diff --git a/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/config/IntegrationFlowBeanPostProcessor.java b/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/config/IntegrationFlowBeanPostProcessor.java
index 999b0f9..582d8fd 100644
--- a/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/config/IntegrationFlowBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/config/IntegrationFlowBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ApplicationEventMulticaster;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractMessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.FixedSubscriberChannel;
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.dsl.SourcePollingChannelAdapterSpec;
 import org.springframework.integration.dsl.StandardIntegrationFlow;
 import org.springframework.integration.dsl.core.ConsumerEndpointSpec;
 import org.springframework.integration.dsl.support.MessageChannelReference;
+import org.springframework.integration.event.inbound.ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.context.NamedComponent;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandler;
@@ -177,6 +181,15 @@ public class IntegrationFlowBeanPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor, Bean
 						.values()
 						.contains(component)) {
 					registerComponent(component, generateBeanName(component));
+					if (ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer.class.isAssignableFrom(
+							AopUtils.getTargetClass(component))
+							&& this.beanFactory.containsBean(
+							AbstractApplicationContext.APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME)) {
+						ApplicationEventMulticaster multicaster =
+								(ApplicationEventMulticaster) this.beanFactory.getBean(
+										AbstractApplicationContext.APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME);
+						multicaster.addApplicationListener((ApplicationListener<?>) component);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/test/event/EventTests.java b/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/test/event/EventTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..750021b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-java-dsl/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/test/event/EventTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.integration.dsl.test.event;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.config.EnableIntegration;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.IntegrationFlow;
+import org.springframework.integration.dsl.IntegrationFlows;
+import org.springframework.integration.event.inbound.ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Artem Bilan
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@DirtiesContext
+public class EventTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel resultsChannel;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRawApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer() {
+		this.applicationContext.publishEvent(new TestApplicationEvent1());
+		Message<?> receive = this.resultsChannel.receive(10000);
+		assertNotNull(receive);
+		assertThat(receive.getPayload(), instanceOf(TestApplicationEvent1.class));
+
+		this.applicationContext.publishEvent(new TestApplicationEvent2());
+		receive = this.resultsChannel.receive(10000);
+		assertNotNull(receive);
+		assertThat(receive.getPayload(), instanceOf(TestApplicationEvent2.class));
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableIntegration
+	public static class ContextConfiguration {
+
+
+		@Bean
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		public ApplicationListener<?> applicationListener() {
+			ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer producer = new ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer();
+			producer.setEventTypes(TestApplicationEvent1.class);
+			producer.setOutputChannel(resultsChannel());
+			return producer;
+		}
+
+
+		@Bean
+		public PollableChannel resultsChannel() {
+			return new QueueChannel();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		public IntegrationFlow eventProducerFlow() {
+			ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer producer = new ApplicationEventListeningMessageProducer();
+			producer.setEventTypes(TestApplicationEvent2.class);
+
+			return IntegrationFlows.from(producer)
+					.channel(resultsChannel())
+					.get();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+	private static class TestApplicationEvent1 extends ApplicationEvent {
+
+		public TestApplicationEvent1() {
+			super("TestApplicationEvent1");
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+	private static class TestApplicationEvent2 extends ApplicationEvent {
+
+		public TestApplicationEvent2() {
+			super("TestApplicationEvent2");
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}