diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/binding/support/GenericBinderTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/binding/support/GenericBinderTests.java
index 362ac9de5ce..65685ec31eb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/binding/support/GenericBinderTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/ui/binding/support/GenericBinderTests.java
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ public class GenericBinderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@Ignore
 	public void bindToMap() {
 		binder.addBinding("favoriteFoodsByGroup");
 		Map<String, String[]> values = new LinkedHashMap<String, String[]>();
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericTypeConverter.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericTypeConverter.java
index 16486c20f56..d6d8a011d0b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericTypeConverter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericTypeConverter.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class GenericTypeConverter implements TypeConverter, ConverterRegistry {
 			} else if (targetType.isMap()) {
 				if (sourceType.getElementType().equals(String.class)) {
 					// string array to map; with string element values in format foo=bar
-					return null;
+					return new StringArrayToMap(sourceType, targetType, this);
 				} else {
 					return null;
 				}
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public class GenericTypeConverter implements TypeConverter, ConverterRegistry {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
-
+	
 	// internal helpers
 
 	private List getRequiredTypeInfo(Object converter) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/StringArrayToMap.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/StringArrayToMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5704c75fb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/StringArrayToMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2004-2009 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.core.convert.support;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+class StringArrayToMap implements ConversionExecutor {
+
+	private TypeDescriptor sourceType;
+
+	private TypeDescriptor targetType;
+
+	private GenericTypeConverter conversionService;
+
+	private EntryConverter entryConverter;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new map-to-map converter
+	 * @param sourceType the source map type
+	 * @param targetType the target map type
+	 * @param conversionService the conversion service
+	 */
+	public StringArrayToMap(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, GenericTypeConverter conversionService) {
+		this.sourceType = sourceType;
+		this.targetType = targetType;
+		this.conversionService = conversionService;
+		this.entryConverter = createEntryConverter();
+	}
+
+	private EntryConverter createEntryConverter() {
+		if (targetType.isMapEntryTypeKnown()) {
+			ConversionExecutor keyConverter = conversionService.getConversionExecutor(String.class,
+					TypeDescriptor.valueOf(targetType.getMapKeyType()));
+			ConversionExecutor valueConverter = conversionService.getConversionExecutor(String.class,
+					TypeDescriptor.valueOf(targetType.getMapValueType()));
+			return new EntryConverter(keyConverter, valueConverter);
+		} else {
+			return EntryConverter.NO_OP_INSTANCE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public Object execute(Object source) throws ConversionFailedException {
+		try {
+			Map targetMap = (Map) getImpl(targetType.getType()).newInstance();
+			String[] array = (String[]) source;
+			for (String string : array) {
+				String[] fields = string.split("=");
+				String key = fields[0];
+				String value = fields[1];
+				targetMap.put(entryConverter.convertKey(key), entryConverter.convertValue(value));
+			}
+			return targetMap;
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new ConversionFailedException(source, sourceType.getType(), targetType.getType(), e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	static Class<?> getImpl(Class<?> targetClass) {
+		if (targetClass.isInterface()) {
+			if (Map.class.equals(targetClass)) {
+				return HashMap.class;
+			} else if (SortedMap.class.equals(targetClass)) {
+				return TreeMap.class;
+			} else {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported Map interface [" + targetClass.getName() + "]");
+			}
+		} else {
+			return targetClass;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class EntryConverter {
+
+		public static final EntryConverter NO_OP_INSTANCE = new EntryConverter();
+
+		private ConversionExecutor keyConverter;
+
+		private ConversionExecutor valueConverter;
+
+		private EntryConverter() {
+
+		}
+
+		public EntryConverter(ConversionExecutor keyConverter, ConversionExecutor valueConverter) {
+			this.keyConverter = keyConverter;
+			this.valueConverter = valueConverter;
+		}
+
+		public Object convertKey(Object key) {
+			if (keyConverter != null) {
+				return keyConverter.execute(key);
+			} else {
+				return key;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public Object convertValue(Object value) {
+			if (valueConverter != null) {
+				return valueConverter.execute(value);
+			} else {
+				return value;
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}