diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/JCacheNamespaceDrivenTests.java b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/JCacheNamespaceDrivenTests.java
index 7391c8661d..0cdef3f159 100644
--- a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/JCacheNamespaceDrivenTests.java
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/JCacheNamespaceDrivenTests.java
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cache.jcache.config;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheErrorHandler;
+import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.DefaultJCacheOperationSource;
 import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.JCacheInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext;
 
 /**
@@ -36,6 +38,16 @@ public class JCacheNamespaceDrivenTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 				"/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/jCacheNamespaceDriven.xml");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void cacheResolver() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new GenericXmlApplicationContext(
+				"/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/jCacheNamespaceDriven-resolver.xml");
+
+		DefaultJCacheOperationSource ci = context.getBean(DefaultJCacheOperationSource.class);
+		assertSame(context.getBean("cacheResolver"), ci.getDefaultCacheResolver());
+		context.close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testCacheErrorHandler() {
 		JCacheInterceptor ci = ctx.getBean(JCacheInterceptor.class);
diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/jCacheNamespaceDriven-resolver.xml b/spring-context-support/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/jCacheNamespaceDriven-resolver.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c3c96360d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/jcache/config/jCacheNamespaceDriven-resolver.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xmlns:cache="http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+	   		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache/spring-cache.xsd">
+
+	<cache:annotation-driven cache-manager="cacheManager" cache-resolver="cacheResolver"/>
+
+	<!-- We can't hid the cache manager completely as the exception cache resolver needs it -->
+	<bean id="cacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleCacheManager">
+		<property name="caches">
+			<set>
+				<ref bean="defaultCache"/>
+			</set>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="defaultCache"
+		  class="org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCacheFactoryBean">
+		<property name="name" value="default"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="cacheResolver" class="org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver">
+		<property name="cacheManager" ref="cacheManager"/>
+	</bean>
+
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/CachingConfigurer.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/CachingConfigurer.java
index 0826f00236..97cfff7acb 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/CachingConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/annotation/CachingConfigurer.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface CachingConfigurer {
 	/**
 	 * Return the cache manager bean to use for annotation-driven cache
 	 * management. A default {@link CacheResolver} will be initialized
-	 * behind the scene with this cache manager. For more fine-grained
+	 * behind the scenes with this cache manager. For more fine-grained
 	 * management of the cache resolution, consider setting the
 	 * {@link CacheResolver} directly.
 	 * <p>Implementations must explicitly declare
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ public interface CachingConfigurer {
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the {@link CacheResolver} bean to use to resolve regular caches for
-	 * annotation-driven cache management. This is an alternative option to set
-	 * the {@link CacheManager} to use.
+	 * annotation-driven cache management. This is an alternative and more powerful
+	 * option of specifying the {@link CacheManager} to use.
+	 * <p>If both a {@link #cacheManager()} and {@link #cacheResolver()} are set, the
+	 * cache manager is ignored.
 	 * <p>Implementations must explicitly declare
 	 * {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean @Bean}, e.g.
 	 * <pre class="code">
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 5621d5a635..c3fad09bcf 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -98,9 +98,20 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static void parseCacheManagerProperty(Element element, BeanDefinition def) {
-		def.getPropertyValues().add("cacheManager",
-				new RuntimeBeanReference(CacheNamespaceHandler.extractCacheManager(element)));
+	/**
+	 * Parse the cache resolution strategy to use. If a 'cache-resolver' attribute
+	 * is set, it is injected. Otherwise the 'cache-manager' is set. If {@code setBoth}
+	 * is {@code true}, both service are actually injected.
+	 */
+	private static void parseCacheResolution(Element element, BeanDefinition def, boolean setBoth) {
+		String name = element.getAttribute("cache-resolver");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
+			def.getPropertyValues().add("cacheResolver", new RuntimeBeanReference(name.trim()));
+		}
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(name) || setBoth) {
+			def.getPropertyValues().add("cacheManager",
+					new RuntimeBeanReference(CacheNamespaceHandler.extractCacheManager(element)));
+		}
 	}
 
 	private static BeanDefinition parseErrorHandler(Element element, BeanDefinition def) {
@@ -130,7 +141,7 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 				RootBeanDefinition interceptorDef = new RootBeanDefinition(CacheInterceptor.class);
 				interceptorDef.setSource(eleSource);
 				interceptorDef.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
-				parseCacheManagerProperty(element, interceptorDef);
+				parseCacheResolution(element, interceptorDef, false);
 				parseErrorHandler(element, interceptorDef);
 				CacheNamespaceHandler.parseKeyGenerator(element, interceptorDef);
 				interceptorDef.getPropertyValues().add("cacheOperationSources", new RuntimeBeanReference(sourceName));
@@ -170,7 +181,7 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 				RootBeanDefinition def = new RootBeanDefinition();
 				def.setBeanClassName(CACHE_ASPECT_CLASS_NAME);
 				def.setFactoryMethodName("aspectOf");
-				parseCacheManagerProperty(element, def);
+				parseCacheResolution(element, def, false);
 				CacheNamespaceHandler.parseKeyGenerator(element, def);
 				parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(def, CACHE_ASPECT_BEAN_NAME));
 			}
@@ -239,7 +250,9 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 			RootBeanDefinition sourceDef = new RootBeanDefinition(JCACHE_OPERATION_SOURCE_CLASS);
 			sourceDef.setSource(eleSource);
 			sourceDef.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
-			parseCacheManagerProperty(element, sourceDef);
+			// JSR-107 support should create an exception cache resolver with the cache manager
+			// and there is no way to set that exception cache resolver from the namespace
+			parseCacheResolution(element, sourceDef, true);
 			CacheNamespaceHandler.parseKeyGenerator(element, sourceDef);
 			return sourceDef;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/SimpleCacheResolver.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/SimpleCacheResolver.java
index 353de00c6f..7eb01e19bf 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/SimpleCacheResolver.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/SimpleCacheResolver.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
  */
 public class SimpleCacheResolver extends BaseCacheResolver {
 
+	public SimpleCacheResolver() {
+	}
+
 	public SimpleCacheResolver(CacheManager cacheManager) {
 		super(cacheManager);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-4.1.xsd b/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-4.1.xsd
index 9c6b547c9e..66104b98db 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-4.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-4.1.xsd
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 	annotations on bean classes, and that proxies are automatically
 	to be created for the relevant annotated beans.
 
-	The default annotations supported are Spring's @Cacheable and @CacheEvict.
+	The default annotations supported are Spring's @Cacheable, @CachePut and @CacheEvict. If
+	spring-context-support and the JSR-107 API are on the classpath, additional proxies are
+	automatically created for JSR-107 annotated beans, that is @CacheResult, @CachePut,
+	@CacheRemove and @CacheRemoveAll.
 
 	See org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching Javadoc
 	for information on code-based alternatives to this XML element.
@@ -35,11 +38,15 @@
 			<xsd:attribute name="cache-manager" type="xsd:string" default="cacheManager">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.cache.CacheManager"><![CDATA[
-	The bean name of the CacheManager that is to be used to retrieve the backing caches.
+	The bean name of the CacheManager that is to be used to retrieve the backing
+	caches. A default CacheResolver will be initialized behind the scenes with
+	this cache manager (or "cacheManager" if not set). For more fine-grained
+	management of the cache resolution, consider setting the 'cache-resolver'
+	attribute.
 
-	This attribute is not required, and only needs to be specified
-	explicitly if the bean name of the desired CacheManager
-	is not 'cacheManager'.
+	Note that this attribute is still mandatory if you are using JSR-107 as an
+	additional exception cache resolver should be created and requires a CacheManager
+	to do so.
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 					<xsd:appinfo>
 						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
@@ -48,6 +55,21 @@
 					</xsd:appinfo>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="cache-resolver" type="xsd:string">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver"><![CDATA[
+	The bean name of the CacheResolver that is to be used to resolve the backing caches.
+
+	This attribute is not required, and only needs to be specified as an alternative to
+	the 'cache-manager' attribute. See the javadoc of CacheResolver for more details.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:expected-type type="org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver"/>
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="key-generator" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator"><![CDATA[
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationNamespaceDrivenTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationNamespaceDrivenTests.java
index 61b9f40c1a..bdf330f9ac 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationNamespaceDrivenTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationNamespaceDrivenTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext;
 /**
  * @author Costin Leau
  * @author Chris Beams
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
  */
 public class AnnotationNamespaceDrivenTests extends AbstractAnnotationTests {
 
@@ -44,6 +45,26 @@ public class AnnotationNamespaceDrivenTests extends AbstractAnnotationTests {
 		assertSame(ctx.getBean("keyGenerator"), ci.getKeyGenerator());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void cacheResolver() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new GenericXmlApplicationContext(
+				"/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-resolver.xml");
+
+		CacheInterceptor ci = context.getBean(CacheInterceptor.class);
+		assertSame(context.getBean("cacheResolver"), ci.getCacheResolver());
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void bothSetOnlyResolverIsUsed() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new GenericXmlApplicationContext(
+				"/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-manager-resolver.xml");
+
+		CacheInterceptor ci = context.getBean(CacheInterceptor.class);
+		assertSame(context.getBean("cacheResolver"), ci.getCacheResolver());
+		context.close();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testCacheErrorHandler() {
 		CacheInterceptor ci = ctx.getBean("org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheInterceptor#0",
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-manager-resolver.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-manager-resolver.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5eef72f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-manager-resolver.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xmlns:cache="http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache"
+	   xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache/spring-cache.xsd">
+
+	<cache:annotation-driven cache-manager="customCacheManager"
+							 cache-resolver="cacheResolver"/>
+
+	<bean id="customCacheManager" class="org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleCacheManager">
+		<property name="caches">
+			<set>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCacheFactoryBean" p:name="default"/>
+			</set>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="cacheResolver" class="org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver">
+		<property name="cacheManager" ref="customCacheManager"/>
+	</bean>
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-resolver.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-resolver.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..013111799c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/annotationDrivenCacheNamespace-resolver.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xmlns:cache="http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache"
+	   xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+       		http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache http://www.springframework.org/schema/cache/spring-cache.xsd">
+
+	<cache:annotation-driven cache-resolver="cacheResolver"/>
+
+	<bean id="cacheResolver" class="org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver">
+		<property name="cacheManager">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleCacheManager">
+				<property name="caches">
+					<set>
+						<bean class="org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCacheFactoryBean"
+							  p:name="default"/>
+					</set>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+</beans>
diff --git a/src/asciidoc/index.adoc b/src/asciidoc/index.adoc
index d33faa527c..8727790c23 100644
--- a/src/asciidoc/index.adoc
+++ b/src/asciidoc/index.adoc
@@ -47193,8 +47193,17 @@ application through AOP. The configuration is intentionally similar with that of
 | `cache-manager`
 | N/A (See `CachingConfigurer` javadocs)
 | cacheManager
-| Name of cache manager to use. Only required if the name of the cache manager is not
-  `cacheManager`.
+| Name of cache manager to use. A default `CacheResolver` will be initialized behind
+  the scenes with this cache manager (or `cacheManager`if not set). For more
+  fine-grained management of the cache resolution, consider setting the 'cache-resolver'
+  attribute.
+
+| `cache-resolver`
+| N/A (See `CachingConfigurer` javadocs)
+| A `SimpleCacheResolver` using the configured `cacheManager`.
+| The bean name of the CacheResolver that is to be used to resolve the backing caches.
+  This attribute is not required, and only needs to be specified as an alternative to
+  the 'cache-manager' attribute.
 
 | `key-generator`
 | N/A (See `CachingConfigurer` javadocs)