diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupport.java
index fed542497..22c181d0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupport.java
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Required;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -35,7 +49,6 @@ public abstract class QueryDslRepositorySupport {
 	 * 
 	 * @param entityManager must not be {@literal null}
 	 */
-	@Required
 	public void setEntityManager(EntityManager entityManager) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(entityManager);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01972a21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.QueryDslRepositorySupportTests.UserRepository;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Integration test for the setup of beans extending {@link QueryDslRepositorySupport}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration("classpath:querydsl.xml")
+public class QueryDslRepositorySupportIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	UserRepository repository;
+
+	@Test
+	public void createsRepoCorrectly() {
+		assertThat(repository, is(notNullValue()));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportTests.java
index ef88bdc2e..268330d7e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QueryDslRepositorySupportTests.java
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
@@ -99,7 +114,7 @@ public class QueryDslRepositorySupportTests {
 		repositoryImpl.validate();
 	}
 
-	private static interface UserRepository {
+	interface UserRepository {
 
 		List<User> findUsersByLastname(String firstname);
 
@@ -108,7 +123,7 @@ public class QueryDslRepositorySupportTests {
 		long deleteAllWithLastname(String lastname);
 	}
 
-	private static class UserRepositoryImpl extends QueryDslRepositorySupport implements UserRepository {
+	static class UserRepositoryImpl extends QueryDslRepositorySupport implements UserRepository {
 
 		private static final QUser user = QUser.user;
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/querydsl.xml b/src/test/resources/querydsl.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d895cca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/querydsl.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?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.xsd">
+
+	<import resource="infrastructure.xml" />
+	
+	<bean class="org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support.QueryDslRepositorySupportTests.UserRepositoryImpl" />
+
+</beans>