diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/util/SimpleMethodInvoker.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/util/SimpleMethodInvoker.java
index 512e3e177a..909016a065 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/util/SimpleMethodInvoker.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/util/SimpleMethodInvoker.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.integration.util;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.support.ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessagingException;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker;
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public class SimpleMethodInvoker<T> {
 
 	public Object invokeMethod(Object ... args) {
 		try {
-			MethodInvoker methodInvoker = new MethodInvoker();
+			MethodInvoker methodInvoker = new ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker();
 			methodInvoker.setTargetObject(this.object);
 			methodInvoker.setTargetMethod(this.method);
 			methodInvoker.setArguments(args);
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ public class SimpleMethodInvoker<T> {
 		}
 		catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
 			throw new MessagingException(
-					"Method '" + this.method + "' threw exception", e.getTargetException());
+					"Method '" + this.method + "' threw an Exception.", e.getTargetException());
 		}
 		catch (Throwable e) {
 			throw new MessagingException("Failed to invoke method '" + this.method +
-					"' with arguments " + ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(args), e);
+					"' with arguments: " + ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(args), e);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/MessageEndpointAnnotationPostProcessorTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/MessageEndpointAnnotationPostProcessorTests.java
index 5af8de4a15..a91a93640a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/MessageEndpointAnnotationPostProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/MessageEndpointAnnotationPostProcessorTests.java
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ public class MessageEndpointAnnotationPostProcessorTests {
 		context.stop();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testTypeConvertingHandler() throws InterruptedException {
+		AbstractApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("typeConvertingEndpointTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		context.start();
+		MessageChannel inputChannel = (MessageChannel) context.getBean("inputChannel");
+		MessageChannel outputChannel = (MessageChannel) context.getBean("outputChannel");
+		inputChannel.send(new StringMessage("123"));
+		Message<?> message = outputChannel.receive(1000);
+		assertEquals(246, message.getPayload());
+		context.stop();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testPolledAnnotation() throws InterruptedException {
 		MessageBus messageBus = new MessageBus();
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/TypeConvertingTestEndpoint.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/TypeConvertingTestEndpoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd2ba78402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/TypeConvertingTestEndpoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.endpoint.annotation;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Handler;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.MessageEndpoint;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@MessageEndpoint(input="inputChannel", defaultOutput="outputChannel", pollPeriod=10)
+public class TypeConvertingTestEndpoint {
+
+	@Handler
+	public int multiplyByTwo(int number) {
+		return number * 2;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/typeConvertingEndpointTests.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/typeConvertingEndpointTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9be31517a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/endpoint/annotation/typeConvertingEndpointTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?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:integration="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="bus" class="org.springframework.integration.bus.MessageBus"/>
+
+	<integration:channel id="inputChannel"/>
+
+	<integration:channel id="outputChannel"/>
+
+	<bean id="endpoint" class="org.springframework.integration.endpoint.annotation.TypeConvertingTestEndpoint"/>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.MessageEndpointAnnotationPostProcessor">
+		<constructor-arg ref="bus"/>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>