diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean.java
index 7eb7acdd987..804e0a09dc8 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean.java
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.http.converter.json;
 
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
@@ -95,8 +98,22 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
  * </bean>
  * </pre>
  *
+ * In case you want to configure Jackson's {@link ObjectMapper} with a {@link Module}, you
+ * can register Modules using {@link #setModules(java.util.List)}
+ *
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * &lt;bean class="org.springframework.web.context.support.Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean">
+ *   &lt;property name="modules"&gt;
+ *     &lt;list&gt;
+ *       &lt;bean class="org.example.jackson.module.MySampleModule"/&gt;
+ *     &lt;/list&gt;
+ *   &lt;/property&gt;
+ * &lt;/bean>
+ * </pre>
+ *
  * @author <a href="mailto:dmitry.katsubo@gmail.com">Dmitry Katsubo</a>
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Brian Clozel
  * @since 3.2
  */
 public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<ObjectMapper>, InitializingBean {
@@ -105,6 +122,8 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<ObjectMapper
 
 	private Map<Object, Boolean> features = new HashMap<Object, Boolean>();
 
+	private final List<Module> modules = new ArrayList<Module>();
+
 	private DateFormat dateFormat;
 
 	private AnnotationIntrospector annotationIntrospector;
@@ -258,6 +277,18 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<ObjectMapper
 		this.serializationInclusion = serializationInclusion;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the list of modules to be registered with {@link ObjectMapper}.
+	 * @param modules the list of modules
+	 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module
+	 * @since 4.0
+	 */
+	public void setModules(List<Module> modules) {
+		if(modules != null) {
+			this.modules.addAll(modules);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
 		if (this.objectMapper == null) {
@@ -286,6 +317,10 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<ObjectMapper
 		if (this.serializationInclusion != null) {
 			this.objectMapper.setSerializationInclusion(this.serializationInclusion);
 		}
+
+		if(!this.modules.isEmpty()) {
+			this.objectMapper.registerModules(this.modules);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java
index f6c8e3b7ef0..b872c4902de 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.http.converter.json;
 
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.Module;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.DeserializerFactoryConfig;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.SerializerFactoryConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.BasicDeserializerFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.DateDeserializers.DateDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.NopAnnotationIntrospector;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BasicSerializerFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.Serializers;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.NumberSerializers.NumberSerializer;
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  * Test cases for {@link Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean} class.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:dmitry.katsubo@gmail.com">Dmitry Katsubo</a>
+ * @author Brian Clozel
  */
 public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests {
 
@@ -151,6 +155,20 @@ public class Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBeanTests {
 		assertEquals(dateFormat, this.factory.getObject().getDeserializationConfig().getDateFormat());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSetModules() {
+		JsonSerializer serializer1 = new NumberSerializer();
+		SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
+		module.addSerializer(Boolean.class,serializer1);
+
+		this.factory.setModules(Arrays.asList(new Module[]{module}));
+		this.factory.afterPropertiesSet();
+		ObjectMapper objectMapper = this.factory.getObject();
+
+		Serializers serializers = getSerializerFactoryConfig(objectMapper).serializers().iterator().next();
+		assertTrue(serializers.findSerializer(null, SimpleType.construct(Boolean.class), null) == serializer1);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testSimpleSetup() {
 		this.factory.afterPropertiesSet();