diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
index d35f65532cb..0d1220a90cd 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java
@@ -567,15 +567,33 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	public boolean isAutowireCandidate(String beanName, DependencyDescriptor descriptor)
 			throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
 
+		return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor, getAutowireCandidateResolver());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether the specified bean definition qualifies as an autowire candidate,
+	 * to be injected into other beans which declare a dependency of matching type.
+	 * @param beanName the name of the bean definition to check
+	 * @param descriptor the descriptor of the dependency to resolve
+	 * @param resolver the AutowireCandidateResolver to use for the actual resolution algorithm
+	 * @return whether the bean should be considered as autowire candidate
+	 */
+	protected boolean isAutowireCandidate(String beanName, DependencyDescriptor descriptor, AutowireCandidateResolver resolver)
+			throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+
 		String beanDefinitionName = BeanFactoryUtils.transformedBeanName(beanName);
 		if (containsBeanDefinition(beanDefinitionName)) {
-			return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanDefinitionName), descriptor);
+			return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanDefinitionName), descriptor, resolver);
 		}
 		else if (containsSingleton(beanName)) {
-			return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, new RootBeanDefinition(getType(beanName)), descriptor);
+			return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, new RootBeanDefinition(getType(beanName)), descriptor, resolver);
+		}
+		else if (getParentBeanFactory() instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory) {
+			// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
+			return ((DefaultListableBeanFactory) getParentBeanFactory()).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor, resolver);
 		}
 		else if (getParentBeanFactory() instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
-			// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
+			// If no DefaultListableBeanFactory, can't pass the resolver along.
 			return ((ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) getParentBeanFactory()).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor);
 		}
 		else {
@@ -589,9 +607,12 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean definition to check
 	 * @param mbd the merged bean definition to check
 	 * @param descriptor the descriptor of the dependency to resolve
+	 * @param resolver the AutowireCandidateResolver to use for the actual resolution algorithm
 	 * @return whether the bean should be considered as autowire candidate
 	 */
-	protected boolean isAutowireCandidate(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
+	protected boolean isAutowireCandidate(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd,
+			DependencyDescriptor descriptor, AutowireCandidateResolver resolver) {
+
 		String beanDefinitionName = BeanFactoryUtils.transformedBeanName(beanName);
 		resolveBeanClass(mbd, beanDefinitionName);
 		if (mbd.isFactoryMethodUnique) {
@@ -603,7 +624,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 				new ConstructorResolver(this).resolveFactoryMethodIfPossible(mbd);
 			}
 		}
-		return getAutowireCandidateResolver().isAutowireCandidate(
+		return resolver.isAutowireCandidate(
 				new BeanDefinitionHolder(mbd, beanName, getAliases(beanDefinitionName)), descriptor);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/QualifierAnnotationTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/QualifierAnnotationTests.java
index 5271e479157..ea06af95735 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/QualifierAnnotationTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/QualifierAnnotationTests.java
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml;
 
-import static java.lang.String.format;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
@@ -31,8 +29,13 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.GenericBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.support.StaticApplicationContext;
+
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.*;
 
 /**
@@ -74,6 +77,31 @@ public final class QualifierAnnotationTests {
 		assertEquals("Larry", person.getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testQualifiedByParentValue() {
+		StaticApplicationContext parent = new StaticApplicationContext();
+		GenericBeanDefinition parentLarry = new GenericBeanDefinition();
+		parentLarry.setBeanClass(Person.class);
+		parentLarry.getPropertyValues().add("name", "ParentLarry");
+		parentLarry.addQualifier(new AutowireCandidateQualifier(Qualifier.class, "parentLarry"));
+		parent.registerBeanDefinition("someLarry", parentLarry);
+		GenericBeanDefinition otherLarry = new GenericBeanDefinition();
+		otherLarry.setBeanClass(Person.class);
+		otherLarry.getPropertyValues().add("name", "OtherLarry");
+		otherLarry.addQualifier(new AutowireCandidateQualifier(Qualifier.class, "otherLarry"));
+		parent.registerBeanDefinition("someOtherLarry", otherLarry);
+		parent.refresh();
+
+		StaticApplicationContext context = new StaticApplicationContext(parent);
+		BeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(context);
+		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(CONFIG_LOCATION);
+		context.registerSingleton("testBean", QualifiedByParentValueTestBean.class);
+		context.refresh();
+		QualifiedByParentValueTestBean testBean = (QualifiedByParentValueTestBean) context.getBean("testBean");
+		Person person = testBean.getLarry();
+		assertEquals("ParentLarry", person.getName());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testQualifiedByBeanName() {
 		StaticApplicationContext context = new StaticApplicationContext();
@@ -222,6 +250,17 @@ public final class QualifierAnnotationTests {
 	}
 
 
+	private static class QualifiedByParentValueTestBean {
+
+		@Autowired @Qualifier("parentLarry")
+		private Person larry;
+
+		public Person getLarry() {
+			return larry;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	private static class QualifiedByBeanNameTestBean {
 
 		@Autowired @Qualifier("larryBean")