diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-camel/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 302a31b754..43ef8d17a5 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -12,18 +12,22 @@ akka {
     # enable/disable streaming cache on the Camel Context
     streamingCache = on
     consumer {
-       # Configured setting which determines whether one-way communications between an endpoint and this consumer actor
-       # should be auto-acknowledged or application-acknowledged.
-       # This flag has only effect when exchange is in-only.
-       auto-ack = on
+      # Configured setting which determines whether one-way communications between an endpoint and this consumer actor
+      # should be auto-acknowledged or application-acknowledged.
+      # This flag has only effect when exchange is in-only.
+      auto-ack = on
 
-       # When endpoint is out-capable (can produce responses) reply-timeout is the maximum time
-       # the endpoint can take to send the response before the message exchange fails.
-       # This setting is used for out-capable, in-only, manually acknowledged communication.
-       reply-timeout = 1m
+      # When endpoint is out-capable (can produce responses) reply-timeout is the maximum time
+      # the endpoint can take to send the response before the message exchange fails.
+      # This setting is used for out-capable, in-only, manually acknowledged communication.
+      reply-timeout = 1m
 
-       # The duration of time to await activation of an endpoint.
-       activation-timeout = 10s
+      # The duration of time to await activation of an endpoint.
+      activation-timeout = 10s
+    }
+    #Scheme to FQCN mappings for CamelMessage body conversions
+    conversions {
+      "file" = "java.io.InputStream"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/ActorRouteDefinition.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/ActorRouteDefinition.scala
index ebc99c7a92..9cb84a2a2a 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/ActorRouteDefinition.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/ActorRouteDefinition.scala
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package akka.camel
 
-import internal.component.CamelPath
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.camel.internal.component.CamelPath
 import org.apache.camel.model.ProcessorDefinition
 import scala.concurrent.util.Duration
 
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/Camel.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/Camel.scala
index 43682c49c5..db32611868 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/Camel.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/Camel.scala
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import internal._
 import akka.actor._
 import org.apache.camel.ProducerTemplate
 import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext
+import org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import scala.concurrent.util.Duration
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit._
 import scala.concurrent.util.FiniteDuration
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit._
+import akka.ConfigurationException
 
 /**
  * Camel trait encapsulates the underlying camel machinery.
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ trait Camel extends Extension with Activation {
  * Settings for the Camel Extension
  * @param config the config
  */
-class CamelSettings private[camel] (config: Config) {
+class CamelSettings private[camel] (config: Config, dynamicAccess: DynamicAccess) {
   /**
    * Configured setting for how long the actor should wait for activation before it fails.
    */
@@ -85,8 +87,23 @@ class CamelSettings private[camel] (config: Config) {
    */
   final val streamingCache: Boolean = config.getBoolean("akka.camel.streamingCache")
 
-}
+  final val conversions: (String, RouteDefinition) ⇒ RouteDefinition = {
+    import scala.collection.JavaConverters.asScalaSetConverter
+    val specifiedConversions = {
+      val section = config.getConfig("akka.camel.conversions")
+      section.entrySet.asScala.map(e ⇒ (e.getKey, section.getString(e.getKey)))
+    }
+    val conversions = (Map[String, Class[_ <: AnyRef]]() /: specifiedConversions) {
+      case (m, (key, fqcn)) ⇒
+        m.updated(key, dynamicAccess.getClassFor[AnyRef](fqcn).recover {
+          case e ⇒ throw new ConfigurationException("Could not find/load Camel Converter class [" + fqcn + "]", e)
+        }.get)
+    }
 
+    (s: String, r: RouteDefinition) ⇒ conversions.get(s).fold(r)(r.convertBodyTo)
+  }
+
+}
 /**
  * This class can be used to get hold of an instance of the Camel class bound to the actor system.
  * <p>For example:
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/CamelSupervisor.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/CamelSupervisor.scala
index 1a7fff6f92..b19bdbc0a2 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/CamelSupervisor.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/CamelSupervisor.scala
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ private[camel] class ConsumerRegistrar(activationTracker: ActorRef) extends Acto
     case Register(consumer, endpointUri, Some(consumerConfig)) ⇒
       try {
         // if this throws, the supervisor stops the consumer and de-registers it on termination
-        camelContext.addRoutes(new ConsumerActorRouteBuilder(endpointUri, consumer, consumerConfig))
+        camelContext.addRoutes(new ConsumerActorRouteBuilder(endpointUri, consumer, consumerConfig, camel.settings))
         activationTracker ! EndpointActivated(consumer)
       } catch {
         case NonFatal(e) ⇒ throw new ActorActivationException(consumer, e)
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/ConsumerActorRouteBuilder.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/ConsumerActorRouteBuilder.scala
index cd8b70bed5..24e2c9a58e 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/ConsumerActorRouteBuilder.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/ConsumerActorRouteBuilder.scala
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
 
 package akka.camel.internal
 
-import akka.camel._
-import component.CamelPath
-import java.io.InputStream
-
-import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder
-
 import akka.actor._
+import akka.camel._
+import akka.camel.internal.component.CamelPath
+import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder
 import org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition
-import akka.serialization.Serializer
 
 /**
  * For internal use only.
@@ -22,18 +18,15 @@ import akka.serialization.Serializer
  *
  * @author Martin Krasser
  */
-private[camel] class ConsumerActorRouteBuilder(endpointUri: String, consumer: ActorRef, config: ConsumerConfig) extends RouteBuilder {
+private[camel] class ConsumerActorRouteBuilder(endpointUri: String, consumer: ActorRef, config: ConsumerConfig, settings: CamelSettings) extends RouteBuilder {
 
   protected def targetActorUri = CamelPath.toUri(consumer, config.autoAck, config.replyTimeout)
 
-  def configure() {
-    val scheme = endpointUri take endpointUri.indexOf(":") // e.g. "http" from "http://whatever/..."
-    val route = from(endpointUri).routeId(consumer.path.toString)
-    val converted = Conversions(scheme, route)
-    val userCustomized = applyUserRouteCustomization(converted)
-    userCustomized.to(targetActorUri)
-  }
+  def configure(): Unit =
+    applyUserRouteCustomization(
+      settings.conversions.apply(
+        endpointUri take endpointUri.indexOf(":"), // e.g. "http" from "http://whatever/..."
+        from(endpointUri).routeId(consumer.path.toString))).to(targetActorUri)
 
   def applyUserRouteCustomization(rd: RouteDefinition) = config.onRouteDefinition(rd)
-
 }
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/DefaultCamel.scala b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/DefaultCamel.scala
index 016b923bf0..072e578a05 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/DefaultCamel.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/main/scala/akka/camel/internal/DefaultCamel.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package akka.camel.internal
 
-import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, Props, ActorSystem }
 import akka.camel.internal.component.{ DurationTypeConverter, ActorComponent }
 import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext
 import scala.Predef._
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import akka.util.Timeout
 import akka.pattern.ask
 import java.io.InputStream
 import org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition
+import akka.actor.{ ExtendedActorSystem, ActorRef, Props, ActorSystem }
 
 /**
  * For internal use only.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.camel.model.RouteDefinition
  * In the typical scenario, when camel is used with akka extension, it is natural that camel reuses the actor system it extends.
  * Also by not creating extra internal actor system we are conserving resources.
  */
-private[camel] class DefaultCamel(val system: ActorSystem) extends Camel {
+private[camel] class DefaultCamel(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Camel {
   val supervisor = system.actorOf(Props[CamelSupervisor], "camel-supervisor")
   /**
    * For internal use only.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ private[camel] class DefaultCamel(val system: ActorSystem) extends Camel {
     ctx
   }
 
-  val settings = new CamelSettings(system.settings.config)
+  val settings = new CamelSettings(system.settings.config, system.dynamicAccess)
 
   lazy val template: ProducerTemplate = context.createProducerTemplate()
 
@@ -99,19 +99,4 @@ private[camel] class DefaultCamel(val system: ActorSystem) extends Camel {
       case EndpointDeActivated(`endpoint`)               ⇒ endpoint
       case EndpointFailedToDeActivate(`endpoint`, cause) ⇒ throw cause
     })
-}
-
-/**
- * For internal use only.
- */
-private[camel] object Conversions {
-  //FIXME Add this to the configuration, and move this functionality to the Camel Extension.
-  private val bodyConversions = Map(
-    "file" -> classOf[InputStream])
-
-  def apply(scheme: String, routeDefinition: RouteDefinition): RouteDefinition = bodyConversions.get(scheme) match {
-    case Some(clazz) ⇒ routeDefinition.convertBodyTo(clazz)
-    case None        ⇒ routeDefinition
-  }
-}
-
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/CamelConfigSpec.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/CamelConfigSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a5b996243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/CamelConfigSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.camel
+import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
+import org.scalatest.WordSpec
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import scala.concurrent.util.Duration
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit._
+
+class CamelConfigSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers {
+
+  "CamelConfigSpec" must {
+    "have correct config" in {
+      val system = ActorSystem("CamelConfigSpec")
+      try {
+        val settings = CamelExtension(system).settings
+
+        val config = system.settings.config
+
+        settings.activationTimeout must be === Duration(config.getMilliseconds("akka.camel.consumer.activation-timeout"), MILLISECONDS)
+
+        settings.autoAck must be === config.getBoolean("akka.camel.consumer.auto-ack")
+
+        settings.replyTimeout must be === Duration(config.getMilliseconds("akka.camel.consumer.reply-timeout"), MILLISECONDS)
+
+        settings.streamingCache must be === config.getBoolean("akka.camel.streamingCache")
+
+        settings.jmxStatistics must be === config.getBoolean("akka.camel.jmx")
+
+        val conversions = config.getConfig("akka.camel.conversions")
+
+        conversions.getString("file") must be === "java.io.InputStream"
+        conversions.entrySet.size must be === 1
+
+      } finally system.shutdown()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/DefaultCamelTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/DefaultCamelTest.scala
index c649424122..95f4a434a8 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/DefaultCamelTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/DefaultCamelTest.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import akka.camel.TestSupport.SharedCamelSystem
 import internal.DefaultCamel
 import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
 import org.scalatest.mock.MockitoSugar
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import org.apache.camel.{ CamelContext, ProducerTemplate }
 import org.scalatest.WordSpec
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
@@ -16,12 +15,14 @@ import akka.actor.ActorSystem.Settings
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext
 import org.apache.camel.spi.Registry
+import akka.actor.{ ExtendedActorSystem, ActorSystem }
 
 class DefaultCamelTest extends WordSpec with SharedCamelSystem with MustMatchers with MockitoSugar {
 
   import org.mockito.Mockito.{ when, verify }
-  val sys = mock[ActorSystem]
+  val sys = mock[ExtendedActorSystem]
   val config = ConfigFactory.defaultReference()
+  when(sys.dynamicAccess) thenReturn system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].dynamicAccess
   when(sys.settings) thenReturn (new Settings(this.getClass.getClassLoader, config, "mocksystem"))
   when(sys.name) thenReturn ("mocksystem")
 
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/ActorProducerTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/ActorProducerTest.scala
index 3a7cca93e2..258d34b4b8 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/ActorProducerTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/ActorProducerTest.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 import scala.concurrent.util.duration._
 import concurrent.util.{ FiniteDuration, Duration }
 import java.lang.String
-import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, Props, ActorSystem, Actor }
 import akka.camel._
 import internal.{ DefaultCamel, CamelExchangeAdapter }
 import org.scalatest.{ Suite, WordSpec, BeforeAndAfterAll, BeforeAndAfterEach }
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ import akka.testkit.{ TimingTest, TestKit, TestProbe }
 import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext
 import concurrent.{ Await, Promise, Future }
 import akka.util.Timeout
+import akka.actor._
 
 class ActorProducerTest extends TestKit(ActorSystem("test")) with WordSpec with MustMatchers with ActorProducerFixture {
   implicit val timeout = Timeout(10 seconds)
@@ -313,9 +313,10 @@ trait ActorProducerFixture extends MockitoSugar with BeforeAndAfterAll with Befo
 
     probe = TestProbe()
 
-    val sys = mock[ActorSystem]
+    val sys = mock[ExtendedActorSystem]
     val config = ConfigFactory.defaultReference()
     when(sys.dispatcher) thenReturn system.dispatcher
+    when(sys.dynamicAccess) thenReturn system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem].dynamicAccess
     when(sys.settings) thenReturn (new Settings(this.getClass.getClassLoader, config, "mocksystem"))
     when(sys.name) thenReturn ("mocksystem")
 
@@ -336,7 +337,7 @@ trait ActorProducerFixture extends MockitoSugar with BeforeAndAfterAll with Befo
               }
             }
           }
-        """))
+        """).withFallback(config), sys.dynamicAccess)
     }
     camel = camelWithMocks
 
diff --git a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/DurationConverterTest.scala b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/DurationConverterTest.scala
index e8918a5b67..307b0d71d7 100644
--- a/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/DurationConverterTest.scala
+++ b/akka-camel/src/test/scala/akka/camel/internal/component/DurationConverterTest.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import scala.concurrent.util.duration._
 import scala.concurrent.util.Duration
 import org.scalatest.WordSpec
 import org.apache.camel.TypeConversionException
-import language.postfixOps
 
 class DurationConverterSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers {
   import DurationTypeConverter._