diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils.java
index 68017a07fc2596a5a233440433bf05a1e83cad44..a707d78ff33b0bdf9b86ed127cffee7e0eca5637 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils.java
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jdbc.config;
 
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataElement;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.TypedStringValue;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.CompositeDatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -63,16 +62,15 @@ class DatabasePopulatorConfigUtils {
 			delegate.addPropertyValue("ignoreFailedDrops", ignoreFailedDrops);
 			delegate.addPropertyValue("continueOnError", continueOnError);
 
-			List<String> locations = Arrays.asList(scriptElement.getAttribute("location"));
 			// Use a factory bean for the resources so they can be given an order if a pattern is used
 			BeanDefinitionBuilder resourcesFactory = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(SortedResourcesFactoryBean.class);
-			resourcesFactory.addConstructorArgValue(locations);
+			resourcesFactory.addConstructorArgValue(new TypedStringValue(scriptElement.getAttribute("location")));
 			delegate.addPropertyValue("scripts", resourcesFactory.getBeanDefinition());
 			if (StringUtils.hasLength(scriptElement.getAttribute("encoding"))) {
-				delegate.addPropertyValue("sqlScriptEncoding", scriptElement.getAttribute("encoding"));
+				delegate.addPropertyValue("sqlScriptEncoding", new TypedStringValue(scriptElement.getAttribute("encoding")));
 			}
 			if (StringUtils.hasLength(scriptElement.getAttribute("separator"))) {
-				delegate.addPropertyValue("separator", scriptElement.getAttribute("separator"));
+				delegate.addPropertyValue("separator", new TypedStringValue(scriptElement.getAttribute("separator")));
 			}
 			delegates.add(delegate.getBeanDefinition());
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTests.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTests.java
index eb46775db94e7eee8c6002254396577706771988..af62a7c6bf3bfd1bf6bc9587185fa75bbdabda4b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTests.java
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ public class InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTests {
 		assertCorrectSetup(dataSource);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testScriptNameWithExpressions() throws Exception {
+		context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-expression-config.xml");
+		DataSource dataSource = context.getBean("dataSource", DataSource.class);
+		assertCorrectSetup(dataSource);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testCacheInitialization() throws Exception {
 		context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-cache-config.xml");
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-expression-config.xml b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-expression-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..323a21072dac533a69887f1941df8f8adb9f321b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-expression-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.1.xsd">
+
+	<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL" />
+
+	<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource" enabled="#{properties['data.source.init']}">
+		<jdbc:script location="#{properties['schema.scripts']}" />
+		<jdbc:script location="#{properties['insert.scripts']}" />
+	</jdbc:initialize-database>
+	
+	<util:properties id="properties">
+		<prop key="schema.scripts">classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/db-schema.sql</prop>
+		<prop key="insert.scripts">classpath*:org/springframework/jdbc/config/*-data.sql</prop>
+		<prop key="data.source.init">true</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
+</beans>