diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/PayloadTypeRouter.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/PayloadTypeRouter.java
index c507157a25..dc3b0404da 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/PayloadTypeRouter.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/PayloadTypeRouter.java
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ public class PayloadTypeRouter extends AbstractMessageRouter {
 
 	private String getChannelName(Message<?> message) {
 		Class<?> type = message.getPayload().getClass();
+		boolean array = type.isArray();
+		if (array){
+			type = type.getComponentType();
+		}
 		while (type != null && !CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.channelIdentifierMap)) {
 
 			String mappingName = null;
-			if (type.isArray()){
-				mappingName = type.getComponentType().getName()+"[]";
+			if (array){		
+				mappingName = type.getName()+"[]";
 			}
 			else {
 				mappingName = type.getName();
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests-context.xml
index 511656dc5f..41a7d2edc3 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests-context.xml
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
 	<channel id="channel3">
 		<queue capacity="1" />
 	</channel>
+	<channel id="channel4">
+		<queue capacity="1" />
+	</channel>
 	
 	<channel id="routingChannel" />
 	<payload-type-router input-channel="routingChannel">
 		<mapping type="java.lang.String" channel="channel1" />
 		<mapping type="java.lang.Integer" channel="channel2" />
-		<mapping type="java.lang.Integer[]" channel="channel3" />
+		<mapping type="java.lang.Number[]" channel="channel3" />
+		<mapping type="java.lang.Long[]" channel="channel4" />
 	</payload-type-router>
 
 	<gateway id="testService"
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests.java
index 0a13614767..2404a1cc15 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/PayloadTypeRouterParserTests.java
@@ -54,15 +54,19 @@ public class PayloadTypeRouterParserTests {
 		Message<?> message1 = MessageBuilder.withPayload("Hello").build();
 		Message<?> message2 = MessageBuilder.withPayload(25).build();
 		Message<?> message3 = MessageBuilder.withPayload(new Integer[]{23, 24, 34}).build();
+		Message<?> message4 = MessageBuilder.withPayload(new Long[]{23L, 24L, 34L}).build();
 		testService.foo(message1);
 		testService.foo(message2);
 		testService.foo(message3);
+		testService.foo(message4);
 		PollableChannel chanel1 = (PollableChannel) context.getBean("channel1");
 		PollableChannel chanel2 = (PollableChannel) context.getBean("channel2");
 		PollableChannel chanel3 = (PollableChannel) context.getBean("channel3");
+		PollableChannel chanel4 = (PollableChannel) context.getBean("channel4");
 		assertTrue(chanel1.receive(0).getPayload() instanceof String);
 		assertTrue(chanel2.receive(0).getPayload() instanceof Integer);	
-		System.out.println(chanel3.receive(0).getPayload());
+		assertTrue(chanel3.receive(0).getPayload().getClass().isArray());	
+		assertTrue(chanel4.receive(0).getPayload().getClass().isArray());
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected=BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)