipIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/test/football/FootballJobSkipIntegrationTests.java
@@ -82,13 +82,15 @@ public class FootballJobSkipIntegrationTests {
 		catch (Exception e) {
 			// Ignore (wrong platform)
 		}
-		JobExecution execution = jobLauncher.run(job, new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("run.id", 1L)
+		JobExecution execution = jobLauncher.run(job, new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("skip.limit", 0L)
 				.toJobParameters());
 		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, execution.getStatus());
 		for (StepExecution stepExecution : execution.getStepExecutions()) {
 			logger.info("Processed: " + stepExecution);
 		}
-		execution = jobLauncher.run(job, new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("run.id", 2L).toJobParameters());
+		// They all skip on the second execution because of a primary key violation
+		execution = jobLauncher.run(job, new JobParametersBuilder().addLong("skip.limit", 100000L)
+				.toJobParameters());
 		assertEquals(BatchStatus.COMPLETED, execution.getStatus());
 		for (StepExecution stepExecution : execution.getStepExecutions()) {
 			logger.info("Processed: " + stepExecution);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParser.java
index e688bf527..7f8bbf4fa 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/ChunkElementParser.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.core.listener.StepListenerMetaData;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.step.skip.LimitCheckingItemSkipPolicy;
 import org.springframework.batch.repeat.policy.SimpleCompletionPolicy;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
@@ -118,8 +119,26 @@ public class ChunkElementParser {
 		}
 
 		String skipLimit = element.getAttribute("skip-limit");
+		boolean hasSkipPolicy = false;
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(skipLimit)) {
-			propertyValues.addPropertyValue("skipLimit", skipLimit);
+			if (skipLimit.startsWith("#")) {
+				// It's a late binding expression, so we need step scope...
+				BeanDefinitionBuilder skipPolicy = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+						.genericBeanDefinition(LimitCheckingItemSkipPolicy.class);
+				skipPolicy.setScope("step");
+				handleExceptionElement(element, parserContext, skipPolicy.getBeanDefinition().getPropertyValues(),
+						"skippable-exception-classes", "skippableExceptionMap");
+				skipPolicy.addPropertyValue("skipLimit", skipLimit);
+				propertyValues.addPropertyValue("skipPolicy", skipPolicy.getBeanDefinition());
+				hasSkipPolicy = true;
+			}
+			else {
+				propertyValues.addPropertyValue("skipLimit", skipLimit);
+			}
+		}
+		if (!hasSkipPolicy) {
+			handleExceptionElement(element, parserContext, propertyValues, "skippable-exception-classes",
+					"skippableExceptionClasses");
 		}
 
 		handleItemHandler("skip-policy", "skipPolicy", null, false, element, parserContext, propertyValues,
@@ -148,9 +167,6 @@ public class ChunkElementParser {
 			propertyValues.addPropertyValue("processorTransactional", isProcessorTransactional);
 		}
 
-		handleExceptionElement(element, parserContext, propertyValues, "skippable-exception-classes",
-				"skippableExceptionClasses");
-
 		handleExceptionElement(element, parserContext, propertyValues, "retryable-exception-classes",
 				"retryableExceptionClasses");