diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 49b2bf4829f..0dfd4091db3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cache.config;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import static org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigUtils.*;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.config.AopNamespaceUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.cache.annotation.AnnotationCacheOperationSource;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.BeanFactoryCacheOperationSourceAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheInterceptor;
-
-import static org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigUtils.*;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
  * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser}
@@ -63,10 +62,11 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 			// mode="proxy"
 			AopAutoProxyConfigurer.configureAutoProxyCreator(element, parserContext);
 		}
+
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	private static void registerCacheManagerProperty(Element element, BeanDefinition def) {
+	private static void parseCacheManagerProperty(Element element, BeanDefinition def) {
 		def.getPropertyValues().add("cacheManager",
 				new RuntimeBeanReference(CacheNamespaceHandler.extractCacheManager(element)));
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 			RootBeanDefinition def = new RootBeanDefinition();
 			def.setBeanClassName(CACHE_ASPECT_CLASS_NAME);
 			def.setFactoryMethodName("aspectOf");
-			registerCacheManagerProperty(element, def);
+			parseCacheManagerProperty(element, def);
+			CacheNamespaceHandler.parseKeyGenerator(element, def);
 			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(def, CACHE_ASPECT_BEAN_NAME));
 		}
 	}
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 				RootBeanDefinition interceptorDef = new RootBeanDefinition(CacheInterceptor.class);
 				interceptorDef.setSource(eleSource);
 				interceptorDef.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
-				registerCacheManagerProperty(element, interceptorDef);
+				parseCacheManagerProperty(element, interceptorDef);
 				interceptorDef.getPropertyValues().add("cacheOperationSources", new RuntimeBeanReference(sourceName));
 				String interceptorName = parserContext.getReaderContext().registerWithGeneratedName(interceptorDef);
 
@@ -138,5 +139,4 @@ class AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-}
+}
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diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheAdviceParser.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheAdviceParser.java
index 8a5bad13d60..ae8de0310f7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheAdviceParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheAdviceParser.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 	@Override
 	protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		builder.addPropertyReference("cacheManager", CacheNamespaceHandler.extractCacheManager(element));
+		CacheNamespaceHandler.parseKeyGenerator(element, builder.getBeanDefinition());
 
 		List<Element> cacheDefs = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(element, DEFS_ELEMENT);
 		if (cacheDefs.size() >= 1) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheNamespaceHandler.java
index 29e7f096e61..cf94fef85a2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/config/CacheNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cache.config;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
@@ -40,9 +43,16 @@ public class CacheNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 				: CacheNamespaceHandler.DEFAULT_CACHE_MANAGER_BEAN_NAME);
 	}
 
+	static BeanDefinition parseKeyGenerator(Element element, BeanDefinition def) {
+		String name = element.getAttribute("key-generator");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
+			def.getPropertyValues().add("keyGenerator", new RuntimeBeanReference(name.trim()));
+		}
+		return def;
+	}
+
 	public void init() {
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("annotation-driven", new AnnotationDrivenCacheBeanDefinitionParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("advice", new CacheAdviceParser());
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-3.1.xsd b/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-3.1.xsd
index f1185f165ba..2ffee69a392 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-3.1.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/spring-cache-3.1.xsd
@@ -45,6 +45,21 @@
 					</xsd:appinfo>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="key-generator" type="xsd:string">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator"><![CDATA[
+	The bean name of the KeyGenerator that is to be used to retrieve the backing caches.
+	
+	This attribute is not required, and only needs to be specified
+	explicitly if the default strategy (DefaultKeyGenerator) is not sufficient.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:expected-type type="org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator"/>
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="mode" default="proxy">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
@@ -128,6 +143,21 @@
 							</xsd:appinfo>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="key-generator" type="xsd:string">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator"><![CDATA[
+	The bean name of the KeyGenerator that is to be used to retrieve the backing caches.
+	
+	This attribute is not required, and only needs to be specified
+	explicitly if the default strategy (DefaultKeyGenerator) is not sufficient.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+							<xsd:appinfo>
+								<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+									<tool:expected-type type="org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator"/>
+								</tool:annotation>
+							</xsd:appinfo>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>					
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AbstractAnnotationTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AbstractAnnotationTests.java
index cad5e470402..15eb5e077c1 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AbstractAnnotationTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/AbstractAnnotationTests.java
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.AopProxyUtils;
 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
+import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 
@@ -284,4 +286,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractAnnotationTests {
 	public void testClassUncheckedException() throws Exception {
 		testUncheckedThrowable(ccs);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testKeyStrategy() throws Exception {
+		CacheInterceptor bean = ctx.getBean("cacheAdviceClass", CacheInterceptor.class);
+		Assert.assertSame(ctx.getBean("keyGenerator"), bean.getKeyGenerator());
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/SomeKeyGenerator.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/SomeKeyGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb38a7ea6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/config/SomeKeyGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ * 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.cache.config;
+
+import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.DefaultKeyGenerator;
+
+public class SomeKeyGenerator extends DefaultKeyGenerator {
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/cache-advice.xml b/org.springframework.context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/cache-advice.xml
index e0e3f4d92cc..cc69de1d09a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/cache-advice.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/cache/config/cache-advice.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		</cache:definitions>
 	</cache:advice>
 
-	<cache:advice id="cacheAdviceClass" cache-manager="cacheManager">
+	<cache:advice id="cacheAdviceClass" cache-manager="cacheManager" key-generator="keyGenerator">
 		<cache:definitions cache="default">
 			<cache:cacheable method="key" key="#p0"/>
 			<cache:cacheable method="nam*" key="#root.methodName + #root.caches[0].name"/>
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 			</set>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="keyGenerator" class="org.springframework.cache.config.SomeKeyGenerator"/>
 
 	<bean id="debugInterceptor" class="org.springframework.aop.interceptor.DebugInterceptor"/>