diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java
index 6cefa64f2b..ab149f6b2b 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyFactoryBean.java
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ public class GatewayProxyFactoryBean extends AbstractEndpoint implements Factory
 			}
 		}
 		ArgumentArrayMessageMapper messageMapper = new ArgumentArrayMessageMapper(method, staticHeaders);
+		messageMapper.setBeanFactory(this.getBeanFactory());
 		SimpleMessagingGateway gateway = new SimpleMessagingGateway(messageMapper, new SimpleMessageMapper());
 		gateway.setExceptionMapper(exceptionMapper);
 		if (this.getTaskScheduler() != null) {
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/ArgumentArrayMessageMapper.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/ArgumentArrayMessageMapper.java
index c2a998f078..5de7516d5f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/ArgumentArrayMessageMapper.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/ArgumentArrayMessageMapper.java
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.core.LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.BeanResolver;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
@@ -97,19 +102,21 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  * @since 2.0
  */
-public class ArgumentArrayMessageMapper implements InboundMessageMapper<Object[]> {
+public class ArgumentArrayMessageMapper implements InboundMessageMapper<Object[]>, BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	private static final SpelExpressionParser PARSER = new SpelExpressionParser();
 
 
-	private final Map<String, Object> staticHeaders;
-
 	private final Method method;
 
+	private final Map<String, Object> staticHeaders;
+
 	private final List<MethodParameter> parameterList;
 
 	private final Expression payloadExpression;
 
+	private volatile BeanResolver beanResolver;
+
 
 	public ArgumentArrayMessageMapper(Method method) {
 		this(method, null);
@@ -124,7 +131,17 @@ public class ArgumentArrayMessageMapper implements InboundMessageMapper<Object[]
 	}
 
 
-	public Message<?> toMessage(Object[] arguments) {
+	public void setBeanFactory(final BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		if (beanFactory != null) {
+			this.beanResolver = new BeanResolver() {
+				public Object resolve(EvaluationContext context, String beanName) throws AccessException {
+					return beanFactory.getBean(beanName);
+				}
+			};
+		}
+	}
+
+ 	public Message<?> toMessage(Object[] arguments) {
 		Assert.notNull(arguments, "cannot map null arguments to Message");
 		if (arguments.length != this.parameterList.size()) {
 			String prefix = (arguments.length < this.parameterList.size()) ? "Not enough" : "Too many";
@@ -142,6 +159,9 @@ public class ArgumentArrayMessageMapper implements InboundMessageMapper<Object[]
 		if (this.payloadExpression != null) {
 			StandardEvaluationContext context = new StandardEvaluationContext();
 			context.setVariable("args", arguments);
+			if (this.beanResolver != null) {
+				context.setBeanResolver(this.beanResolver);
+			}
 			messageOrPayload = this.payloadExpression.getValue(context);
 		}
 		for (int i = 0; i < this.parameterList.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests.java
index 19bc4be247..83f74ce31e 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Header;
 import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Headers;
 import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Payload;
@@ -126,6 +128,21 @@ public class GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests {
 		assertEquals("foobar!", result.getPayload());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void payloadAnnotationAtMethodLevelUsingBeanResolver() throws Exception {
+		GenericApplicationContext context = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		RootBeanDefinition gatewayDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(GatewayProxyFactoryBean.class);
+		gatewayDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("defaultRequestChannel", channel);
+		gatewayDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("serviceInterface", TestGateway.class);
+		context.registerBeanDefinition("testGateway", gatewayDefinition);
+		context.registerBeanDefinition("testBean", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
+		context.refresh();
+		TestGateway gateway = context.getBean("testGateway", TestGateway.class);
+		gateway.payloadAnnotationAtMethodLevelUsingBeanResolver("foo");
+		Message<?> result = channel.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals("FOO!!!", result.getPayload());
+	}
 
 	@Test(expected = MessagingException.class)
 	public void twoMapsWithoutAnnotations() {
@@ -172,6 +189,9 @@ public class GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests {
 		@Payload("#args[0] + #args[1] + '!'")
 		void payloadAnnotationAtMethodLevel(String a, String b);
 
+		@Payload("@testBean.exclaim(#args[0])")
+		void payloadAnnotationAtMethodLevelUsingBeanResolver(String s);
+
 		// invalid
 		void twoMapsWithoutAnnotations(Map<String, Object> m1, Map<String, Object> m2);
 
@@ -189,4 +209,12 @@ public class GatewayProxyMessageMappingTests {
 
 	}
 
+
+	public static class TestBean {
+
+		public String exclaim(String s) {
+			return s.toUpperCase() + "!!!";
+		}
+	}
+
 }