diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/expression/LegacyJSFELExpressionParser.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/expression/LegacyJSFELExpressionParser.java
index 02e988a1..03ac35a4 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/expression/LegacyJSFELExpressionParser.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/expression/LegacyJSFELExpressionParser.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.springframework.binding.expression.el.ELExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.MutableAttributeMap;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.expression.el.RequestContextELResolver;
 import org.springframework.webflow.core.expression.el.ScopeSearchingELResolver;
+import org.springframework.webflow.core.expression.el.SpringBeanWebFlowELResolver;
 import org.springframework.webflow.execution.RequestContext;
 
 /**
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public class LegacyJSFELExpressionParser extends ELExpressionParser {
 		public ELContext getELContext(Object target) {
 			List customResolvers = new ArrayList();
 			customResolvers.add(new RequestContextELResolver());
+			customResolvers.add(new SpringBeanWebFlowELResolver());
 			customResolvers.add(new ScopeSearchingELResolver());
 			customResolvers.add(new LegacyJSFBeanResolver());
 			ELResolver resolver = new DefaultELResolver(target, customResolvers);
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfViewFactoryCreator.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfViewFactoryCreator.java
index 56ee6ddd..814a6580 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfViewFactoryCreator.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/webflow/JsfViewFactoryCreator.java
@@ -34,16 +34,12 @@ public class JsfViewFactoryCreator implements ViewFactoryCreator {
 
 	private Lifecycle lifecycle;
 
-	public JsfViewFactoryCreator() {
-		lifecycle = createFlowFacesLifecycle();
-	}
-
 	public Action createFinalResponseAction(Expression viewName, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
-		return new JsfFinalResponseAction(new JsfViewFactory(viewName, resourceLoader, lifecycle));
+		return new JsfFinalResponseAction(new JsfViewFactory(viewName, resourceLoader, getLifecycle()));
 	}
 
 	public ViewFactory createViewFactory(Expression viewName, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
-		return new JsfViewFactory(viewName, resourceLoader, lifecycle);
+		return new JsfViewFactory(viewName, resourceLoader, getLifecycle());
 	}
 
 	private Lifecycle createFlowFacesLifecycle() {
@@ -53,4 +49,11 @@ public class JsfViewFactoryCreator implements ViewFactoryCreator {
 		return new FlowLifecycle(defaultLifecycle);
 	}
 
+	private Lifecycle getLifecycle() {
+		if (lifecycle == null) {
+			lifecycle = createFlowFacesLifecycle();
+		}
+		return lifecycle;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java b/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f150083e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package org.springframework.faces.ui.resource;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletConfig;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+
+public class ResourceServletTests extends TestCase {
+
+	ServletContext servletContext = new ResourceTestMockServletContext();
+	ServletConfig config = new MockServletConfig(servletContext);
+	MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+	MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+
+	String[] requestElements;
+
+	ResourceServlet servlet;
+
+	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+		servlet = new ResourceServlet();
+		servlet.init(config);
+	}
+
+	public final void testExecute() throws Exception {
+
+		String requestPath = "/dojo/dojo.js";
+		request.setPathInfo(requestPath);
+		servlet.doGet(request, response);
+	}
+
+	public final void testExecute_ResourceNotFound() throws Exception {
+
+		String requestPath = "/xxx/xxx.js";
+		request.setPathInfo(requestPath);
+		servlet.doGet(request, response);
+
+		assertEquals(404, response.getStatus());
+	}
+
+	private class ResourceTestMockServletContext extends MockServletContext {
+
+		public String getMimeType(String filePath) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+	}
+}