diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java
index 1a53e9bb88..05d48330de 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupport.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ResponseBodyAdvice;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceUrlProvider;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceUrlProviderExposingInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ViewResolverComposite;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
@@ -773,15 +773,16 @@ public class WebMvcConfigurationSupport implements ApplicationContextAware, Serv
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Register a {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ViewResolverComposite}
-	 * that contains a chain of view resolvers to use for view resolution.
+	 * Register a {@link ViewResolverComposite} that contains a chain of view resolvers
+	 * to use for view resolution.
 	 * By default this resolver is ordered at 0 unless content negotiation view
 	 * resolution is used in which case the order is raised to
 	 * {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered#HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE
 	 * Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE}.
 	 *
-	 * <p>An {@code InternalResourceViewResolver} is added by default if no other
-	 * resolvers are configured.
+	 * <p>If no other resolvers are configured,
+	 * {@link ViewResolverComposite#resolveViewName(String, Locale)} returns null in order
+	 * to allow other potential {@link ViewResolver} beans to resolve views.
 	 *
 	 * @since 4.1
 	 */
@@ -792,14 +793,9 @@ public class WebMvcConfigurationSupport implements ApplicationContextAware, Serv
 		registry.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
 		configureViewResolvers(registry);
 
-		List<ViewResolver> viewResolvers = registry.getViewResolvers();
-		if (viewResolvers.isEmpty()) {
-			viewResolvers.add(new InternalResourceViewResolver());
-		}
-
 		ViewResolverComposite composite = new ViewResolverComposite();
 		composite.setOrder(registry.getOrder());
-		composite.setViewResolvers(viewResolvers);
+		composite.setViewResolvers(registry.getViewResolvers());
 		composite.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
 		composite.setServletContext(this.servletContext);
 		return composite;
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ViewResolutionIntegrationTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ViewResolutionIntegrationTests.java
index a8763a0ef1..ddb3fff2b6 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ViewResolutionIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ViewResolutionIntegrationTests.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.groovy.GroovyMarkupConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles3.TilesConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity.VelocityConfigurer;
@@ -101,6 +102,15 @@ public class ViewResolutionIntegrationTests {
 		runTest(InvalidGroovyMarkupWebConfig.class);
 	}
 
+	// SPR-12013
+
+	@Test
+	public void viewResolverBeanWithDefaultViewResolutionConfig() throws Exception {
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = runTest(FreeMarkerBeanBasedWebConfig.class);
+		assertEquals("<html><body>Hello World!</body></html>",
+				response.getContentAsString());
+	}
+
 
 	private MockHttpServletResponse runTest(Class<?> configClass) throws ServletException, IOException {
 		String basePath = "org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation";
@@ -239,4 +249,22 @@ public class ViewResolutionIntegrationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	static class FreeMarkerBeanBasedWebConfig extends AbstractWebConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		public FreeMarkerViewResolver freeMarkerViewResolver() {
+			FreeMarkerViewResolver viewResolver = new FreeMarkerViewResolver();
+			viewResolver.setSuffix(".ftl");
+			return viewResolver;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public FreeMarkerConfigurer freeMarkerConfigurer() {
+			FreeMarkerConfigurer configurer = new FreeMarkerConfigurer();
+			configurer.setTemplateLoaderPath("/WEB-INF/");
+			return configurer;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupportTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupportTests.java
index b7f8a8f382..114c5138b0 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupportTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/WebMvcConfigurationSupportTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
@@ -49,7 +50,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.method.support.CompositeUriComponentsContributor;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExceptionResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerExecutionChain;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ViewResolverComposite;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping;
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ public class WebMvcConfigurationSupportTests {
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void viewResolvers() throws Exception {
+	public void emptyViewResolver() throws Exception {
 		ViewResolverComposite compositeResolver = this.wac.getBean(ViewResolverComposite.class);
 		assertEquals(Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE, compositeResolver.getOrder());
 		List<ViewResolver> resolvers = compositeResolver.getViewResolvers();
-		assertEquals(1, resolvers.size());
-		assertEquals(InternalResourceViewResolver.class, resolvers.get(0).getClass());
+		assertEquals(0, resolvers.size());
+		assertNull(compositeResolver.resolveViewName("anyViewName", Locale.ENGLISH));
 	}
 
 	@Test