diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/PageableResourcesAssemblerIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/PageableResourcesAssemblerIntegrationTests.java
index 1f6083e36..28e58fe1e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/PageableResourcesAssemblerIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/PageableResourcesAssemblerIntegrationTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.SpringVersion;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
@@ -79,6 +80,28 @@ public class PageableResourcesAssemblerIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(resources.getLink(Link.REL_SELF), is(notNullValue()));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-471
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void setsUpPagedResourcesAssemblerFromManualXmlConfig() {
+
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("manual.xml", getClass());
+		assertThat(context.getBean(PagedResourcesAssembler.class), is(notNullValue()));
+		context.close();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-471
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void setsUpPagedResourcesAssemblerFromJavaConfigXmlConfig() {
+
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("via-config-class.xml", getClass());
+		assertThat(context.getBean(PagedResourcesAssembler.class), is(notNullValue()));
+		context.close();
+	}
+
 	@Controller
 	static class SampleController {
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/web/config/manual.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/web/config/manual.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32b09e546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/web/config/manual.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.data.web.PagedResourcesAssembler">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.data.web.HateoasPageableHandlerMethodArgumentResolver" />
+		</constructor-arg>
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<null />
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/web/config/via-config-class.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/web/config/via-config-class.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8384e7dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/web/config/via-config-class.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
+
+	<context:annotation-config />
+	
+	<bean class="org.springframework.data.web.config.HateoasAwareSpringDataWebConfiguration" />
+
+</beans>