diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/Consumer.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/Consumer.scala
index abf4bcd875..b95856ad95 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/Consumer.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/Consumer.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.{Exchange, Processor}
 import org.apache.camel.model.{RouteDefinition, ProcessorDefinition}
 
 import akka.actor._
+import akka.japi.{Function => JFunction}
 
 /**
  * Mixed in by Actor implementations that consume message from Camel endpoints.
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ trait UntypedConsumer extends Consumer { self: UntypedActor =>
    * doesn't have any effect on one-way communications (they'll never block).
    */
   def isBlocking() = super.blocking
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the route definition handler for creating a custom route to this consumer instance.
+   */
+  def onRouteDefinition(h: JFunction[RouteDefinition, ProcessorDefinition[_]]): Unit =
+    onRouteDefinition { rd: RouteDefinition => h(rd) }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/ConsumerJavaTestBase.java b/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/ConsumerJavaTestBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3c53327cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/ConsumerJavaTestBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package akka.camel;
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRegistry;
+import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
+import akka.japi.SideEffect;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static akka.camel.CamelContextManager.*;
+import static akka.camel.CamelServiceManager.*;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin Krasser
+ */
+public class ConsumerJavaTestBase {
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUpBeforeClass() {
+        startCamelService();
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void tearDownAfterClass() {
+        stopCamelService();
+        ActorRegistry.shutdownAll();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHandleExceptionAndGenerateCustomResponse() {
+        getMandatoryService().awaitEndpointActivation(1, new SideEffect() {
+            public void apply() {
+                UntypedActor.actorOf(SampleErrorHandlingConsumer.class).start();
+            }
+        });
+        String result = getMandatoryTemplate().requestBody("direct:error-handler-test-java", "hello", String.class);
+        assertEquals("error: hello", result);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/SampleErrorHandlingConsumer.java b/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/SampleErrorHandlingConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fec485cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/java/akka/camel/SampleErrorHandlingConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package akka.camel;
+
+import akka.japi.Function;
+import org.apache.camel.builder.Builder;
+import org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition;
+import org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin Krasser
+ */
+public class SampleErrorHandlingConsumer extends UntypedConsumerActor {
+
+    public String getEndpointUri() {
+        return "direct:error-handler-test-java";
+    }
+
+    public boolean isBlocking() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void preStart() {
+        onRouteDefinition(new Function<RouteDefinition, ProcessorDefinition<?>>() {
+            public ProcessorDefinition<?> apply(RouteDefinition rd) {
+                return rd.onException(Exception.class).handled(true).transform(Builder.exceptionMessage()).end();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void onReceive(Object message) throws Exception {
+        Message msg = (Message)message;
+        String body = msg.getBodyAs(String.class);
+        throw new Exception(String.format("error: %s", body));
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerJavaTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerJavaTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48741dda96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerJavaTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package akka.camel
+
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuite
+
+class ConsumerJavaTest extends ConsumerJavaTestBase with JUnitSuite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerScalaTest.scala
similarity index 98%
rename from akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerTest.scala
rename to akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerScalaTest.scala
index a5a6e9b903..ddbe757a3f 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/ConsumerScalaTest.scala
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import akka.actor._
 /**
  * @author Martin Krasser
  */
-class ConsumerTest extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with MustMatchers {
+class ConsumerScalaTest extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with MustMatchers {
   import CamelContextManager.mandatoryTemplate
-  import ConsumerTest._
+  import ConsumerScalaTest._
 
   var service: CamelService = _
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ConsumerTest extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with MustMatchers {
   }
 }
 
-object ConsumerTest {
+object ConsumerScalaTest {
   trait BlockingConsumer extends Consumer { self: Actor =>
     override def blocking = true
   }