diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/ContextSourceParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/ContextSourceParser.java
index b61c3900..df939400 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/ContextSourceParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/ContextSourceParser.java
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ public class ContextSourceParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
             builder.addPropertyValue("maxWait", getInt(poolingElement, ATT_MAX_WAIT, DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT));
             String whenExhausted = getString(poolingElement, ATT_WHEN_EXHAUSTED, PoolExhaustedAction.BLOCK.name());
             builder.addPropertyValue("whenExhaustedAction", PoolExhaustedAction.valueOf(whenExhausted).getValue());
+            builder.addPropertyValue("timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis", getString(poolingElement, ATT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS, String.valueOf(DEFAULT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS)));
+            builder.addPropertyValue("minEvictableIdleTimeMillis", getString(poolingElement, ATT_EVICTABLE_TIME_MILLIS, String.valueOf(DEFAULT_EVICTABLE_MILLIS)));
 
             boolean testOnBorrow = getBoolean(poolingElement, ATT_TEST_ON_BORROW, false);
             boolean testOnReturn = getBoolean(poolingElement, ATT_TEST_ON_RETURN, false);
@@ -249,9 +251,9 @@ public class ContextSourceParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
         }
         builder.addPropertyValue("dirContextValidator", validatorBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
 
-        builder.addPropertyValue("timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis", getInt(element, ATT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS, DEFAULT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS));
+        builder.addPropertyValue("timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis", getString(element, ATT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS, String.valueOf(DEFAULT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS)));
         builder.addPropertyValue("numTestsPerEvictionRun", getInt(element, ATT_TESTS_PER_EVICTION_RUN, DEFAULT_TESTS_PER_EVICTION_RUN));
-        builder.addPropertyValue("minEvictableIdleTimeMillis", getInt(element, ATT_EVICTABLE_TIME_MILLIS, DEFAULT_EVICTABLE_MILLIS));
+        builder.addPropertyValue("minEvictableIdleTimeMillis", getString(element, ATT_EVICTABLE_TIME_MILLIS, String.valueOf(DEFAULT_EVICTABLE_MILLIS)));
 
         String nonTransientExceptions = getString(element, ATT_NON_TRANSIENT_EXCEPTIONS, CommunicationException.class.getName());
         String[] strings = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(nonTransientExceptions);
@@ -316,9 +318,9 @@ public class ContextSourceParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
         configBuilder.addPropertyValue("testOnCreate", getBoolean(element, ATT_TEST_ON_CREATE, false));
         configBuilder.addPropertyValue("testOnReturn", getBoolean(element, ATT_TEST_ON_RETURN, false));
         configBuilder.addPropertyValue("testWhileIdle", getBoolean(element, ATT_TEST_WHILE_IDLE, false));
-        configBuilder.addPropertyValue("timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis", getInt(element, ATT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS, DEFAULT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS));
+        configBuilder.addPropertyValue("timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis", getString(element, ATT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS, String.valueOf(DEFAULT_EVICTION_RUN_MILLIS)));
         configBuilder.addPropertyValue("numTestsPerEvictionRun", getInt(element, ATT_TESTS_PER_EVICTION_RUN, DEFAULT_TESTS_PER_EVICTION_RUN));
-        configBuilder.addPropertyValue("minEvictableIdleTimeMillis", getInt(element, ATT_EVICTABLE_TIME_MILLIS, DEFAULT_EVICTABLE_MILLIS));
+        configBuilder.addPropertyValue("minEvictableIdleTimeMillis", getString(element, ATT_EVICTABLE_TIME_MILLIS, String.valueOf(DEFAULT_EVICTABLE_MILLIS)));
         configBuilder.addPropertyValue("softMinEvictableIdleTimeMillis", getInt(element, ATT_SOFT_MIN_EVICTABLE_IDLE_TIME_MILLIS, DEFAULT_SOFT_MIN_EVICTABLE_IDLE_TIME_MILLIS));
 
         builder.addConstructorArgValue(configBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/ldap/config/spring-ldap-2.0.xsd b/core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/ldap/config/spring-ldap-2.0.xsd
index 492e3559..7d264720 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/ldap/config/spring-ldap-2.0.xsd
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/ldap/config/spring-ldap-2.0.xsd
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
                 </xs:documentation>
             </xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
-        <xs:attribute name="eviction-run-interval-millis" type="xs:int">
+        <xs:attribute name="eviction-run-interval-millis" type="xs:string">
             <xs:annotation>
                 <xs:documentation>
                     The number of milliseconds to sleep between runs of the idle object evictor thread. When non-positive,
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
                 </xs:documentation>
             </xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
-        <xs:attribute name="min-evictable-time-millis" type="xs:int">
+        <xs:attribute name="min-evictable-time-millis" type="xs:string">
             <xs:annotation>
                 <xs:documentation>
                     The minimum amount of time an object may sit idle in the pool before it is eligible
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
                 </xs:documentation>
             </xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
-        <xs:attribute name="eviction-run-interval-millis" type="xs:int">
+        <xs:attribute name="eviction-run-interval-millis" type="xs:string">
             <xs:annotation>
                 <xs:documentation>
                     The number of milliseconds to sleep between runs of the idle object evictor thread. When non-positive,
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
                 </xs:documentation>
             </xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
-        <xs:attribute name="min-evictable-time-millis" type="xs:int">
+        <xs:attribute name="min-evictable-time-millis" type="xs:string">
             <xs:annotation>
                 <xs:documentation>
                     The minimum amount of time an object may sit idle in the pool before it is eligible
@@ -682,4 +682,4 @@
             </xs:complexContent>
         </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
-</xs:schema>
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+</xs:schema>
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest.java
index 2b2901bf..a831a31f 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest.java
@@ -494,4 +494,33 @@ public class LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest {
     public void verifyParseWithPool1AndPool2WillFail() {
         new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-pool2-with-pool1.xml");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void verifyParsePoolWithPlaceholders() {
+        ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-pooling-config-with-placeholders.xml");
+        ContextSource outerContextSource = ctx.getBean(ContextSource.class);
+        assertNotNull(outerContextSource);
+
+        ContextSource pooledContextSource = ((TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy) outerContextSource).getTarget();
+        assertNotNull(pooledContextSource);
+
+        GenericKeyedObjectPool objectPool = (GenericKeyedObjectPool) getInternalState(pooledContextSource, "keyedObjectPool");
+        assertEquals(10, objectPool.getTimeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis());
+        assertEquals(20, objectPool.getMinEvictableIdleTimeMillis());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void verifyParsePool2WithPlaceholders() {
+        ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-pooling2-config-with-placeholders.xml");
+        ContextSource outerContextSource = ctx.getBean(ContextSource.class);
+        assertNotNull(outerContextSource);
+
+        ContextSource pooledContextSource = ((TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy) outerContextSource).getTarget();
+        assertNotNull(pooledContextSource);
+
+        org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericKeyedObjectPool objectPool =
+                (org.apache.commons.pool2.impl.GenericKeyedObjectPool) getInternalState(pooledContextSource, "keyedObjectPool");
+        assertEquals(10, objectPool.getTimeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis());
+        assertEquals(20, objectPool.getMinEvictableIdleTimeMillis());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-pooling-config-with-placeholders.xml b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-pooling-config-with-placeholders.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..125329a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-pooling-config-with-placeholders.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?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:ldap="http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd   http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap/spring-ldap.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:ldap.properties" />
+
+    <ldap:context-source password="apassword" url="ldap://localhost:389" username="uid=admin">
+        <ldap:pooling eviction-run-interval-millis="${ldap.eviction.run.internal.milis}" min-evictable-time-millis="${ldap.min.evictable.time.milis}"/>
+    </ldap:context-source>
+
+    <ldap:ldap-template />
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-pooling2-config-with-placeholders.xml b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-pooling2-config-with-placeholders.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e6523ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-pooling2-config-with-placeholders.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?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:ldap="http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap"
+       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd   http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap/spring-ldap.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath*:ldap.properties" />
+
+    <ldap:context-source password="apassword" url="ldap://localhost:389" username="uid=admin">
+        <ldap:pooling2 eviction-run-interval-millis="${ldap.eviction.run.internal.milis}" min-evictable-time-millis="${ldap.min.evictable.time.milis}"/>
+    </ldap:context-source>
+
+    <ldap:ldap-template />
+</beans>
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ldap.properties b/core/src/test/resources/ldap.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cc6cd15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ldap.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ldap.eviction.run.internal.milis=10
+ldap.min.evictable.time.milis=20
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