diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/AbstractMessageProcessingSplitter.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/AbstractMessageProcessingSplitter.java
index e77310c006..edc2b9647e 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/AbstractMessageProcessingSplitter.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/AbstractMessageProcessingSplitter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.splitter;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractMessageProcessor;
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ abstract class AbstractMessageProcessingSplitter extends AbstractMessageSplitter
 		if (conversionService != null && this.messageProcessor instanceof AbstractMessageProcessor) {
 			((AbstractMessageProcessor) this.messageProcessor).setConversionService(conversionService);
 		}
+		if (this.messageProcessor instanceof BeanFactoryAware) {
+			((BeanFactoryAware) this.messageProcessor).setBeanFactory(this.getBeanFactory());
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml
index b26ec4f619..2579e40260 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd">
-
-	<channel id="input"/>
 
 	<channel id="output">
 		<queue/>
 	</channel>
 
-	<splitter input-channel="input" expression="payload.numbers.?[#this&lt;5]" output-channel="output"/>
+	<splitter input-channel="simpleInput" expression="payload.numbers.?[#this&lt;5]" output-channel="output"/>
+
+	<splitter input-channel="beanResolvingInput" expression="@testBean.split(payload)" output-channel="output"/>
 
 	<beans:bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.integration.splitter.SpelSplitterIntegrationTests$TestBean"/>
-
+
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests.java
index 07d38f4872..7e57f5bf5c 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SpelSplitterIntegrationTests.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
@@ -41,17 +40,20 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 public class SpelSplitterIntegrationTests {
 
-	@Autowired @Qualifier("input")
-	private MessageChannel input;
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel simpleInput;
 
-	@Autowired @Qualifier("output")
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel beanResolvingInput;
+
+	@Autowired
 	private PollableChannel output;
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void split() {
+	public void simple() {
 		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload(new TestBean()).setHeader("foo", "foo").build();
-		this.input.send(message);
+		this.simpleInput.send(message);
 		Message<?> one = output.receive(0);
 		Message<?> two = output.receive(0);
 		Message<?> three = output.receive(0);
@@ -66,9 +68,23 @@ public class SpelSplitterIntegrationTests {
 		assertEquals("foo", four.getHeaders().get("foo"));
 		assertNull(output.receive(0));
 	}
-	
-	
-	
+
+	@Test
+	public void beanResolving() {
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("a,b,c,d").build();
+		this.beanResolvingInput.send(message);
+		Message<?> a = output.receive(0);
+		Message<?> b = output.receive(0);
+		Message<?> c = output.receive(0);
+		Message<?> d = output.receive(0);
+		assertEquals("a", a.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("b", b.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("c", c.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("d", d.getPayload());
+		assertNull(output.receive(0));
+	}
+
+
 	static class TestBean {
 
 		private final List<Integer> numbers = new ArrayList<Integer>();
@@ -82,6 +98,10 @@ public class SpelSplitterIntegrationTests {
 		public List<Integer> getNumbers() {
 			return this.numbers;
 		}
+
+		public String[] split(String s) {
+			return s.split(",");
+		}
 	}
 
 }