diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter.java
index f7977883b8..8015f1e71b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/router/AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.BeanFactoryChannelResolver;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.ChannelResolutionException;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.ChannelResolver;
+import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingException;
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter extends Abstract
 
 	private volatile ChannelResolver channelResolver;
 
+	private volatile ConversionService conversionService;
+
 	private volatile String prefix;
 
 	private volatile String suffix;
@@ -137,7 +141,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter extends Abstract
 				addToCollection(channels, (Collection<?>) channelIndicator, message);
 			}
 			else {
-				throw new MessagingException("unsupported return type for router [" + channelIndicator.getClass() + "]");
+				if (this.conversionService == null && this.beanFactory != null) {
+					this.conversionService = IntegrationContextUtils.getConversionService(this.beanFactory);
+				}
+				if (this.conversionService != null
+						&& this.conversionService.canConvert(channelIndicator.getClass(), String.class)) {
+					addChannelFromString(channels, this.conversionService.convert(channelIndicator, String.class), message);
+				}
+				else {
+					throw new MessagingException("unsupported return type for router [" + channelIndicator.getClass() + "]");
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..653451807c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?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"
+	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.xsd">
+
+	<channel id="trueChannel">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<channel id="falseChannel">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<header-value-router input-channel="inputChannel" header-name="testHeader">
+		<mapping value="true" channel="trueChannel" />
+		<mapping value="false" channel="falseChannel" />
+	</header-value-router>
+
+	<beans:bean id="integrationConversionService" class="org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean"/>
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69735cd54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/router/config/HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.router.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class HeaderValueRouterConvertibleTypeTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel inputChannel;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel trueChannel;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel falseChannel;
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBooleanValueMappingToChannels() {
+		Message<?> trueMessage = MessageBuilder.withPayload(1)
+				.setHeader("testHeader", true).build();
+		Message<?> falseMessage = MessageBuilder.withPayload(0)
+				.setHeader("testHeader", false).build();
+		inputChannel.send(trueMessage);
+		inputChannel.send(falseMessage);
+		Message<?> trueResult = trueChannel.receive();
+		assertNotNull(trueResult);
+		assertEquals(1, trueResult.getPayload());
+		Message<?> falseResult = falseChannel.receive();
+		assertNotNull(falseResult);
+		assertEquals(0, falseResult.getPayload());
+	}
+
+}