diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/ContainerXmlSetupTest.java b/spring-data-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/ContainerXmlSetupTest.java
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+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/ContainerXmlSetupTest.java
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+/*
+ * 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.keyvalue.redis.listener.adapter;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.RedisMessageListenerContainer;
+
+/**
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class ContainerXmlSetupTest {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testContainerSetup() throws Exception {
+		GenericXmlApplicationContext ctx = new GenericXmlApplicationContext(
+				"/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/container.xml");
+		RedisMessageListenerContainer container = ctx.getBean("redisContainer", RedisMessageListenerContainer.class);
+		assertTrue(container.isRunning());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/RedisMDP.java b/spring-data-redis/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/RedisMDP.java
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+/*
+ * 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.keyvalue.redis.listener.adapter;
+
+/**
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class RedisMDP {
+
+	public void handle(String message) {
+		System.out.println("Received message " + message);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/container.xml b/spring-data-redis/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/container.xml
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+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/container.xml
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+<?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-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="messageListener"
+		class="org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.adapter.RedisMDP" />
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="connectionFactory" class="org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.jedis.JedisConnectionFactory"/>
+	
+	<bean id="redisContainer"
+		class="org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.RedisMessageListenerContainer">
+		<property name="connectionFactory" ref="connectionFactory" />
+		<property name="messageListeners">
+			<map>
+				<entry key-ref="messageListener">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.ChannelTopic">
+						<constructor-arg value="chatroom" />
+					</bean>
+				</entry>
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>