diff --git a/spring-webflow/changelog.txt b/spring-webflow/changelog.txt
index 5d5a58c6..569ae8e5 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/changelog.txt
+++ b/spring-webflow/changelog.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Package org.springframework.webflow.config
   not to be read properly and throw an exception (SWF-239).
 * Added Spring tooling funtionality to the BeanDefinitionParser to allow tools such as SpringIDE
   to properly interact with it (SWF-254).
+* Added getFlowExecutor() method to FlowExecutorFactoryBean.
 
 Package org.springframework.webflow.context
 * The ThreadLocal in ExternalContextHolder is now final (SWF-262).
diff --git a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowExecutorFactoryBean.java b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowExecutorFactoryBean.java
index fbc49f97..a641d4fe 100644
--- a/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowExecutorFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-webflow/src/main/java/org/springframework/webflow/config/FlowExecutorFactoryBean.java
@@ -406,6 +406,13 @@ public class FlowExecutorFactoryBean implements FactoryBean, InitializingBean {
 	}
 
 	public Object getObject() throws Exception {
+		return getFlowExecutor();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the flow executor constructed by the factory bean.
+	 */
+	public FlowExecutor getFlowExecutor() {
 		return flowExecutor;
 	}
 }
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