diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/document/ExcelViewTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/document/ExcelViewTests.java
index d9319c78b67..2a23e2485e7 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/document/ExcelViewTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/document/ExcelViewTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.view.document;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
 import jxl.Cell;
 import jxl.Sheet;
 import jxl.Workbook;
+import jxl.WorkbookSettings;
+import jxl.read.biff.WorkbookParser;
 import jxl.write.Label;
 import jxl.write.WritableSheet;
 import jxl.write.WritableWorkbook;
@@ -35,28 +37,37 @@ import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFRow;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFSheet;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.usermodel.HSSFWorkbook;
 import org.apache.poi.poifs.filesystem.POIFSFileSystem;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.StaticWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.LocaleResolver;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 /**
  * Tests for the AbstractExcelView and the AbstractJExcelView classes.
  *
  * @author Alef Arendsen
  * @author Bram Smeets
  */
-public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
+public class ExcelViewTests {
 
 	private MockServletContext servletCtx;
+
 	private MockHttpServletRequest request;
+
 	private MockHttpServletResponse response;
+
 	private StaticWebApplicationContext webAppCtx;
 
-	@Override
+
+	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 		servletCtx = new MockServletContext("org/springframework/web/servlet/view/document");
 		request = new MockHttpServletRequest(servletCtx);
@@ -65,6 +76,8 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		webAppCtx.setServletContext(servletCtx);
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
 	public void testExcel() throws Exception {
 		AbstractExcelView excelView = new AbstractExcelView() {
 			@Override
@@ -94,6 +107,7 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Value", cell.getStringCellValue());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testExcelWithTemplateNoLoc() throws Exception {
 		request.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE,
 				newDummyLocaleResolver("nl", "nl"));
@@ -127,6 +141,7 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Template", cell.getStringCellValue());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testExcelWithTemplateAndCountryAndLanguage() throws Exception {
 		request.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE,
 				newDummyLocaleResolver("en", "US"));
@@ -160,6 +175,7 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Template American English", cell.getStringCellValue());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testExcelWithTemplateAndLanguage() throws Exception {
 		request.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE,
 				newDummyLocaleResolver("de", ""));
@@ -193,8 +209,9 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Template auf Deutsch", cell.getStringCellValue());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testJExcel() throws Exception {
-		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new AbstractJExcelView() {
+		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new UnixSafeAbstractJExcelView() {
 			@Override
 			protected void buildExcelDocument(Map<String, Object> model, WritableWorkbook wb,
 					HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
@@ -216,11 +233,12 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Value", cell.getContents());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testJExcelWithTemplateNoLoc() throws Exception {
 		request.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE,
 				newDummyLocaleResolver("nl", "nl"));
 
-		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new AbstractJExcelView() {
+		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new UnixSafeAbstractJExcelView() {
 			@Override
 			protected void buildExcelDocument(Map<String, Object> model, WritableWorkbook wb,
 					HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
@@ -243,11 +261,12 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Template", cell.getContents());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testJExcelWithTemplateAndCountryAndLanguage() throws Exception {
 		request.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE,
 				newDummyLocaleResolver("en", "US"));
 
-		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new AbstractJExcelView() {
+		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new UnixSafeAbstractJExcelView() {
 			@Override
 			protected void buildExcelDocument(Map<String, Object> model, WritableWorkbook wb,
 					HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
@@ -270,11 +289,12 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Template American English", cell.getContents());
 	}
 
+	@Test
 	public void testJExcelWithTemplateAndLanguage() throws Exception {
 		request.setAttribute(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_ATTRIBUTE,
 				newDummyLocaleResolver("de", ""));
 
-		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new AbstractJExcelView() {
+		AbstractJExcelView excelView = new UnixSafeAbstractJExcelView() {
 			@Override
 			protected void buildExcelDocument(Map<String, Object> model, WritableWorkbook wb,
 					HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
@@ -297,6 +317,7 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals("Test Template auf Deutsch", cell.getContents());
 	}
 
+
 	private LocaleResolver newDummyLocaleResolver(final String lang, final String country) {
 		return new LocaleResolver() {
 			@Override
@@ -310,4 +331,25 @@ public class ExcelViewTests extends TestCase {
 		};
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Workaround JXL bug that causes ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exceptions when running in
+	 * *nix machines. Same bug as reported at http://jira.pentaho.com/browse/PDI-5031.
+	 * <p>We want to use the latest JXL code because it doesn't include log4j config files
+	 * inside the jar. Since the project appears to be abandoned, AbstractJExcelView will
+	 * eventually get deprecated.
+	 */
+	private static abstract class UnixSafeAbstractJExcelView extends AbstractJExcelView {
+
+		@Override
+		protected Workbook getTemplateSource(String url, HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
+			Workbook workbook = super.getTemplateSource(url, request);
+			Field field = WorkbookParser.class.getDeclaredField("settings");
+			field.setAccessible(true);
+			WorkbookSettings settings = (WorkbookSettings) ReflectionUtils.getField(field, workbook);
+			settings.setWriteAccess(null);
+			return workbook;
+		}
+	}
+
 }