diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
index 2b18aa3d2fe901061a9b7b816ba77bb13794a615..fbf5dc9f0f5f5d6f2a8b8d865e3a89ae68f8448c 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 									}
 								}
 							});
-					if (objectType.value != null) {
+					if (objectType.value != null && !Object.class.equals(objectType.value)) {
 						return objectType.value;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/remoting/httpinvoker/HttpInvokerFactoryBeanIntegrationTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/remoting/httpinvoker/HttpInvokerFactoryBeanIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c4a93ce17e058209fb3ab9af623c1c57e5e29d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/remoting/httpinvoker/HttpInvokerFactoryBeanIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.remoting.httpinvoker;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+public class HttpInvokerFactoryBeanIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void foo() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(InvokerAutowiringConfig.class);
+		MyBean myBean = context.getBean(MyBean.class);
+		assertSame(context.getBean("myService"), myBean.myService);
+	}
+
+
+	public interface MyService {
+	}
+
+
+	@Component
+	public static class MyBean {
+
+		@Autowired
+		private MyService myService;
+	}
+
+
+	@Configuration
+	@ComponentScan
+	public static class InvokerAutowiringConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		public HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean myService() {
+			HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean factory = new HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean();
+			factory.setServiceUrl("/svc/dummy");
+			factory.setServiceInterface(MyService.class);
+			return factory;
+		}
+	}
+
+}