diff --git a/akka-osgi/src/main/scala/akka/osgi/blueprint/aries/NamespaceHandler.scala b/akka-osgi/src/main/scala/akka/osgi/blueprint/aries/NamespaceHandler.scala
index 245ea538b6..b20e959f23 100644
--- a/akka-osgi/src/main/scala/akka/osgi/blueprint/aries/NamespaceHandler.scala
+++ b/akka-osgi/src/main/scala/akka/osgi/blueprint/aries/NamespaceHandler.scala
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class NamespaceHandler extends org.apache.aries.blueprint.NamespaceHandler {
     factory.setId(findAvailableId(context))
     factory.setScope(BeanMetadata.SCOPE_SINGLETON)
     factory.setProcessor(true)
-    factory.setClassName(classOf[BlueprintActorSystemFactory].getName)
+    factory.setRuntimeClass(classOf[BlueprintActorSystemFactory])
 
     factory.setDestroyMethod(DESTROY_METHOD_NAME)