diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/projection/ProxyProjectionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/projection/ProxyProjectionFactory.java
index 1691df5d3..8d139f15c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/projection/ProxyProjectionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/projection/ProxyProjectionFactory.java
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
+import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 
@@ -41,11 +44,22 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
  * @see SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory
  * @since 1.10
  */
-class ProxyProjectionFactory implements ProjectionFactory {
+class ProxyProjectionFactory implements ProjectionFactory, ResourceLoaderAware {
 
 	private static final boolean IS_JAVA_8 = org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.isPresent("java.util.Optional",
 			ProxyProjectionFactory.class.getClassLoader());
 
+	private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware#setResourceLoader(org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
+		this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.rest.core.projection.ProjectionFactory#createProjection(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class)
@@ -73,7 +87,8 @@ class ProxyProjectionFactory implements ProjectionFactory {
 		factory.addAdvice(new TargetClassAwareMethodInterceptor(source.getClass()));
 		factory.addAdvice(getMethodInterceptor(source, projectionType));
 
-		return (T) factory.getProxy(getClass().getClassLoader());
+		return (T) factory
+				.getProxy(resourceLoader == null ? ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader() : resourceLoader.getClassLoader());
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -143,7 +158,7 @@ class ProxyProjectionFactory implements ProjectionFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether the given {@link PropertyDescriptor} describes an input property for the projection, i.e. a
 	 * property that needs to be present on the source to be able to create reasonable projections for the type the
-	 * descritor was looked up on.
+	 * descriptor was looked up on.
 	 * 
 	 * @param descriptor will never be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
index 2f736f0e0..32e46fe5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver.java
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
+import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
@@ -34,7 +36,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @since 1.10
  */
-public class ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver extends ModelAttributeMethodProcessor implements BeanFactoryAware {
+public class ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver extends ModelAttributeMethodProcessor
+		implements BeanFactoryAware, ResourceLoaderAware {
 
 	private final SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory proxyFactory;
 	private final ConversionService conversionService;
@@ -61,6 +64,15 @@ public class ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver extends ModelAttributeMethodP
 		this.proxyFactory.setBeanFactory(beanFactory);
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware#setResourceLoader(org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
+		this.proxyFactory.setResourceLoader(resourceLoader);
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver#supportsParameter(org.springframework.core.MethodParameter)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/SpringDataWebConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/SpringDataWebConfiguration.java
index 413679654..644304c00 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/SpringDataWebConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/config/SpringDataWebConfiguration.java
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ public class SpringDataWebConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 		argumentResolvers.add(sortResolver());
 		argumentResolvers.add(pageableResolver());
 
-		argumentResolvers.add(new ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver(conversionService.getObject()));
+		ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver resolver = new ProxyingHandlerMethodArgumentResolver(
+				conversionService.getObject());
+		resolver.setBeanFactory(context);
+		resolver.setResourceLoader(context);
+
+		argumentResolvers.add(resolver);
 	}
 }