diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/EmbeddedDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/EmbeddedDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 23ad7c54ea..17868d7c4c 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/EmbeddedDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/EmbeddedDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jdbc.config;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
@@ -27,27 +25,39 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded.EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
 /**
- * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser} that parses an {@code embedded-database}
- * element and creates a {@link BeanDefinition} for {@link EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean}. Picks up nested
- * {@code script} elements and configures a {@link ResourceDatabasePopulator} for them.
+ * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser} that
+ * parses an {@code embedded-database} element and creates a {@link BeanDefinition}
+ * for an {@link EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean}.
+ *
+ * <p>Picks up nested {@code script} elements and configures a
+ * {@link ResourceDatabasePopulator} for each of them.
  *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.0
+ * @see DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils
  */
 class EmbeddedDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 
 	@Override
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean.class);
+		useIdAsDatabaseNameIfGiven(element, builder);
 		setDatabaseType(element, builder);
 		DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils.setDatabasePopulator(element, builder);
-		useIdAsDatabaseNameIfGiven(element, builder);
 		builder.getRawBeanDefinition().setSource(parserContext.extractSource(element));
 		return builder.getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	protected boolean shouldGenerateIdAsFallback() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	private void useIdAsDatabaseNameIfGiven(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		String id = element.getAttribute(ID_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(id)) {
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java
index 79b5137ed6..b981da07d3 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ public class JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests {
 		assertCorrectSetup("jdbc-config.xml", "derbyDataSource");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void createWithAnonymousDataSource() throws Exception {
+		assertCorrectSetupAndCloseContextForSingleDataSource("jdbc-config-anonymous-datasource.xml", 1);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void createWithResourcePattern() throws Exception {
 		assertCorrectSetup("jdbc-config-pattern.xml", "dataSource");
@@ -169,4 +174,16 @@ public class JdbcNamespaceIntegrationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void assertCorrectSetupAndCloseContextForSingleDataSource(String file, int count) {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = context(file);
+		try {
+			DataSource dataSource = context.getBean(DataSource.class);
+			JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+			assertNumRowsInTestTable(template, count);
+		}
+		finally {
+			context.close();
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-config-anonymous-datasource.xml b/spring-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-config-anonymous-datasource.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f27d19a89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-config-anonymous-datasource.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
+	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
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-4.2.xsd">
+
+	<jdbc:embedded-database>
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/db-schema.sql" />
+		<jdbc:script location="classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/db-test-data.sql" />
+	</jdbc:embedded-database>
+
+</beans>