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 d06a542c..30679215 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/ContextSourceParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/ContextSourceParser.java
@@ -91,13 +91,17 @@ public class ContextSourceParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
         String username = element.getAttribute(ATT_USERNAME);
         String password = element.getAttribute(ATT_PASSWORD);
         String url = element.getAttribute(ATT_URL);
-
         Assert.hasText(url, "url attribute must be specified");
 
         builder.addPropertyValue("userDn", username);
         builder.addPropertyValue("password", password);
-        String[] urls = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(url);
-        builder.addPropertyValue("urls", urls);
+
+        BeanDefinitionBuilder urlsBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+                .rootBeanDefinition(UrlsFactory.class)
+                .setFactoryMethod("urls")
+                .addConstructorArgValue(url);
+
+        builder.addPropertyValue("urls", urlsBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
         builder.addPropertyValue("base", getString(element, ATT_BASE, ""));
         builder.addPropertyValue("referral", getString(element, ATT_REFERRAL, null));
 
@@ -211,4 +215,10 @@ public class ContextSourceParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
         builder.addPropertyValue("nonTransientExceptions", nonTransientExceptionClasses);
     }
+
+    static class UrlsFactory {
+        public static String[] urls(String value) {
+            return StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(value);
+        }
+    }
 }
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 255de250..0511148e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ldap/config/LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest.java
@@ -154,6 +154,53 @@ public class LdapTemplateNamespaceHandlerTest {
         assertEquals(SearchControls.OBJECT_SCOPE, getInternalState(ldapTemplate, "defaultSearchScope"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void supportsSpel() {
+        ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-spel.xml");
+        ContextSource outerContextSource = ctx.getBean(ContextSource.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(outerContextSource);
+
+        assertTrue(outerContextSource instanceof TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy);
+        ContextSource contextSource = ((TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy) outerContextSource).getTarget();
+
+        assertEquals(LdapUtils.newLdapName("dc=261consulting,dc=com"), getInternalState(contextSource, "base"));
+        assertEquals("uid=admin", getInternalState(contextSource, "userDn"));
+        assertEquals("apassword", getInternalState(contextSource, "password"));
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[]{"ldap://localhost:389"}, (Object[]) getInternalState(contextSource, "urls"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void supportsSpelMultiUrls() {
+        ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-spel-multiurls.xml");
+        ContextSource outerContextSource = ctx.getBean(ContextSource.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(outerContextSource);
+
+        assertTrue(outerContextSource instanceof TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy);
+        ContextSource contextSource = ((TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy) outerContextSource).getTarget();
+
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[] { "ldap://a.localhost:389", "ldap://b.localhost:389" },
+                (Object[]) getInternalState(contextSource, "urls"));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void supportsMultipleUrls() {
+        ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-multiurls.xml");
+        ContextSource outerContextSource = ctx.getBean(ContextSource.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(outerContextSource);
+
+        assertTrue(outerContextSource instanceof TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy);
+        ContextSource contextSource = ((TransactionAwareContextSourceProxy) outerContextSource).getTarget();
+
+        assertArrayEquals(new String[] { "ldap://a.localhost:389", "ldap://b.localhost:389" },
+                (Object[]) getInternalState(contextSource, "urls"));
+
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void verifyParseWithDefaultTransactions() {
         ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/ldap-namespace-config-transactional-defaults.xml");
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-multiurls.xml b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-multiurls.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..718c3f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-multiurls.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:ldap="http://www.springframework.org/schema/ldap"
+       xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+       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/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+
+    <ldap:context-source
+            username="username"
+            password="password"
+            url="ldap://a.localhost:389,ldap://b.localhost:389" />
+</beans>
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diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-spel-multiurls.xml b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-spel-multiurls.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8bdf80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-spel-multiurls.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?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:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+       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/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+
+    <ldap:context-source
+            url="#{ldapProperties.url}"
+            username="username"
+            password="password" />
+
+    <util:properties id="ldapProperties">
+        <prop key="url">ldap://a.localhost:389,ldap://b.localhost:389</prop>
+    </util:properties>
+</beans>
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diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-spel.xml b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-spel.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eff6809c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/ldap-namespace-config-spel.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?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:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+       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/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+
+    <ldap:context-source
+            url="#{ldapProperties.url}"
+            base="#{ldapProperties.base}"
+            username="#{ldapProperties.username}"
+            password="#{ldapProperties.password}" />
+
+    <util:properties id="ldapProperties">
+        <prop key="url">ldap://localhost:389</prop>
+        <prop key="username">uid=admin</prop>
+        <prop key="password">apassword</prop>
+        <prop key="base">dc=261consulting,dc=com</prop>
+    </util:properties>
+</beans>
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