diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/ScheduledMethodRunnable.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/ScheduledMethodRunnable.java
index 2f7270747e6..207a717a05e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/ScheduledMethodRunnable.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/support/ScheduledMethodRunnable.java
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ import java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
- * Variation of {@link MethodInvokingRunnable} meant to be used for processing
+ * Variant of {@link MethodInvokingRunnable} meant to be used for processing
  * of no-arg scheduled methods. Propagates user exceptions to the caller,
  * assuming that an error strategy for Runnables is in place.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 3.0.6
+ * @see org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
  */
 public class ScheduledMethodRunnable implements Runnable {
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public class ScheduledMethodRunnable implements Runnable {
 
 	public void run() {
 		try {
+			ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(this.method);
 			this.method.invoke(this.target);
 		}
 		catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/taskNamespaceTests.xml b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/taskNamespaceTests.xml
index 9f613201377..2dc689973c9 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/taskNamespaceTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/annotation/taskNamespaceTests.xml
@@ -11,12 +11,20 @@
 	<context:load-time-weaver aspectj-weaving="on"/>
 	-->
 
-	<task:annotation-driven executor="executor"/>
+	<task:annotation-driven executor="executor" scheduler="scheduler"/>
+
+	<task:scheduled-tasks scheduler="scheduler">
+		<task:scheduled ref="target" method="test" fixed-rate="1000"/>
+	</task:scheduled-tasks>
 
 	<bean id="executor" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor">
 		<property name="threadNamePrefix" value="testExecutor"/>
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="scheduler" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskScheduler">
+		<property name="threadNamePrefix" value="testScheduler"/>
+	</bean>
+
 	<bean id="target" class="org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.AsyncAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests$TestBean"/>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/config/ScheduledTasksBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/config/ScheduledTasksBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index 52112929038..295c282ad0d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/config/ScheduledTasksBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/scheduling/config/ScheduledTasksBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@
 
 package org.springframework.scheduling.config;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.scheduling.support.MethodInvokingRunnable;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.support.ScheduledMethodRunnable;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -64,11 +63,11 @@ public class ScheduledTasksBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		Map<Runnable, Long> tasks = (Map<Runnable, Long>) new DirectFieldAccessor(
 				this.registrar).getPropertyValue("fixedRateTasks");
 		Runnable runnable = tasks.keySet().iterator().next();
-		assertEquals(MethodInvokingRunnable.class, runnable.getClass());
-		Object targetObject = ((MethodInvokingRunnable) runnable).getTargetObject();
-		String targetMethod = ((MethodInvokingRunnable) runnable).getTargetMethod();
+		assertEquals(ScheduledMethodRunnable.class, runnable.getClass());
+		Object targetObject = ((ScheduledMethodRunnable) runnable).getTarget();
+		Method targetMethod = ((ScheduledMethodRunnable) runnable).getMethod();
 		assertEquals(this.testBean, targetObject);
-		assertEquals("test", targetMethod);
+		assertEquals("test", targetMethod.getName());
 	}
 
 	@Test