diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy.java
index 6d312628fc..f1d9549997 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.aggregator;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelParserConfiguration;
@@ -28,11 +32,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * {@link CorrelationStrategy} implementation that evaluates an expression.
  *
  * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  */
-public class ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy implements CorrelationStrategy {
+public class ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy implements CorrelationStrategy, BeanFactoryAware, InitializingBean{
 
 	private static final ExpressionParser expressionParser = new SpelExpressionParser(new SpelParserConfiguration(true, true));
 
+	private volatile BeanFactory beanFactory;
 
 	private final ExpressionEvaluatingMessageProcessor<Object> processor;
 
@@ -47,9 +53,18 @@ public class ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategy implements CorrelationStrat
 		this.processor = new ExpressionEvaluatingMessageProcessor<Object>(expression, Object.class);
 	}
 
-
 	public Object getCorrelationKey(Message<?> message) {
 		return processor.processMessage(message);
 	}
 
+	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+	}
+
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		if (this.beanFactory != null){
+			this.processor.setBeanFactory(this.beanFactory);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests.java
index 51f6b2bc65..9c175a86c7 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
- * 
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 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.
@@ -14,17 +14,25 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.aggregator;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelParserConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.integration.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 
 /**
  * @author Alex Peters
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  */
 public class ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests {
 
@@ -51,4 +59,22 @@ public class ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests {
 		assertThat(correlationKey, is(String.class));
 		assertThat((String) correlationKey, is("b"));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testCorrelationStrategyWithAtBeanExpression() throws Exception {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context =
+				new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("expression-evaluating-correlation-with-bf.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageChannel inputChannel = context.getBean("inputChannel", MessageChannel.class);
+		QueueChannel outputChannel = context.getBean("outputChannel", QueueChannel.class);
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("foo").setSequenceNumber(1).setSequenceSize(1).build();
+		inputChannel.send(message);
+		Message<?> reply = outputChannel.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+	}
+
+	public static class CustomCorrelator {
+		public Object correlate(Object o){
+			return o;
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/expression-evaluating-correlation-with-bf.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/expression-evaluating-correlation-with-bf.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67caee8797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aggregator/expression-evaluating-correlation-with-bf.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	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-2.2.xsd">
+
+	<int:aggregator input-channel="inputChannel" output-channel="outputChannel"
+		correlation-strategy-expression="@correlator.correlate(payload)"/>
+		
+	<int:channel id="outputChannel">
+		<int:queue/>
+	</int:channel>
+		
+	<bean id="correlator" 
+	    class="org.springframework.integration.aggregator.ExpressionEvaluatingCorrelationStrategyTests.CustomCorrelator"/>
+
+</beans>