diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/MessageChannelConfigurerTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/MessageChannelConfigurerTests.java
index a3fbb59d8..e22d74516 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/MessageChannelConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/MessageChannelConfigurerTests.java
@@ -19,22 +19,28 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.annotation.Bindings;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.annotation.EnableBinding;
+import org.springframework.cloud.stream.converter.CompositeMessageConverterFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.messaging.Sink;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessagingException;
+import org.springframework.messaging.converter.CompositeMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.tuple.Tuple;
+import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
@@ -51,6 +57,9 @@ public class MessageChannelConfigurerTests {
 	@Autowired @Bindings(TestSink.class)
 	private Sink testSink;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private CompositeMessageConverterFactory messageConverterFactory;
+
 	@Autowired
 	private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
@@ -73,8 +82,18 @@ public class MessageChannelConfigurerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testObjectMapperConfig() {
-		assertTrue("SerializationFeature 'WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS' should be disabled", !objectMapper.getSerializationConfig().isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS));
+	public void testObjectMapperConfig() throws Exception {
+		CompositeMessageConverter compositeMessageConverter = messageConverterFactory.getMessageConverterForType(MimeTypeUtils.APPLICATION_JSON);
+		List<MessageConverter> converters = compositeMessageConverter.getConverters();
+		for (MessageConverter converter : converters) {
+			DirectFieldAccessor converterAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(converter);
+			ObjectMapper objectMapper = (ObjectMapper) converterAccessor.getPropertyValue("objectMapper");
+			// assert that the ObjectMapper used by the converters is compliant with the Boot configuration
+			assertTrue("SerializationFeature 'WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS' should be disabled",
+					!objectMapper.getSerializationConfig().isEnabled(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS));
+			// assert that the globally set bean is used by the converters
+			assertTrue(objectMapper == this.objectMapper);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	@EnableBinding(Sink.class)
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingServiceConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingServiceConfiguration.java
index abf02e513..2751e49a4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingServiceConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingServiceConfiguration.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class ChannelBindingServiceConfiguration {
 	@Autowired
 	private MessageBuilderFactory messageBuilderFactory;
 
-	@Lazy @Autowired(required = false)
+	@Autowired(required = false)
 	private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/SpelExpressionConverterConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/SpelExpressionConverterConfiguration.java
index da1256a4e..4f59dc40b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/SpelExpressionConverterConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/SpelExpressionConverterConfiguration.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBinding;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public class SpelExpressionConverterConfiguration {
 
 		@Autowired
 		@Qualifier(IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME)
+		@Lazy
 		private EvaluationContext evaluationContext;
 
 		@Override