diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate12/Data/NHibernate/LocalSessionFactoryObject.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate12/Data/NHibernate/LocalSessionFactoryObject.cs
index 77585bd5..a77cf44c 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate12/Data/NHibernate/LocalSessionFactoryObject.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Data.NHibernate12/Data/NHibernate/LocalSessionFactoryObject.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ namespace Spring.Data.NHibernate
 		public IApplicationContext ApplicationContext
 		{
 			set { this.applicationContext = value; }
+#if NET_1_1
+            get { return this.applicationContext; }
+#else
             protected get { return this.applicationContext; }
+#endif
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>