diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
index 4d42bf1..250d49e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback;
  * 
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Josh Long
+ * @author Aldo Sinanaj
  */
 public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<T> implements MethodInvocationRecoverer<T> {
 
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<T> implements MethodInvocationReco
 						Recover recover = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method,
 								Recover.class);
 						if (recover != null
-								&& failingMethod.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(
-										method.getReturnType())) {
+								&& method.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(
+										failingMethod.getReturnType())) {
 							Class<?>[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
 							if (parameterTypes.length > 0
 									&& Throwable.class
@@ -136,6 +137,19 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<T> implements MethodInvocationReco
 					}
 				});
 		classifier.setTypeMap(types);
+		optionallyFilterMethodsBy(failingMethod.getReturnType());
+	}
+
+	private void optionallyFilterMethodsBy(Class<?> returnClass) {
+		Map<Method, SimpleMetadata> filteredMethods = new HashMap<Method, SimpleMetadata>();
+		for (Method method : methods.keySet()) {
+			if (method.getReturnType() == returnClass) {
+				filteredMethods.put(method, methods.get(method));
+			}
+		}
+		if (filteredMethods.size() > 0) {
+			methods = filteredMethods;
+		}
 	}
 
 	private static class SimpleMetadata {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
index 2d2b1f7..29b7c4b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
- *
+ * @author Aldo Sinanaj
  */
 public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 
@@ -94,6 +94,28 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void specificReturnTypeRecoverMethod() {
+		RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<?> fooHandler = new RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<Integer>(
+				new InheritanceReturnTypeRecover(), ReflectionUtils.findMethod(InheritanceReturnTypeRecover.class,
+				"foo", String.class));
+		assertEquals(1,
+				fooHandler.recover(new Object[] { "Aldo" }, new RuntimeException("Planned")));
+		assertEquals(2,
+				fooHandler.recover(new Object[] { "Aldo" }, new IllegalStateException("Planned")));
+
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parentReturnTypeRecoverMethod() {
+		RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<?> barHandler = new RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<Double>(
+				new InheritanceReturnTypeRecover(), ReflectionUtils.findMethod(InheritanceReturnTypeRecover.class,
+				"bar", String.class));
+		assertEquals(3,
+				barHandler.recover(new Object[] { "Aldo" }, new RuntimeException("Planned")));
+
+	}
+
 	private static class InAccessibleRecover {
 
 		@Retryable
@@ -181,5 +203,33 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 
 	}
 
+	protected static class InheritanceReturnTypeRecover {
+
+		@Retryable
+		public Integer foo(String name) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		@Retryable
+		public Double bar(String name) {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public Integer baz(RuntimeException re, String name) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public Integer qux(IllegalStateException re, String name) {
+			return 2;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public Number quux(RuntimeException re, String name) {
+			return 3;
+		}
+
+	}
 
 }