diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/ErrorChannelRoutingTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/ErrorChannelRoutingTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0315cc55af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/ErrorChannelRoutingTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?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-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.0.xsd">
+
+
+	<int:router input-channel="inputChannel" default-output-channel="errorChannel" ignore-channel-name-resolution-failures="true" >
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.router.config.RouterParserTests.NonExistingChannelRouter"/>
+	</int:router>
+	
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/RouterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/RouterParserTests.java
index 15a749fafe..3d0db4ddee 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/RouterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/RouterParserTests.java
@@ -25,22 +25,30 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageDeliveryException;
 import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Router;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.ChannelResolver;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.SubscribableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.router.AbstractMessageRouter;
 import org.springframework.integration.router.MethodInvokingRouter;
 import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
 
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Jonas Partner
@@ -172,6 +180,24 @@ public class RouterParserTests {
 		assertEquals(new Integer(3), message3.getHeaders().getSequenceNumber());
 		assertEquals(new Integer(3), message3.getHeaders().getSequenceSize());
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testErrorChannel(){
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"ErrorChannelRoutingTests-context.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageHandler handler = mock(MessageHandler.class);
+		DirectChannel inputChannel = context.getBean("inputChannel", DirectChannel.class);
+		SubscribableChannel errorChannel = context.getBean("errorChannel", SubscribableChannel.class);
+		errorChannel.subscribe(handler);
+		inputChannel.send(new StringMessage("fail"));
+		verify(handler, times(1)).handleMessage(Mockito.any(Message.class));
+	}
+	
+	public static class NonExistingChannelRouter{
+		public String route(String payload){
+			return "foo";
+		}
+	}
 
 	public static class TestRouterImplementation extends AbstractMessageRouter {