diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceChannelInterceptorTests.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceChannelInterceptorTests.java
index 09326eebd..a48918859 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceChannelInterceptorTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceChannelInterceptorTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.instrument.messaging;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.ExecutorChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
@@ -73,6 +77,10 @@ public class TraceChannelInterceptorTests implements MessageHandler {
 	@Qualifier("tracedChannel")
 	private DirectChannel tracedChannel;
 
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("tracedExecutorChannel")
+	private ExecutorChannel executorChannel;
+
 	@Autowired
 	@Qualifier("ignoredChannel")
 	private DirectChannel ignoredChannel;
@@ -89,9 +97,12 @@ public class TraceChannelInterceptorTests implements MessageHandler {
 	private Message<?> message;
 
 	private Span span;
+	
+	private CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
 	@Override
 	public void handleMessage(Message<?> message) throws MessagingException {
+		this.latch.countDown();
 		this.message = message;
 		this.span = TestSpanContextHolder.getCurrentSpan();
 		if (message.getHeaders().containsKey("THROW_EXCEPTION")) {
@@ -102,6 +113,7 @@ public class TraceChannelInterceptorTests implements MessageHandler {
 	@Before
 	public void init() {
 		this.tracedChannel.subscribe(this);
+		this.executorChannel.subscribe(this);
 		this.ignoredChannel.subscribe(this);
 		this.accumulator.getSpans().clear();
 	}
@@ -111,6 +123,7 @@ public class TraceChannelInterceptorTests implements MessageHandler {
 		then(ExceptionUtils.getLastException()).isNull();
 		TestSpanContextHolder.removeCurrentSpan();
 		this.tracedChannel.unsubscribe(this);
+		this.executorChannel.unsubscribe(this);
 		this.ignoredChannel.unsubscribe(this);
 		this.accumulator.getSpans().clear();
 	}
@@ -127,6 +140,19 @@ public class TraceChannelInterceptorTests implements MessageHandler {
 		then(this.span.isExportable()).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void executableSpanCreation() throws Exception {
+		this.executorChannel.send(MessageBuilder.withPayload("hi")
+				.setHeader(TraceMessageHeaders.SAMPLED_NAME, Span.SPAN_NOT_SAMPLED).build());
+		this.latch.await(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		assertNotNull("message was null", this.message);
+
+		String spanId = this.message.getHeaders().get(TraceMessageHeaders.SPAN_ID_NAME, String.class);
+		then(spanId).isNotNull();
+		then(TestSpanContextHolder.getCurrentSpan()).isNull();
+		then(this.span.isExportable()).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void messageHeadersStillMutable() {
 		this.tracedChannel.send(MessageBuilder.withPayload("hi")
@@ -352,6 +378,11 @@ public class TraceChannelInterceptorTests implements MessageHandler {
 			return new ArrayListSpanAccumulator();
 		}
 
+		@Bean
+		public ExecutorChannel tracedExecutorChannel() {
+			return new ExecutorChannel(Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor());
+		}
+
 		@Bean
 		public DirectChannel tracedChannel() {
 			return new DirectChannel();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/resources/logback.xml
index 4d584ab3f..b7f228703 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <configuration>
 	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml"/>
 	<logger name="org.springframework.cloud.sleuth" level="TRACE"/>
-	<logger name="org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.logging" level="DEBUG"/>
+	<logger name="org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.logging" level="INFO"/>
 	<logger name="org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.log" level="DEBUG"/>
 	<logger name="org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.trace" level="DEBUG"/>
 	<logger name="org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.instrument.rxjava" level="DEBUG"/>