diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionBuilder.java
index fd8c74638..2de672515 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public class RepositoryBeanDefinitionBuilder {
 
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(factoryBeanName);
 
+		builder.getRawBeanDefinition().setSource(configuration.getSource());
 		builder.addPropertyValue("repositoryInterface", configuration.getRepositoryInterface());
 		builder.addPropertyValue("queryLookupStrategyKey", configuration.getQueryLookupStrategyKey());
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupportIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupportIntegrationTests.java
index 8cf158d08..342c7a0b3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupportIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupportIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
@@ -46,4 +47,13 @@ public class RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupportIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(context.getBean(MyRepository.class), is(notNullValue()));
 		assertThat(context.getBean(MyOtherRepository.class), is(notNullValue()));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void beanDefinitionSourceIsSetForJavaConfigScannedBeans() {
+
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(TestConfig.class);
+
+		BeanDefinition definition = context.getBeanDefinition("myRepository");
+		assertThat(definition.getSource(), is(notNullValue()));
+	}
 }