diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d5f9de6f..a3bece6f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ group = 'org.springframework.session'
 
 ext.springBootVersion = '1.2.3.RELEASE'
 ext.JAVA_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/java.gradle"
+ext.SPRING3_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/spring3.gradle"
 ext.MAVEN_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/publish-maven.gradle"
 ext.TOMCAT_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/tomcat.gradle"
 ext.TOMCAT_6_GRADLE = "$rootDir/gradle/tomcat6.gradle"
diff --git a/gradle/spring3.gradle b/gradle/spring3.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f81af009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/spring3.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+configurations {
+	spring3TestRuntime.extendsFrom testRuntime
+}
+
+configurations.spring3TestRuntime {
+	resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
+		if (details.requested.group == 'org.springframework'
+				&& details.requested.name != 'spring-websocket'
+				&& details.requested.name != 'spring-messaging') {
+			details.useVersion '3.2.14.RELEASE'
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+task spring3Test(type: Test) {
+	jvmArgs = ['-ea', '-Xmx500m', '-XX:MaxPermSize=128M']
+	classpath = sourceSets.test.output + sourceSets.main.output + configurations.spring3TestRuntime
+	exclude "org/springframework/session/web/socket/**"
+	reports {
+		html.destination = project.file("$buildDir/spring3-test-results/")
+		junitXml.destination = project.file("$buildDir/reports/spring3-tests/")
+	}
+}
+check.dependsOn spring3Test
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diff --git a/spring-session/build.gradle b/spring-session/build.gradle
index 55851d9d..aaf75ec1 100644
--- a/spring-session/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-session/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply from: JAVA_GRADLE
+apply from: SPRING3_GRADLE
 apply from: MAVEN_GRADLE
 
 apply plugin: 'spring-io'
diff --git a/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java b/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java
index b6ad17c4..e8dce10c 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/web/http/SessionRepositoryFilterTests.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.OrderUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilterTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void order() {
-		assertThat(OrderUtils.getOrder(filter.getClass())).isEqualTo(SessionRepositoryFilter.DEFAULT_ORDER);
+		assertThat(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.INSTANCE.compare(filter, new SessionRepositoryFilterDefaultOrder()));
 	}
 
 	// We want the filter to work without any dependencies on Spring
@@ -1257,4 +1257,10 @@ public class SessionRepositoryFilterTests {
 		}
 		void doFilter(HttpServletRequest wrappedRequest) {}
 	}
+
+	static class SessionRepositoryFilterDefaultOrder implements Ordered {
+		public int getOrder() {
+			return SessionRepositoryFilter.DEFAULT_ORDER;
+		}
+	}
 }
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