diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c92c585..39879fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ target/
 .DS_Store
 .settings/
 .springBeans
+.sts4-cache/
+.vscode/
 *.iml
 *.iws
 *.ipr
 .idea/
-credentials.yml
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+credentials.yml
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/SpringModule.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/SpringModule.java
index a541981..7ff3814 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/SpringModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/SpringModule.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.guice.module;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.inject.Provider;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Binder;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
@@ -33,14 +42,6 @@ import com.google.inject.matcher.Matchers;
 import com.google.inject.name.Names;
 import com.google.inject.spi.ProvisionListener;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
-
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
  *
@@ -127,6 +128,14 @@ public class SpringModule extends AbstractModule {
 		if (type.getTypeName().startsWith("com.google.inject")) {
 			return;
 		}
+		if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
+			ParameterizedType param = (ParameterizedType) type;
+			for (Type t : param.getActualTypeArguments()) {
+				if (!ClassUtils.isPresent(t.getTypeName(), null)) {
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+		}
 
 		if (this.bound.get(type) == null) {
 			// Only bind one provider for each type
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/guice/annotation/GuiceModuleAnnotationGenericTypeTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/guice/annotation/GuiceModuleAnnotationGenericTypeTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c840701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/guice/annotation/GuiceModuleAnnotationGenericTypeTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2014 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.guice.annotation;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+public class GuiceModuleAnnotationGenericTypeTests {
+
+    public interface Foo<T> {
+        T getValue();
+    }
+
+    public static class FooImpl<T> implements Foo<T> {
+        private final T payload;
+
+        FooImpl(T payload) {
+            this.payload = payload;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public T getValue() {
+            return payload;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Configuration
+    @EnableGuiceModules
+    @GuiceModule
+    static class TestConfig {
+        @Bean
+        public FooImpl<String> fooBean() {
+            return new FooImpl<String>("foo.foo.foo");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBinding() {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(TestConfig.class);
+		assertNotNull(context.getBean(Foo.class));
+		context.close();
+    }
+}
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