diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBean.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBean.java
index 2871c7dbda..c29effff9d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBean.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBean.java
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ public class RouterFactoryBean extends AbstractMessageHandlerFactoryBean {
 
 	private volatile MessageChannel defaultOutputChannel;
 	
-	private volatile boolean resolutionRequired;
+	private volatile Boolean resolutionRequired;
 
 	private volatile Boolean ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures;
 
+
 	public void setChannelResolver(ChannelResolver channelResolver) {
 		this.channelResolver = channelResolver;
 	}
@@ -48,12 +49,12 @@ public class RouterFactoryBean extends AbstractMessageHandlerFactoryBean {
 	public void setDefaultOutputChannel(MessageChannel defaultOutputChannel) {
 		this.defaultOutputChannel = defaultOutputChannel;
 	}
-	
-	public void setResolutionRequired(boolean resolutionRequired){
+
+	public void setResolutionRequired(Boolean resolutionRequired) {
 		this.resolutionRequired = resolutionRequired;
 	}
-	
-	public void setIgnoreChannelNameResolutionFailures(boolean ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures){
+
+	public void setIgnoreChannelNameResolutionFailures(Boolean ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures) {
 		this.ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures = ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures;
 	}
 
@@ -64,12 +65,15 @@ public class RouterFactoryBean extends AbstractMessageHandlerFactoryBean {
 		if (this.defaultOutputChannel != null) {
 			router.setDefaultOutputChannel(this.defaultOutputChannel);
 		}
-		if(ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures != null ){
+		if (this.ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures != null) {
 			Assert.isTrue(router instanceof AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter, 
-					"Ignore channel name resolution failures can only set on rotuers extending " + AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter.class.getName());
-			((AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter)router).setIgnoreChannelNameResolutionFailures(ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures);
+					"The 'ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures' property can only be set on routers that extend "
+					+ AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter.class.getName());
+			((AbstractChannelNameResolvingMessageRouter) router).setIgnoreChannelNameResolutionFailures(ignoreChannelNameResolutionFailures);
+		}
+		if (this.resolutionRequired != null) {
+			router.setResolutionRequired(this.resolutionRequired);
 		}
-		router.setResolutionRequired(resolutionRequired);
 		return router;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66349c6a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?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:si="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-1.0.xsd">
+
+	<si:channel id="input"/>
+
+	<si:channel id="strings">
+		<si:queue/>
+	</si:channel>
+
+	<si:channel id="discard">
+		<si:queue/>
+	</si:channel>
+
+	<bean id="payloadTypeRouter" class="org.springframework.integration.router.PayloadTypeRouter">
+		<property name="resolutionRequired" value="true"/>
+		<property name="payloadTypeChannelMap">
+			<map>
+				<entry key="java.lang.String" value-ref="strings"/>
+			</map>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+	<si:router id="router"
+		ref="payloadTypeRouter"
+		input-channel="input"
+		default-output-channel="discard"/>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2195b4100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.router.AbstractMessageRouter;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+public class RouterFactoryBeanDelegationTests {
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("input")
+	private MessageChannel input;
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("strings")
+	private PollableChannel strings;
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("discard")
+	private PollableChannel discard;
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("org.springframework.integration.config.RouterFactoryBean#0")
+	private AbstractMessageRouter router;
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void checkResolutionRequiredConfiguredOnTargetRouter() {
+		boolean resolutionRequired = (Boolean) new DirectFieldAccessor(router).getPropertyValue("resolutionRequired");
+		assertTrue("The 'resolutionRequired' property should be 'true'", resolutionRequired);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void routeWithMappedType() {
+		input.send(new StringMessage("test"));
+		assertNull(discard.receive(0));
+		assertNotNull(strings.receive(0));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void routeWithUnmappedType() {
+		input.send(new GenericMessage<Integer>(123));
+		assertNull(strings.receive(0));
+		assertNotNull(discard.receive(0));
+	}
+
+}