diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunnerTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunnerTests.java
index 66eb4ba52..f2d817698 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunnerTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunnerTests.java
@@ -33,7 +33,18 @@ public class JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunnerTests {
 	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner#main(java.lang.String[])}.
 	 */
 	@Test
-	public void testMain() {
+	public void testMain() throws Exception {
+		JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.main(
+				ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(), "test-environment-with-registry.xml"), ClassUtils
+						.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(), "job.xml"));
+		assertEquals(0, JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.getErrors().size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testMainWithAutoRegister() throws Exception {
+		JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.main(
+				ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(), "test-environment-with-registry-and-auto-register.xml"), ClassUtils
+						.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(), "job.xml"));
 		assertEquals(0, JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.getErrors().size());
 	}
 
@@ -41,9 +52,6 @@ public class JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunnerTests {
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.getErrors().clear();
 		System.setProperty(JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.EMBEDDED, "");
-		JobRegistryBackgroundJobRunner.main(
-				ClassUtils.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(), "test-environment-with-registry.xml"), ClassUtils
-						.addResourcePathToPackagePath(getClass(), "job.xml"));
 	}
 
 	@After
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry-and-auto-register.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry-and-auto-register.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..683d4809b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry-and-auto-register.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	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
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<import resource="test-environment-with-registry.xml" />
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.JobRegistryBeanPostProcessor">
+		<property name="jobRegistry" ref="jobRegistry"/>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry.xml
index b26bab52a..3243eb0ec 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/launch/support/test-environment-with-registry.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 	<import resource="test-environment.xml" />
 
-	<bean class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.MapJobRegistry" />
+	<bean id="jobRegistry" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support.MapJobRegistry" />
 
 </beans>