diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSource.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSource.cs
index 7c0c1e31..75e584d2 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSource.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSource.cs
@@ -124,10 +124,20 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
                 {
                     variables.Add((NameValueCollection) section);
                 }
-                else
-                {
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Section [" + sectionName +
-                                                "] is not handled by the NameValueSectionHandler.");
+#if NET_2_0
+                else if (section is System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection)
+                {
+                    System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection clientSettingsSection = (System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection)section;
+                    foreach (SettingElement setting in clientSettingsSection.Settings)
+                    {
+                        variables.Add(setting.Name, setting.Value.ValueXml.InnerText);
+                    }
+                }
+#endif
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException("Section [" + sectionName +
+                                                "] is not handled by the NameValueSectionHandler.");
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSourceTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSourceTests.cs
index bbc1781a..daae2c60 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSourceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Config/ConfigSectionVariableSourceTests.cs
@@ -65,5 +65,17 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config
             // non-existant variable
             Assert.IsNull(vs.ResolveVariable("dummy"));
         }
+#if NET_2_0
+        [Test]
+        public void TestVariableResolutionFromApplicationSettingsSchema()
+        {
+            ConfigSectionVariableSource vs = new ConfigSectionVariableSource();
+            vs.SectionName = "applicationSettings/MyApp.Properties.Settings";
+            Assert.AreEqual("1000", vs.ResolveVariable("maxResults"));
+            Assert.AreEqual(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=c:\Northwind.mdb;User ID=Admin;Password=;",
+                vs.ResolveVariable("connection.string"));
+        }
+#endif
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.dll.config b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.dll.config
index 335b224c..02a7287f 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.dll.config
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.dll.config
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ limitations under the License.
     <section name="DaoConfiguration" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
     <section name="DatabaseConfiguration" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler"/>
 
+    <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
+      <section name="MyApp.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
+    </sectionGroup>
+
     <sectionGroup name="common">
       <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />      
     </sectionGroup>
@@ -164,6 +168,17 @@ limitations under the License.
     <add key="connection.string" value="Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=c:\Northwind.mdb;User ID=Admin;Password=;"/>
   </DatabaseConfiguration>
 
+  <applicationSettings>
+    <MyApp.Properties.Settings>      
+      <setting name="connection.string" serializeAs="String">
+        <value>Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=c:\Northwind.mdb;User ID=Admin;Password=;</value>
+      </setting>
+      <setting name="maxResults" serializeAs="String">
+        <value>1000</value>
+      </setting>
+    </MyApp.Properties.Settings>
+  </applicationSettings>
+
   <connectionStrings>
     <add name="mySqlDataSource" connectionString="mySqlServerConnectionString"/>
     <add name="myOracleDataSource" connectionString="myOracleConnectionString" providerName="System.Data.OracleClient"/>