diff --git a/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActorFactoryBean.scala b/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActorFactoryBean.scala
index f01f8a4880..11d5274a70 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActorFactoryBean.scala
+++ b/akka-spring/src/main/scala/ActorFactoryBean.scala
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ class ActorFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean[AnyRef] with Logging with App
       case TYPED_ACTOR_TAG => val typedActor = createTypedInstance()
         setProperties(AspectInitRegistry.initFor(typedActor).targetInstance)
         typedActor
-      case UNTYPED_ACTOR_TAG => createUntypedInstance()
+      case UNTYPED_ACTOR_TAG => val untypedActor = createUntypedInstance()
+        setProperties(untypedActor.actor)
+        untypedActor
       case _ => throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown actor type")
     }
     ref
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/foo/PingActor.java b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/foo/PingActor.java
index 98291788e1..e447b26a28 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/foo/PingActor.java
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/spring/foo/PingActor.java
@@ -3,10 +3,45 @@ package se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring.foo;
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.UntypedActor;
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.ActorRef;
 
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
+
+
 /**
  * test class
  */
-public class PingActor extends UntypedActor {
+public class PingActor extends UntypedActor implements ApplicationContextAware {
+
+  private String stringFromVal;
+  private String stringFromRef;
+
+  private boolean gotApplicationContext = false;
+
+
+  public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) {
+    gotApplicationContext = true;
+  }
+
+  public boolean gotApplicationContext() {
+    return gotApplicationContext;
+  }
+
+  public String getStringFromVal() {
+    return stringFromVal;
+  }
+
+  public void setStringFromVal(String s) {
+    stringFromVal = s;
+  }
+
+  public String getStringFromRef() {
+    return stringFromRef;
+  }
+
+  public void setStringFromRef(String s) {
+    stringFromRef = s;
+  }
+
 
   private String longRunning() {
     try {
@@ -31,3 +66,4 @@ public class PingActor extends UntypedActor {
 
 
 }
+
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
index 29dc5dbd87..02ea1c6733 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/resources/appContext.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
         <property name="stringFromRef" ref="string"/>
     </akka:typed-actor>
 
+    <akka:untyped-actor id="untypedActor"
+                        implementation="se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring.foo.PingActor"
+                        scope="singleton">
+        <property name="stringFromVal" value="akka rocks"/>
+        <property name="stringFromRef" ref="string"/>
+    </akka:untyped-actor>
+
     <bean id="string" class="java.lang.String">
         <constructor-arg value="spring rocks"/>
     </bean>
diff --git a/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActorFactoryBeanTest.scala b/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActorFactoryBeanTest.scala
index 112f34f0c7..f765cc3307 100644
--- a/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActorFactoryBeanTest.scala
+++ b/akka-spring/src/test/scala/ActorFactoryBeanTest.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  */
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring
 
-import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.ActorRegistry;
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.actor.{ActorRegistry, ActorRef}
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.spring.foo.PingActor
 
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext
@@ -64,17 +65,36 @@ class ActorFactoryBeanTest extends Spec with ShouldMatchers with BeforeAndAfterA
       assert(target.getStringFromVal === entry.value)
     }
 
-    it("should create an application context and verify dependency injection") {
+    it("should create an application context and verify dependency injection for tryped") {
       var ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("appContext.xml");
       val ta = ctx.getBean("typedActor").asInstanceOf[PojoInf];
       assert(ta.isInitInvoked)
-      assert(ta.getStringFromVal == "akka rocks")
-      assert(ta.getStringFromRef == "spring rocks")
+      assert(ta.getStringFromVal === "akka rocks")
+      assert(ta.getStringFromRef === "spring rocks")
       assert(ta.gotApplicationContext)
       ctx.close
     }
 
+    it("should create an application context and verify dependency injection for untyped actors") {
+      var ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("appContext.xml")
+      val uta = ctx.getBean("untypedActor").asInstanceOf[ActorRef]
+      val ping = uta.actor.asInstanceOf[PingActor]
+      assert(ping.getStringFromVal === "akka rocks")
+      assert(ping.getStringFromRef === "spring rocks")
+      assert(ping.gotApplicationContext)
+      ctx.close
+    }
+
     it("should stop the created typed actor when scope is singleton and the context is closed") {
+      var ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("appContext.xml");
+      val target = ctx.getBean("untypedActor").asInstanceOf[ActorRef]
+      target.start
+      assert(target.isRunning)
+      ctx.close
+      assert(!target.isRunning)
+    }
+
+    it("should stop the created untyped actor when scope is singleton and the context is closed") {
       var ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("appContext.xml");
       val target = ctx.getBean("bean-singleton").asInstanceOf[SampleBeanIntf]
       assert(!target.down)