diff --git a/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java b/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java
index fb8b57e8fd8..b45d01b2397 100644
--- a/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java
+++ b/org.springframework.test/src/main/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 
 	private String servletContextName = "MockServletContext";
 
+	private int minorVersion = 5;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new MockServletContext, using no base path and a
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 	}
 
 	public int getMinorVersion() {
-		return 5;
+		return this.minorVersion;
 	}
 
 	public String getMimeType(String filePath) {
@@ -340,6 +341,11 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 		return this.servletContextName;
 	}
 
+	public void setMinorVersion(int minorVersion) {
+		if (minorVersion <3 || minorVersion > 5)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only Servlet minor versions between 3 and 5 are supported");
+		this.minorVersion = minorVersion;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Inner factory class used to just introduce a Java Activation Framework
@@ -351,5 +357,4 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 			return FileTypeMap.getDefaultFileTypeMap().getContentType(filePath);
 		}
 	}
-
-}
+}
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diff --git a/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContextTests.java b/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContextTests.java
index 411141d90c1..9079e3884df 100644
--- a/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContextTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.test/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContextTests.java
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
  */
 public class MockServletContextTests {
 
-	@Ignore // fails to work under ant after move from .testsuite -> .test
+	@Ignore
+	// fails to work under ant after move from .testsuite -> .test
 	@Test
 	public void testListFiles() {
 		MockServletContext sc = new MockServletContext("org/springframework/mock");
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ public class MockServletContextTests {
 		assertTrue(paths.contains("/web/MockServletContextTests.class"));
 	}
 
-	@Ignore // fails to work under ant after move from .testsuite -> .test
+	@Ignore
+	// fails to work under ant after move from .testsuite -> .test
 	@Test
 	public void testListSubdirectories() {
 		MockServletContext sc = new MockServletContext("org/springframework/mock");
@@ -79,4 +81,24 @@ public class MockServletContextTests {
 		assertEquals("image/gif", sc.getMimeType("test.gif"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testMinorVersion() {
+		MockServletContext sc = new MockServletContext();
+		assertEquals(5, sc.getMinorVersion());
+		sc.setMinorVersion(4);
+		assertEquals(4, sc.getMinorVersion());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testIllegalMinorVersion() {
+		MockServletContext sc = new MockServletContext();
+		assertEquals(5, sc.getMinorVersion());
+		try {
+			sc.setMinorVersion(2);
+			fail("expected expection for illegal argument");
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+			// expected
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java
index 42af3f71e11..1f3c1860bd3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/mock/web/MockServletContext.java
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 
 	private String servletContextName = "MockServletContext";
 
+	private int minorVersion = 5;
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new MockServletContext, using no base path and a
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 	}
 
 	public int getMinorVersion() {
-		return 5;
+		return minorVersion;
 	}
 
 	public String getMimeType(String filePath) {
@@ -340,6 +342,11 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 		return this.servletContextName;
 	}
 
+	public void setMinorVersion(int minorVersion) {
+		if (minorVersion <3 || minorVersion > 5)
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only Servlet minor versions between 3 and 5 are supported");
+		this.minorVersion = minorVersion;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Inner factory class used to just introduce a Java Activation Framework
@@ -351,5 +358,4 @@ public class MockServletContext implements ServletContext {
 			return FileTypeMap.getDefaultFileTypeMap().getContentType(filePath);
 		}
 	}
-
-}
+}
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