diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/FilterParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/FilterParser.java
index 3c6a7e91e1..a679f35753 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/FilterParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/FilterParser.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
@@ -56,6 +57,11 @@ public class FilterParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 				return null;
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+			String name = BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.generateBeanName(innerHandlerDefinition, parserContext.getRegistry(), true);
+			BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerBeanDefinition(new BeanDefinitionHolder(innerHandlerDefinition, name), parserContext.getRegistry());
+			ref = name;
+		}
 		String method = element.getAttribute("method");
 		if (!StringUtils.hasText(method)) {
 			return ref;
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/FilterContextTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/FilterContextTests.java
index b780c22345..1de8a23c7a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/FilterContextTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/FilterContextTests.java
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.selector.MessageSelector;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Grzegorz Grzybek
  */
 public class FilterContextTests {
 
@@ -55,4 +57,34 @@ public class FilterContextTests {
 		assertEquals("foobar", reply.getPayload());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void filterWithEmbeddedSelector() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"filterContextTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageChannel input = (MessageChannel) context.getBean("input-embedded-selector");
+		PollableChannel output = (PollableChannel) context.getBean("output-embedded-selector");
+		input.send(new StringMessage("foo"));
+		Message<?> reply = output.receive(0);
+		assertNull(reply);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void filterWithEmbeddedBean() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"filterContextTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageChannel input = (MessageChannel) context.getBean("input-embedded");
+		PollableChannel output = (PollableChannel) context.getBean("output-embedded");
+		input.send(new StringMessage("foo"));
+		Message<?> reply = output.receive(0);
+		assertNull(reply);
+	}
+
+
+	static class TestSelector implements MessageSelector {
+
+		public boolean accept(Message<?> message) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/filterContextTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/filterContextTests.xml
index b985edfb17..381481c54a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/filterContextTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/filter/filterContextTests.xml
@@ -19,5 +19,28 @@
 			output-channel="output"/>
 
 	<beans:bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.integration.filter.TestBean"/>
+
+	<channel id="input-embedded-selector"/>
+
+	<channel id="output-embedded-selector">
+		<queue capacity="50"/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<filter input-channel="input-embedded-selector"
+			output-channel="output-embedded-selector">
+		<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.filter.FilterContextTests$TestSelector" />
+	</filter>
+
+	<channel id="input-embedded"/>
+
+	<channel id="output-embedded">
+		<queue capacity="50"/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<filter input-channel="input-embedded"
+			method="acceptStringWithMoreThanThreeChars"
+			output-channel="output-embedded">
+		<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.filter.TestBean" />
+	</filter>
 
 </beans:beans>