diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AbstractRequestAttributesScope.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AbstractRequestAttributesScope.java
index 1d1105103e6..04b95bac080 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AbstractRequestAttributesScope.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/AbstractRequestAttributesScope.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractRequestAttributesScope implements Scope {
 	}
 
 	public Object resolveContextualObject(String key) {
-		return null;
+		RequestAttributes attributes = RequestContextHolder.currentRequestAttributes();
+		return attributes.resolveReference(key);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/RequestScopeTests.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/RequestScopeTests.java
index ecf5b153ff1..9eaa0435de7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/RequestScopeTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/RequestScopeTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.context.expression.StandardBeanExpressionResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
  * @author Rob Harrop
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Mark Fisher
- * @since 2.0
  */
 public class RequestScopeTests extends TestCase {
 
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class RequestScopeTests extends TestCase {
 	protected void setUp() throws Exception {
 		this.beanFactory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		this.beanFactory.registerScope("request", new RequestScope());
+		this.beanFactory.setBeanExpressionResolver(new StandardBeanExpressionResolver());
 		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(this.beanFactory);
 		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("requestScopeTests.xml", getClass()));
 		this.beanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons();
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class RequestScopeTests extends TestCase {
 
 	public void testGetFromScope() throws Exception {
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setContextPath("/path");
 		RequestAttributes requestAttributes = new ServletRequestAttributes(request);
 		RequestContextHolder.setRequestAttributes(requestAttributes);
 
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ public class RequestScopeTests extends TestCase {
 			String name = "requestScopedObject";
 			assertNull(request.getAttribute(name));
 			TestBean bean = (TestBean) this.beanFactory.getBean(name);
+			assertEquals("/path", bean.getName());
 			assertSame(bean, request.getAttribute(name));
 			assertSame(bean, this.beanFactory.getBean(name));
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/context/request/requestScopeTests.xml b/org.springframework.web/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/context/request/requestScopeTests.xml
index badc6d6cf20..f2d06c527f4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/context/request/requestScopeTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/context/request/requestScopeTests.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                 http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
 
-	<bean id="requestScopedObject" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean" scope="request"/>
+	<bean id="requestScopedObject" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean" scope="request">
+        <property name="name" value="#{request.contextPath}"/>
+	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="requestScopedDisposableObject" class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean" scope="request"/>