diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParameters.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParameters.java
index adfbb546..87f92784 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParameters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParameters.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * Value object to represent {@link MethodParameters} to allow to easily find the ones with a given annotation.
@@ -32,7 +34,20 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public class MethodParameters {
 
-	private static final ParameterNameDiscoverer DISCOVERER = new LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer();
+	private static final String SPRING_4_DISCOVERER_NAME = "org.springframework.core.DefaultParameterNameDiscoverer";
+	private static ParameterNameDiscoverer DISCOVERER;
+
+	static {
+
+		ClassLoader classLoader = MethodParameters.class.getClassLoader();
+
+		try {
+			Class<?> discovererType = ClassUtils.forName(SPRING_4_DISCOVERER_NAME, classLoader);
+			DISCOVERER = (ParameterNameDiscoverer) BeanUtils.instantiate(discovererType);
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException o_O) {
+			DISCOVERER = new LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer();
+		}
+	}
 
 	private final List<MethodParameter> parameters;
 
@@ -93,6 +108,27 @@ public class MethodParameters {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns all parameters of the given type.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 0.9
+	 */
+	public List<MethodParameter> getParametersOfType(Class<?> type) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(type, "Type must not be null!");
+		List<MethodParameter> result = new ArrayList<MethodParameter>();
+
+		for (MethodParameter parameter : getParameters()) {
+			if (parameter.getParameterType().equals(type)) {
+				result.add(parameter);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns all {@link MethodParameter}s annotated with the given annotation type.
 	 * 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParametersUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParametersUnitTests.java
index e528b319..e7d1664c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParametersUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/MethodParametersUnitTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.hateoas.core;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link MethodParameters}.
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ public class MethodParametersUnitTests {
 	@Test
 	public void prefersAnnotatedParameterOverDiscovered() throws Exception {
 
-		Method method = Sample.class.getMethod("method", String.class, String.class);
+		Method method = Sample.class.getMethod("method", String.class, String.class, Object.class);
 		MethodParameters parameters = new MethodParameters(method, new AnnotationAttribute(Qualifier.class));
 
 		assertThat(parameters.getParameter("param"), is(notNullValue()));
@@ -41,9 +43,23 @@ public class MethodParametersUnitTests {
 		assertThat(parameters.getParameter("another"), is(nullValue()));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see #138
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void returnsParametersOfAGivenType() throws Exception {
+
+		Method method = Sample.class.getMethod("method", String.class, String.class, Object.class);
+		MethodParameters methodParameters = new MethodParameters(method);
+
+		List<MethodParameter> objectParameters = methodParameters.getParametersOfType(Object.class);
+		assertThat(objectParameters, hasSize(1));
+		assertThat(objectParameters.get(0).getParameterIndex(), is(2));
+	}
+
 	static class Sample {
 
-		public void method(String param, @Qualifier("foo") String another) {}
+		public void method(String param, @Qualifier("foo") String another, Object object) {}
 	}
 
 }