diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ExpressionControlBusFactoryBean.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ExpressionControlBusFactoryBean.java
index c0d41b224d..27c156aac4 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ExpressionControlBusFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ExpressionControlBusFactoryBean.java
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ import org.springframework.integration.handler.ServiceActivatingHandler;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedAttribute;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedOperation;
 import org.springframework.util.CustomizableThreadCreator;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * FactoryBean for creating {@link MessageHandler} instances to handle a message as a SpEL expression.
  * 
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public class ExpressionControlBusFactoryBean extends AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean {
@@ -69,10 +71,11 @@ public class ExpressionControlBusFactoryBean extends AbstractSimpleMessageHandle
 			return supportedMethods;
 		}
 
-		private boolean accept(Method method) {
-			if (method.getDeclaringClass().equals(Lifecycle.class)) {
+		private boolean accept(Method method) {	
+			if (ReflectionUtils.findMethod(Lifecycle.class, method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes()) != null){
 				return true;
 			}
+
 			if (CustomizableThreadCreator.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass())
 					&& (method.getName().startsWith("get")
 							|| method.getName().startsWith("set")
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusLifecycleTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusLifecycleTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f024d10a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusLifecycleTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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:groovy="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/groovy"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+
+	<control-bus input-channel="inputChannel" auto-startup="true"/>
+
+	<inbound-channel-adapter id="adapter" channel="outputChannel" auto-startup="false" >
+	<poller fixed-rate="1000"/>
+		<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.ControlBusTests.AdapterService"/>
+		
+	</inbound-channel-adapter>
+	
+	
+	
+	<channel id="outputChannel">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusTests.java
index 5fbacf7477..370dba88f5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusTests.java
@@ -16,15 +16,22 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
+import java.util.Date;
+
 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.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedOperation;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -51,6 +58,17 @@ public class ControlBusTests {
 		assertEquals("catbar", output.receive(0).getPayload());
 		assertNull(output.receive(0));
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testLifecycleMethods() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("ControlBusLifecycleTests-context.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageChannel inputChannel = context.getBean("inputChannel", MessageChannel.class);  
+		PollableChannel outputChannel = context.getBean("outputChannel", PollableChannel.class);  
+		assertNull(outputChannel.receive(1000));
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("@adapter.start()").build();
+		inputChannel.send(message);
+		assertNotNull(outputChannel.receive(1000));
+	}
 
 
 	public static class Service {
@@ -60,5 +78,18 @@ public class ControlBusTests {
 			return "cat";
 		}
 	}
+	
+	public static class AdapterService implements MessageSource<String>{
+
+//		public String produceDate() {
+//			System.out.println("Producing Date");
+//			return new Date().toString();
+//		}
+
+		public Message<String> receive() {
+			System.out.println("Producing Date");
+			return new GenericMessage<String>(new Date().toString());
+		}
+	}
 
 }