diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry.java
index 7a3fcee55e0..767b27bf126 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.user.UserSessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ public class WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry implements StompEndpointRegistry {
 		return (SubProtocolWebSocketHandler) actual;
 	}
 
+	protected void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
+		this.stompHandler.setApplicationEventPublisher(applicationContext);
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	public StompWebSocketEndpointRegistration addEndpoint(String... paths) {
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport.java
index 80696daec31..c3553c0cd35 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/annotation/WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.web.socket.config.annotation;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.config.AbstractMessageBrokerConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.messaging.simp.user.UserSessionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.WebSocketHandler;
@@ -46,16 +45,11 @@ public abstract class WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport extends Abstrac
 	@Bean
 	public HandlerMapping stompWebSocketHandlerMapping() {
 
-		WebSocketHandler webSocketHandler = subProtocolWebSocketHandler();
-		UserSessionRegistry sessionRegistry = userSessionRegistry();
-		WebSocketTransportRegistration transportRegistration = getTransportRegistration();
-		ThreadPoolTaskScheduler taskScheduler = messageBrokerSockJsTaskScheduler();
-
-		WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry registry = new WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry(
-				webSocketHandler, transportRegistration, sessionRegistry, taskScheduler);
+		WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry registry = new WebMvcStompEndpointRegistry(subProtocolWebSocketHandler(),
+				getTransportRegistration(), userSessionRegistry(), messageBrokerSockJsTaskScheduler());
 
+		registry.setApplicationContext(getApplicationContext());
 		registerStompEndpoints(registry);
-
 		return registry.getHandlerMapping();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
index 19b4ec6530f..041e49f29dc 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/messaging/SubProtocolWebSocketHandler.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.handler.SessionLimitExceededException;
  * @since 4.0
  */
 public class SubProtocolWebSocketHandler implements WebSocketHandler,
-		SubProtocolCapable, MessageHandler, SmartLifecycle, ApplicationEventPublisherAware {
+		SubProtocolCapable, MessageHandler, SmartLifecycle {
 
 	/**
 	 * Sessions connected to this handler use a sub-protocol. Hence we expect to
@@ -97,12 +97,10 @@ public class SubProtocolWebSocketHandler implements WebSocketHandler,
 
 	private final ReentrantLock sessionCheckLock = new ReentrantLock();
 
-	private Object lifecycleMonitor = new Object();
+	private final Object lifecycleMonitor = new Object();
 
 	private volatile boolean running = false;
 
-	private ApplicationEventPublisher eventPublisher;
-
 
 	public SubProtocolWebSocketHandler(MessageChannel clientInboundChannel, SubscribableChannel clientOutboundChannel) {
 		Assert.notNull(clientInboundChannel, "ClientInboundChannel must not be null");
@@ -147,10 +145,6 @@ public class SubProtocolWebSocketHandler implements WebSocketHandler,
 						+ " to protocol '" + protocol + "', it is already mapped to handler " + replaced);
 			}
 		}
-
-		if (handler instanceof ApplicationEventPublisherAware) {
-			((ApplicationEventPublisherAware) handler).setApplicationEventPublisher(this.eventPublisher);
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -203,11 +197,6 @@ public class SubProtocolWebSocketHandler implements WebSocketHandler,
 		return sendBufferSizeLimit;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void setApplicationEventPublisher(ApplicationEventPublisher eventPublisher) {
-		this.eventPublisher = eventPublisher;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public boolean isAutoStartup() {
 		return true;
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index 9b636fda6ff..481c0675dd2 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ public class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertNotNull(stompHandler);
 		assertEquals(128 * 1024, stompHandler.getMessageSizeLimit());
 
+		assertNotNull(new DirectFieldAccessor(stompHandler).getPropertyValue("eventPublisher"));
+
 		httpRequestHandler = (HttpRequestHandler) suhm.getUrlMap().get("/test/**");
 		assertNotNull(httpRequestHandler);
 		assertThat(httpRequestHandler, Matchers.instanceOf(SockJsHttpRequestHandler.class));