diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
index f4dac9d..c586acf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<T> implements MethodInvocationReco
 	private boolean compareParameters(Object[] args, int argCount, Class<?>[] parameterTypes) {
 		if (argCount == (args.length + 1)) {
 			int startingIndex = 0;
-			if (parameterTypes.length > 0 && parameterTypes[0] == Throwable.class) {
+                        if (parameterTypes.length > 0 && Throwable.class.isAssignableFrom(parameterTypes[0])) {
 				startingIndex = 1;
 			}
 			for (int i = startingIndex; i < parameterTypes.length; i++) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
index d00da5c..3c764e3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 				handler.recover(new Object[] { "Randell" }, new RuntimeException("Planned")));
 
 	}
+        
+        @Test
+	public void multipleQualifyingRecoverMethodsExtendsThrowable(){
+		Method foo = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MultipleQualifyingRecoversExtendsThrowable.class,
+				"foo", String.class);
+		RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<?> handler = new RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<Integer>(
+				new MultipleQualifyingRecoversExtendsThrowable(), foo);
+		assertEquals(2,
+				handler.recover(new Object[] { "Kevin" }, new IllegalArgumentException("Planned")));
+                assertEquals(3,
+				handler.recover(new Object[] { "Kevin" }, new UnsupportedOperationException("Planned")));
+
+	}
 
 	private static class InAccessibleRecover {
 
@@ -310,5 +323,29 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 		}
 
 	}
+        
+        protected static class MultipleQualifyingRecoversExtendsThrowable {
+
+		@Retryable
+		public int foo(String name) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public int fooRecover(IllegalArgumentException e, String name) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+                
+                @Recover
+		public int barRecover(IllegalArgumentException e, String name) {
+			return 2;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public int bazRecover(UnsupportedOperationException e, String name) {
+			return 3;
+		}
+
+	}
 
 }