diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean.java
index 014813ce1e..922b565869 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.aopalliance.aop.Advice;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationObjectSupport;
 import org.springframework.integration.context.Orderable;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageProducer;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.context.NamedComponent;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -118,17 +120,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean<H extends MessageH
 			if (this.handler instanceof MessageProducer && this.outputChannel != null) {
 				((MessageProducer) this.handler).setOutputChannel(this.outputChannel);
 			}
-			if (this.handler instanceof IntegrationObjectSupport && this.componentName != null) {
-				((IntegrationObjectSupport) this.handler).setComponentName(this.componentName);
+			Object actualHandler = extractTarget(this.handler);
+			if (actualHandler == null) {
+				actualHandler = this.handler;
 			}
-			if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.adviceChain) &&
-					this.handler instanceof AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) {
-				((AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) this.handler).setAdviceChain(this.adviceChain);
+			if (actualHandler instanceof IntegrationObjectSupport && this.componentName != null) {
+				((IntegrationObjectSupport) actualHandler).setComponentName(this.componentName);
 			}
-			else if(!(this.handler instanceof AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler)) {
-				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("adviceChain can only be set to AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler or its subclass, "
-					+ ((IntegrationObjectSupport) this.handler).getComponentName() + " doesn't support it.");
+			if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.adviceChain)) {
+				if (actualHandler instanceof AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) {
+					((AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) actualHandler).setAdviceChain(this.adviceChain);
+				}
+				else if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					String name = this.componentName;
+					if (name == null && actualHandler instanceof NamedComponent) {
+						name = ((NamedComponent) actualHandler).getComponentName();
+					}
+					logger.debug("adviceChain can only be set on an AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler"
+						+ (name == null ? "" : (", " + name)) + ".");
 				}
 			}
 			if (this.handler instanceof Orderable && this.order != null) {
@@ -162,4 +171,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleMessageHandlerFactoryBean<H extends MessageH
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private Object extractTarget(Object object) {
+		if (!(object instanceof Advised)) {
+			return object;
+		}
+		Advised advised = (Advised) object;
+		if (advised.getTargetSource() == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		try {
+			return extractTarget(advised.getTargetSource().getTarget());
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.error("Could not extract target", e);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/TransformerContextTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/TransformerContextTests.java
index b1ecd63363..61d61bf4b0 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/TransformerContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/TransformerContextTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
 
 /**
+ * Also in JMX - changes here should be reflected there.
+ *
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Gary Russell
  */
diff --git a/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/TransformerContextTests.java b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/TransformerContextTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f234fbc2a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/TransformerContextTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.monitor;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.advice.AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.messaging.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ */
+public class TransformerContextTests {
+
+	private static volatile int adviceCalled;
+
+	private static volatile int bazCalled;
+
+	@Test
+	public void methodInvokingTransformer() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"transformerContextTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageChannel input = context.getBean("input", MessageChannel.class);
+		PollableChannel output = context.getBean("output", PollableChannel.class);
+		input.send(new GenericMessage<String>("foo"));
+		Message<?> reply = output.receive(0);
+		assertEquals("FOO", reply.getPayload());
+		assertEquals(1, adviceCalled);
+
+		input = context.getBean("direct", MessageChannel.class);
+		input.send(new GenericMessage<String>("foo"));
+		reply = output.receive(0);
+		assertEquals("FOO", reply.getPayload());
+
+		input = context.getBean("directRef", MessageChannel.class);
+		input.send(new GenericMessage<String>("foo"));
+		reply = output.receive(0);
+		assertEquals("FOO", reply.getPayload());
+		assertEquals(2, adviceCalled);
+
+		input = context.getBean("service", MessageChannel.class);
+		input.send(new GenericMessage<String>("foo"));
+		assertEquals(1, bazCalled);
+		assertEquals(3, adviceCalled);
+
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	public static class FooAdvice extends AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice {
+
+		@Override
+		protected Object doInvoke(ExecutionCallback callback, Object target, Message<?> message) throws Exception {
+			adviceCalled++;
+			return callback.execute();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public static class Bar extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
+
+		@Override
+		protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+			Exception e = new RuntimeException();
+			StackTraceElement[] st = e.getStackTrace();
+			return MessageBuilder.withPayload(requestMessage.getPayload().toString().toUpperCase())
+					.setHeader("callStack", st);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public static class BazService {
+
+		public void qux() {
+			bazCalled++;
+		}
+
+		public String upperCase(String input) {
+			return input.toUpperCase();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/transformerContextTests.xml b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/transformerContextTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0498f75b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/monitor/transformerContextTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?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:int-jmx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jmx"
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jmx http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jmx/spring-integration-jmx.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd">
+
+	<context:mbean-server/>
+
+	<int-jmx:mbean-export default-domain="transformers" />
+
+	<channel id="input"/>
+	
+	<recipient-list-router input-channel="input"> <!-- INT-3565 ClassCastException with DEBUG -->
+		<recipient channel="input1" selector-expression="true" />
+	</recipient-list-router>
+
+	<channel id="output">
+		<queue capacity="50"/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<transformer input-channel="input1" ref="testBean" method="upperCase" output-channel="output">
+		<request-handler-advice-chain>
+			<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$FooAdvice" />
+		</request-handler-advice-chain>
+	</transformer>
+
+	<beans:bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$BazService"/>
+
+	<transformer input-channel="direct" output-channel="output">
+		<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$Bar"/>
+	</transformer>
+
+	<transformer input-channel="directRef" output-channel="output" ref="trans" method="handleMessage">
+		<request-handler-advice-chain>
+			<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$FooAdvice" />
+		</request-handler-advice-chain>
+	</transformer>
+	
+	<beans:bean id="trans" class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$Bar"/>
+
+	<service-activator input-channel="service" method="qux">
+		<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$BazService" />
+		<request-handler-advice-chain>
+			<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.monitor.TransformerContextTests$FooAdvice" />
+		</request-handler-advice-chain>
+	</service-activator>
+
+</beans:beans>