diff --git a/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateSessionFactoryConfigurationTests.java b/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateSessionFactoryConfigurationTests.java
index 3f9df777adf..0c17a80b2d0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateSessionFactoryConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/HibernateSessionFactoryConfigurationTests.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+import org.springframework.core.InfrastructureProxy;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ public class HibernateSessionFactoryConfigurationTests {
 		SessionFactory sessionFactory = ctx.getBean(SessionFactory.class);
 		assertThat(sessionFactory, instanceOf(DisposableBean.class));
 		assertThat(sessionFactory, instanceOf(SessionFactoryImplementor.class));
+		assertThat(sessionFactory, instanceOf(InfrastructureProxy.class));
 		assertThat(sessionFactory.toString(), startsWith("DisposableBean proxy for SessionFactory"));
 		ctx.close();
 		assertTrue("SessionFactory was not closed as expected", sessionFactory.isClosed());
diff --git a/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java b/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java
index 140f9bd8cee..3a9f6a0a3f7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java
+++ b/org.springframework.orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.hibernate.transaction.JTATransactionFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.InfrastructureProxy;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
@@ -566,6 +567,7 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 			new Class<?>[] {
 				SessionFactory.class,
 				SessionFactoryImplementor.class,
+				InfrastructureProxy.class,
 				DisposableBean.class
 			},
 			new InvocationHandler() {
@@ -573,6 +575,9 @@ public abstract class SessionFactoryBuilderSupport<This extends SessionFactoryBu
 					if (ReflectionUtils.isToStringMethod(method)) {
 						return String.format("DisposableBean proxy for SessionFactory [%s]", rawSf.toString());
 					}
+					if (method.equals(InfrastructureProxy.class.getMethod("getWrappedObject"))) {
+						return rawSf;
+					}
 					if (method.equals(DisposableBean.class.getMethod("destroy"))) {
 						closeHibernateSessionFactory(SessionFactoryBuilderSupport.this, rawSf);
 						rawSf.close();