diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateTestWithBean.java b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateWithBeanTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateTestWithBean.java
rename to spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateWithBeanTest.java
index a9a4955de..5597613b5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateTestWithBean.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateWithBeanTest.java
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * @author Marius Bogoevici
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest(classes = AggregateTestWithBean.ChainedProcessors.class, properties = {"server.port=-1"})
-public class AggregateTestWithBean {
+@SpringBootTest(classes = AggregateWithBeanTest.ChainedProcessors.class, properties = {"server.port=-1"})
+public class AggregateWithBeanTest {
 
 	@Autowired
 	public MessageCollector messageCollector;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateTestWithMain.java b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateWithMainTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateTestWithMain.java
rename to spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateWithMainTest.java
index d3b4867b5..efe8e5d9a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateTestWithMain.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/test/aggregate/AggregateWithMainTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.aggregate.AggregateApplication;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.aggregate.AggregateApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.annotation.EnableBinding;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 /**
  * @author Marius Bogoevici
  */
-public class AggregateTestWithMain {
+public class AggregateWithMainTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testAggregateApplication() throws InterruptedException {
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ public class AggregateTestWithMain {
 	@EnableBinding(Processor.class)
 	public static class UppercaseProcessor {
 
+
+		@Autowired
+		Processor processor;
+
 		@Transformer(inputChannel = Processor.INPUT, outputChannel = Processor.OUTPUT)
 		public String transform(String in) {
 			return in.toUpperCase();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/aggregate/AggregateApplicationBuilder.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/aggregate/AggregateApplicationBuilder.java
index 90d4eb5d1..a5c3cffa7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/aggregate/AggregateApplicationBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/aggregate/AggregateApplicationBuilder.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySources;
 import org.springframework.integration.monitor.IntegrationMBeanExporter;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -59,7 +60,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Venil Noronha
  */
 @EnableBinding
-public class AggregateApplicationBuilder implements AggregateApplication, ApplicationContextAware, SmartInitializingSingleton {
+public class AggregateApplicationBuilder implements AggregateApplication, ApplicationContextAware,
+															SmartInitializingSingleton {
+
+	private static final String CHILD_CONTEXT_SUFFIX = ".spring.cloud.stream.context";
 
 	private SourceConfigurer sourceConfigurer;
 
@@ -153,7 +157,9 @@ public class AggregateApplicationBuilder implements AggregateApplication, Applic
 			throw new IllegalStateException("The aggregate application has not been started yet");
 		}
 		try {
-			return bindableType.cast(parentContext.getBean(namespace + "." + bindableType.getName()));
+			ChildContextHolder contextHolder = parentContext.getBean(namespace + CHILD_CONTEXT_SUFFIX,
+					ChildContextHolder.class);
+			return contextHolder.getChildContext().getBean(bindableType);
 		}
 		catch (BeansException e) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Binding not found for '" + bindableType.getName() + "' into namespace " +
@@ -383,8 +389,7 @@ public class AggregateApplicationBuilder implements AggregateApplication, Applic
 			for (String bindableProxyName : bindableProxies.keySet()) {
 				try {
 					AggregateApplicationBuilder.this.parentContext.getBeanFactory().registerSingleton(
-							this.getNamespace() + "." + bindableProxyName.substring(1, bindableProxyName.length()),
-							bindableProxies.get(bindableProxyName).getObject());
+							this.getNamespace() + CHILD_CONTEXT_SUFFIX, new ChildContextHolder(childContext));
 				}
 				catch (Exception e) {
 					throw new IllegalStateException(
@@ -462,6 +467,20 @@ public class AggregateApplicationBuilder implements AggregateApplication, Applic
 
 	}
 
+	private static class ChildContextHolder {
+
+		private final ConfigurableApplicationContext childContext;
+
+		ChildContextHolder(ConfigurableApplicationContext childContext) {
+			Assert.notNull(childContext, "cannot be null");
+			this.childContext = childContext;
+		}
+
+		public ConfigurableApplicationContext getChildContext() {
+			return childContext;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@ImportAutoConfiguration({ChannelBindingAutoConfiguration.class, EndpointAutoConfiguration.class})
 	@EnableBinding
 	public static class ParentConfiguration {