diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ConstructorArgumentValues.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ConstructorArgumentValues.java
index e0812e1fa8e..70d8f6e9ab8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ConstructorArgumentValues.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/ConstructorArgumentValues.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 		ValueHolder valueHolder = this.indexedArgumentValues.get(index);
 		if (valueHolder != null &&
 				(valueHolder.getType() == null ||
-						(requiredType != null && requiredType.getName().equals(valueHolder.getType()))) &&
+						(requiredType != null && ClassUtils.matchesTypeName(requiredType, valueHolder.getType()))) &&
 				(valueHolder.getName() == null ||
 						(requiredName != null && requiredName.equals(valueHolder.getName())))) {
 			return valueHolder;
@@ -247,10 +247,12 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 			if (usedValueHolders != null && usedValueHolders.contains(valueHolder)) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (valueHolder.getName() != null && (requiredName == null || !valueHolder.getName().equals(requiredName))) {
+			if (valueHolder.getName() != null &&
+					(requiredName == null || !valueHolder.getName().equals(requiredName))) {
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (valueHolder.getType() != null && (requiredType == null || !valueHolder.getType().equals(requiredType.getName()))) {
+			if (valueHolder.getType() != null &&
+					(requiredType == null || !ClassUtils.matchesTypeName(requiredType, valueHolder.getType()))) {
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (requiredType != null && valueHolder.getType() == null && valueHolder.getName() == null &&
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml
index ab1803c4398..c61eb498015 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@
 		<constructor-arg value="false"/>
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="nan" class="java.lang.Double" factory-method="valueOf">
+		<constructor-arg value="NaN" type="double"/>
+	</bean>
+
 	<bean id="beanWithDoubleBoolean" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactoryTests$DoubleBooleanConstructorBean" autowire="constructor" scope="prototype">
 		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.Boolean"><value>true</value></constructor-arg>
 	</bean>
@@ -166,4 +170,20 @@
 		<constructor-arg index="1"><value>true</value></constructor-arg>
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="constructorArray" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactoryTests$ConstructorArrayTestBean">
+		<constructor-arg type="int[]">
+			<array value-type="int">
+				<value>1</value>
+			</array>
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="indexedConstructorArray" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactoryTests$ConstructorArrayTestBean">
+		<constructor-arg index="0" type="int[]">
+			<array value-type="int">
+				<value>1</value>
+			</array>
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
index 8d578b2541b..9162d47c8b9 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
@@ -1363,6 +1363,22 @@ public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, bean.boolean2);
 	}
 
+	public @Test void testPrimitiveConstructorArray() {
+		XmlBeanFactory xbf = new XmlBeanFactory(CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_CONTEXT);
+		ConstructorArrayTestBean bean = (ConstructorArrayTestBean) xbf.getBean("constructorArray");
+		assertTrue(bean.array instanceof int[]);
+		assertEquals(1, ((int[]) bean.array).length);
+		assertEquals(1, ((int[]) bean.array)[0]);
+	}
+
+	public @Test void testIndexedPrimitiveConstructorArray() {
+		XmlBeanFactory xbf = new XmlBeanFactory(CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_CONTEXT);
+		ConstructorArrayTestBean bean = (ConstructorArrayTestBean) xbf.getBean("indexedConstructorArray");
+		assertTrue(bean.array instanceof int[]);
+		assertEquals(1, ((int[]) bean.array).length);
+		assertEquals(1, ((int[]) bean.array)[0]);
+	}
+
 	public @Test void testWithDuplicateName() throws Exception {
 		try {
 			new XmlBeanFactory(TEST_WITH_DUP_NAMES_CONTEXT);
@@ -1590,6 +1606,24 @@ public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 	}
 
 
+	public static class ConstructorArrayTestBean {
+
+		public final Object array;
+
+		public ConstructorArrayTestBean(int[] array) {
+			this.array = array;
+		}
+
+		public ConstructorArrayTestBean(float[] array) {
+			this.array = array;
+		}
+
+		public ConstructorArrayTestBean(short[] array) {
+			this.array = array;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	public static class WrappingPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
 
 		public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java
index 638f8333e1a..249eb03d659 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java
@@ -542,6 +542,17 @@ public abstract class ClassUtils {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the given class matches the user-specified type name.
+	 * @param clazz the class to check
+	 * @param typeName the type name to match
+	 */
+	public static boolean matchesTypeName(Class clazz, String typeName) {
+		return (typeName != null &&
+				(typeName.equals(clazz.getName()) || typeName.equals(clazz.getSimpleName()) ||
+				(clazz.isArray() && typeName.equals(getQualifiedNameForArray(clazz)))));
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the given class has a constructor with the given signature.
@@ -806,6 +817,7 @@ public abstract class ClassUtils {
 	 * @return the corresponding fully qualified class name
 	 */
 	public static String convertResourcePathToClassName(String resourcePath) {
+		Assert.notNull(resourcePath, "Resource path must not be null");
 		return resourcePath.replace('/', '.');
 	}
 
@@ -815,6 +827,7 @@ public abstract class ClassUtils {
 	 * @return the corresponding resource path, pointing to the class
 	 */
 	public static String convertClassNameToResourcePath(String className) {
+		Assert.notNull(className, "Class name must not be null");
 		return className.replace('.', '/');
 	}