diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMetadataAssemblerTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMetadataAssemblerTests.java
index 8eb3068983a..0f841bf7142 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMetadataAssemblerTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnnotationMetadataAssemblerTests.java
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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. You may obtain a copy of
- * the License at
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
- * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
- * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
- * the License.
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
  */
 
 package org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation;
@@ -58,6 +58,30 @@ public class AnnotationMetadataAssemblerTests extends AbstractMetadataAssemblerT
 		assertNotNull(op);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testRegistrationOnInterface() throws Exception {
+		Object bean = getContext().getBean("testInterfaceBean");
+		ModelMBeanInfo inf = getAssembler().getMBeanInfo(bean, "bean:name=interfaceTestBean");
+		assertNotNull(inf);
+		assertEquals("My Managed Bean", inf.getDescription());
+
+		ModelMBeanOperationInfo op = inf.getOperation("foo");
+		assertNotNull("foo operation not exposed", op);
+		assertEquals("invoke foo", op.getDescription());
+
+		assertNull("doNotExpose operation should not be exposed", inf.getOperation("doNotExpose"));
+
+		ModelMBeanAttributeInfo attr = inf.getAttribute("Bar");
+		assertNotNull("bar attribute not exposed", attr);
+		assertEquals("Bar description", attr.getDescription());
+
+		ModelMBeanAttributeInfo attr2 = inf.getAttribute("CacheEntries");
+		assertNotNull("cacheEntries attribute not exposed", attr2);
+		assertEquals("Metric Type should be COUNTER", "COUNTER",
+				attr2.getDescriptor().getFieldValue("metricType"));
+	}
+
+
 	@Override
 	protected JmxAttributeSource getAttributeSource() {
 		return new AnnotationJmxAttributeSource();
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnotherAnnotationTestBean.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnotherAnnotationTestBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59d084f414d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnotherAnnotationTestBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation;
+
+import org.springframework.jmx.support.MetricType;
+
+/**
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+@ManagedResource(objectName = "bean:name=interfaceTestBean", description = "My Managed Bean")
+public interface AnotherAnnotationTestBean {
+
+	@ManagedOperation(description = "invoke foo")
+	void foo();
+
+	@ManagedAttribute(description = "Bar description")
+	String getBar();
+
+	void setBar(String bar);
+
+	@ManagedMetric(description = "a metric", metricType = MetricType.COUNTER)
+	int getCacheEntries();
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnotherAnnotationTestBeanImpl.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnotherAnnotationTestBeanImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1acaefb0328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/AnotherAnnotationTestBeanImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation;
+
+/**
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+class AnotherAnnotationTestBeanImpl implements AnotherAnnotationTestBean {
+
+	private String bar;
+
+	@Override
+	public void foo() {
+	}
+
+	public void doNotExpose() {
+
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String getBar() {
+		return this.bar;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setBar(String bar) {
+		this.bar = bar;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getCacheEntries() {
+		return 42;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/annotations.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/annotations.xml
index c9c15cf7714..0124173f05c 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/annotations.xml
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jmx/export/annotation/annotations.xml
@@ -20,26 +20,22 @@
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.AnnotationTestSubBean">
-		<property name="name">
-			<value>TEST</value>
-		</property>
-		<property name="age">
-			<value>100</value>
-		</property>
+		<property name="name" value="TEST"/>
+		<property name="age" value="100"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="testInterfaceBean" class="org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.AnotherAnnotationTestBeanImpl">
+		<property name="bar" value="Init value"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="attributeSource" class="org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.AnnotationJmxAttributeSource"/>
 
 	<bean id="metadataNamingStrategy" class="org.springframework.jmx.export.naming.MetadataNamingStrategy">
-		<property name="attributeSource">
-			<ref bean="attributeSource"/>
-		</property>
+		<property name="attributeSource" ref="attributeSource"/>
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="metadataAssembler" class="org.springframework.jmx.export.assembler.MetadataMBeanInfoAssembler">
-		<property name="attributeSource">
-			<ref bean="attributeSource"/>
-		</property>
+		<property name="attributeSource" ref="attributeSource"/>
 	</bean>
 
 </beans>