diff --git a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanMethod.java b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanMethod.java
index 96077eb48d1..ddb4bdf4952 100644
--- a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanMethod.java
+++ b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanMethod.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.Location;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.Problem;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ProblemReporter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopedProxyMode;
 import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -128,12 +129,11 @@ public final class BeanMethod {
 		if (Modifier.isFinal(getModifiers()))
 			problemReporter.error(new FinalMethodError());
 		
-		if (this.getAnnotation(ScopedProxy.class) == null)
-			return;
-
 		Scope scope = this.getAnnotation(Scope.class);
-		if(scope == null || scope.equals(SINGLETON) || scope.equals(PROTOTYPE))
-			problemReporter.error(new InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError(this));
+		if(scope != null
+			&& scope.proxyMode() != ScopedProxyMode.NO
+			&& (scope.value().equals(SINGLETON) || scope.value().equals(PROTOTYPE)))
+				problemReporter.error(new InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError(this));
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -196,5 +196,16 @@ public final class BeanMethod {
 			super(format("method '%s' may not be final. remove the final modifier to continue", getName()), new Location(new FileSystemResource("/dev/null")));
 		}
 	}
+	
+	public class InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError extends Problem {
+		public InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError(BeanMethod method) {
+			super(
+					String.format("method %s contains an invalid annotation declaration: scoped proxies "
+					        + "cannot be created for singleton/prototype beans", method.getName()),
+			        new Location(new FileSystemResource("/dev/null"))
+				);
+		}
+
+	}
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanRegistrar.java b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanRegistrar.java
index 266123ef05c..dbed9f03293 100644
--- a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanRegistrar.java
+++ b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/BeanRegistrar.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopedProxyMode;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 
 // TODO: SJC-242 document BeanHandler
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 public class BeanRegistrar implements BeanDefinitionRegistrar {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BeanRegistrar.class);
+	
+	/** Prefix used when registering the target object for a scoped proxy. */
+	private static final String TARGET_NAME_PREFIX = "scopedTarget.";
 
 	/**
 	 * Ensures that <var>member</var> is a method and is annotated (directly or indirectly)
@@ -110,18 +115,17 @@ public class BeanRegistrar implements BeanDefinitionRegistrar {
 		if (hasText(destroyMethodName))
 			beanDef.setDestroyMethodName(destroyMethodName);
 
-		// is this method annotated with @ScopedProxy?
-		ScopedProxy scopedProxy = method.getAnnotation(ScopedProxy.class);
-		if (scopedProxy != null) {
+		// is this method annotated with @Scope(scopedProxy=...)?
+		if (scope != null && scope.proxyMode() != ScopedProxyMode.NO) {
 			RootBeanDefinition targetDef = beanDef;
 			//
 			// Create a scoped proxy definition for the original bean name,
 			// "hiding" the target bean in an internal target definition.
-			String targetBeanName = ScopedProxy.Util.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
+			String targetBeanName = resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
 			RootBeanDefinition scopedProxyDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(ScopedProxyFactoryBean.class);
 			scopedProxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("targetBeanName", targetBeanName);
 
-			if (scopedProxy.proxyTargetClass())
+			if (scope.proxyMode() == ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
 				targetDef.setAttribute(AutoProxyUtils.PRESERVE_TARGET_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE, Boolean.TRUE);
 			// ScopedFactoryBean's "proxyTargetClass" default is TRUE, so we
 			// don't need to set it explicitly here.
@@ -191,6 +195,19 @@ public class BeanRegistrar implements BeanDefinitionRegistrar {
 			+ "could be found in %s or its ancestry", beanName, registry));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the <i>hidden</i> name based on a scoped proxy bean name.
+	 *
+	 * @param   originalBeanName  the scope proxy bean name as declared in the
+	 *                            Configuration-annotated class
+	 *
+	 * @return  the internally-used <i>hidden</i> bean name
+	 */
+	public static String resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(String originalBeanName) {
+		Assert.hasText(originalBeanName);
+		return TARGET_NAME_PREFIX.concat(originalBeanName);
+	}
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError.java b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 78894e33c05..00000000000
--- a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 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.config.java;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.Location;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.Problem;
-import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
-
-
-public class InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError extends Problem {
-	public InvalidScopedProxyDeclarationError(BeanMethod method) {
-		super(
-				String.format("method %s contains an invalid annotation declaration: @%s "
-				        + "cannot be used on a singleton/prototype bean", method.getName(), ScopedProxy.class
-				        .getSimpleName()),
-		        new Location(new FileSystemResource("/dev/null"))
-			);
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/ScopedProxy.java b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/ScopedProxy.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 92c94e59710..00000000000
--- a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/ScopedProxy.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 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.config.java;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-
-/**
- * Annotation identical in functionality with &lt;aop:scoped-proxy/&gt; tag. Provides a smart
- * proxy backed by a scoped bean, which can be injected into object instances (usually singletons)
- * allowing the same reference to be held while delegating method invocations to the backing, scoped
- * beans.
- *
- * <p/>Used with scoped beans (non-singleton and non-prototype).</p>
- *
- * <pre class="code">
- *	&#064;Configuration
- *	public class ScopedConfig {
- *
- *		&#064;Bean(scope = &quot;myScope&quot;)
- *		&#064;ScopedProxy
- *		public SomeBean someBean() {
- *			return new SomeBean();
- *    }
- *
- *		&#064;Bean
- *		public SomeOtherBean() {
- *			return new AnotherBean(someBean());
- *		}
- *	}
- * </pre>
- *
- * <p>See Spring reference <a href="http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/reference/">
- * documentation</a> for more <a
- * href="http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/reference/beans.html#beans-factory-scopes-other-injection">
- * details</a>.</p>
- *
- * @author  Costin Leau
- * @author  Chris Beams
- * @since 3.0
- */
-@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Documented
-public @interface ScopedProxy {
-
-	/**
-	 * Use CGLib-based class proxies (true) or JDK interface-based (false).
-	 *
-	 * Default is CGLib (true).
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	boolean proxyTargetClass() default true;
-
-	public static class Util {
-
-		private static final String TARGET_NAME_PREFIX = "scopedTarget.";
-
-		/**
-		 * Return the <i>hidden</i> name based on a scoped proxy bean name.
-		 *
-		 * @param   originalBeanName  the scope proxy bean name as declared in the
-		 *                            Configuration-annotated class
-		 *
-		 * @return  the internally-used <i>hidden</i> bean name
-		 */
-		public static String resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(String originalBeanName) {
-			Assert.hasText(originalBeanName);
-			return TARGET_NAME_PREFIX.concat(originalBeanName);
-		}
-
-	}
-}
diff --git a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/internal/enhancement/BeanMethodInterceptor.java b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/internal/enhancement/BeanMethodInterceptor.java
index a031d8caf32..c8d7d2b7738 100644
--- a/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/internal/enhancement/BeanMethodInterceptor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.config.java/src/main/java/org/springframework/config/java/internal/enhancement/BeanMethodInterceptor.java
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import net.sf.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.config.java.Bean;
 import org.springframework.config.java.BeanRegistrar;
-import org.springframework.config.java.ScopedProxy;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopedProxyMode;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 
 
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ class BeanMethodInterceptor extends AbstractMethodInterceptor {
 	public Object intercept(Object obj, Method method, Object[] args, MethodProxy proxy) throws Throwable {
 		String beanName = getBeanName(method);
 
-		 boolean isScopedProxy =
-			 (AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, ScopedProxy.class) != null);
+		Scope scope = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, Scope.class);
+		boolean isScopedProxy = (scope != null && scope.proxyMode() != ScopedProxyMode.NO);
 		
 		 String scopedBeanName =
-			 ScopedProxy.Util.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
+			 BeanRegistrar.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
 		 if (isScopedProxy && beanFactory.isCurrentlyInCreation(scopedBeanName))
 		 beanName = scopedBeanName;
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.config.java/src/test/java/test/feature/lifecycle/scoping/ScopingTests.java b/org.springframework.config.java/src/test/java/test/feature/lifecycle/scoping/ScopingTests.java
index 99f21a4e90d..8843958eb02 100644
--- a/org.springframework.config.java/src/test/java/test/feature/lifecycle/scoping/ScopingTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.config.java/src/test/java/test/feature/lifecycle/scoping/ScopingTests.java
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedObject;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.config.java.Bean;
+import org.springframework.config.java.BeanRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.config.java.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.config.java.ScopedProxy;
 import org.springframework.config.java.StandardScopes;
 import org.springframework.config.java.support.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopedProxyMode;
 import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
 
 import test.beans.ITestBean;
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ import test.common.scope.CustomScope;
 
 
 /**
- * Tests that scopes are properly supported by using a custom {@link Scope} and
- * {@link ScopedProxy} declarations.
+ * Tests that scopes are properly supported by using a custom Scope implementations
+ * and scoped proxy {@link Bean} declarations.
  *
  * @see ScopeIntegrationTests
  * @author  Costin Leau
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		customScope = null;
 	}
 	
-	private GenericApplicationContext createContext(Scope customScope, Class<?> configClass) {
+	private GenericApplicationContext createContext(org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope customScope, Class<?> configClass) {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		if(customScope != null)
 			beanFactory.registerScope(SCOPE, customScope);
@@ -112,13 +113,13 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void testScopedProxyOnNonBeanAnnotatedMethod() throws Exception {
-		// should throw - @ScopedProxy should not be applied on singleton/prototype beans
+	public void testScopedProxyOnSingletonBeanMethod() throws Exception {
+		// should throw - scoped proxies should not be applied on singleton/prototype beans
 		try {
 			createContext(null, InvalidProxyOnPredefinedScopesConfiguration.class);
 			fail("exception expected");
 		} catch (BeanDefinitionParsingException ex) {
-			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("cannot be used on a singleton/prototype bean"));
+			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("scoped proxies cannot be created for singleton/prototype beans"));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 
 		String beanName = "scopedProxyInterface";
 
-		String scopedBeanName = ScopedProxy.Util.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
+		String scopedBeanName = BeanRegistrar.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
 
 		// get hidden bean
 		assertEquals(flag, spouse.getName());
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 
 		String beanName = "scopedProxyClass";
 
-		String scopedBeanName = ScopedProxy.Util.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
+		String scopedBeanName = BeanRegistrar.resolveHiddenScopedProxyBeanName(beanName);
 
 		// get hidden bean
 		assertEquals(flag, spouse.getName());
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 	public void testScopedConfigurationBeanDefinitionCount() throws Exception {
 
 		// count the beans
-		// 6 @Beans + 1 Configuration + 2 @ScopedProxy
+		// 6 @Beans + 1 Configuration + 2 scoped proxy
 		assertThat(ctx.getBeanDefinitionCount(), equalTo(9));
 	}
 	
@@ -241,8 +242,7 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 	static class ScopeTestConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
-		@org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope(StandardScopes.SESSION)
-		@ScopedProxy
+		@Scope(value=StandardScopes.SESSION, proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.INTERFACES)
 		public Foo foo() {
 			return new Foo();
 		}
@@ -312,22 +312,16 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		assertNotSame(message, newBean2, newBean3);
 	}
 
-	@Configuration
-	public static class InvalidProxyObjectConfiguration {
-		@ScopedProxy
-		public Object invalidProxyObject() { return new Object(); }
-	}
-
 	@Configuration
 	public static class InvalidProxyOnPredefinedScopesConfiguration {
-		@ScopedProxy @Bean
+		@Bean @Scope(proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.INTERFACES)
 		public Object invalidProxyOnPredefinedScopes() { return new Object(); }
 	}
 
 	@Configuration
 	public static class ScopedConfigurationClass {
 		@Bean
-		@org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope(SCOPE)
+		@Scope(SCOPE)
 		public TestBean scopedClass() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
@@ -335,7 +329,7 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		@org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope(SCOPE)
+		@Scope(SCOPE)
 		public ITestBean scopedInterface() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
@@ -343,17 +337,15 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		@org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope(SCOPE)
-		@ScopedProxy(proxyTargetClass = false)
+		@Scope(value=SCOPE, proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
 		public ITestBean scopedProxyInterface() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
 			return tb;
 		}
 
-		@ScopedProxy
 		@Bean
-		@org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope(SCOPE)
+		@Scope(value=SCOPE, proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
 		public TestBean scopedProxyClass() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java
index dce7f65b628..4342dda1303 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java
@@ -44,5 +44,17 @@ public @interface Scope {
 	 * @return the desired scope
 	 */
 	String value() default BeanDefinition.SCOPE_SINGLETON;
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies whether a component should be configured as a scoped proxy
+	 * and if so, whether the proxy should be interface-based or subclass-based.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@link ScopedProxyMode#NO}, indicating no scoped proxy
+	 * should be created.
+	 * 
+	 * <p>Analogous to {@literal <aop:scoped-proxy/>} support in XML. Valid
+	 * only in conjunction with a non-singleton, non-prototype {@link #value()}.
+	 */
+	ScopedProxyMode proxyMode() default ScopedProxyMode.NO;
 	
 }