diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Bean.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Bean.java
index 57d10141cd9..cc8c2187841 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Bean.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Bean.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowire;
  * @see Primary
  * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope
  */
-@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 public @interface Bean {
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
index 0b7af9b1d25..6419d616121 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 
 		// consider scoping
 		ScopedProxyMode proxyMode = ScopedProxyMode.NO;
-		if (metadata.hasAnnotation(Scope.class.getName())) {
-			Map<String, Object> scopeAttributes = metadata.getAnnotationAttributes(Scope.class.getName());
+		Map<String, Object> scopeAttributes = metadata.getAnnotationAttributes(Scope.class.getName());
+		if (scopeAttributes != null) {
 			beanDef.setScope((String) scopeAttributes.get("value"));
 			proxyMode = (ScopedProxyMode) scopeAttributes.get("proxyMode");
 			if (proxyMode == ScopedProxyMode.DEFAULT) {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 		BeanDefinition beanDefToRegister = beanDef;
 		if (proxyMode != ScopedProxyMode.NO) {
 			BeanDefinitionHolder proxyDef = ScopedProxyCreator.createScopedProxy(
-					new BeanDefinitionHolder(beanDef, beanName), registry, proxyMode == ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS);
+					new BeanDefinitionHolder(beanDef, beanName), this.registry, proxyMode == ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS);
 			beanDefToRegister = proxyDef.getBeanDefinition();
 		}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java
index 9234b36403a..d1cfe3ead35 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassEnhancer {
 		// handling a @Bean-annotated method; otherwise, return index of the NoOp callback.
 		callbackFilter = new CallbackFilter() {
 			public int accept(Method candidateMethod) {
-				return (AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(candidateMethod, Bean.class) != null) ? 0 : 1;
+				return (AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(candidateMethod, Bean.class) != null ? 0 : 1);
 			}
 		};
 	}
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ class ConfigurationClassEnhancer {
 			String beanName = method.getName();
 
 			// check to see if the user has explicitly set the bean name
-			Bean bean = method.getAnnotation(Bean.class);
-			if(bean != null && bean.name().length > 0) {
+			Bean bean = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, Bean.class);
+			if (bean != null && bean.name().length > 0) {
 				beanName = bean.name()[0];
 			}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java
index 50f78e72360..55409be3139 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ public @interface Scope {
 	/**
 	 * Specifies whether a component should be configured as a scoped proxy
 	 * and if so, whether the proxy should be interface-based or subclass-based.
-	 * <p>Defaults to {@link ScopedProxyMode#NO}, indicating no scoped proxy
-	 * should be created.
-	 * <p>Analogous to {@literal <aop:scoped-proxy/>} support in Spring XML. Valid
-	 * only in conjunction with a non-singleton, non-prototype {@link #value()}.
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@link ScopedProxyMode#NO}, indicating that no scoped
+	 * proxy should be created.
+	 * <p>Analogous to {@literal <aop:scoped-proxy/>} support in Spring XML.
 	 */
 	ScopedProxyMode proxyMode() default ScopedProxyMode.DEFAULT;
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ScopingTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ScopingTests.java
index 66ef9894719..3094e2553e2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ScopingTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/configuration/ScopingTests.java
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.context.annotation.configuration;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import org.junit.After;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ import test.beans.TestBean;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedObject;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory;
-import static org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder.*;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor;
@@ -67,13 +70,13 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		ctx = null;
 		customScope = null;
 	}
-	
+
 	private GenericApplicationContext createContext(org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope customScope, Class<?> configClass) {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-		if(customScope != null)
+		if (customScope != null) {
 			beanFactory.registerScope(SCOPE, customScope);
-		beanFactory.registerBeanDefinition("config",
-				rootBeanDefinition(configClass).getBeanDefinition());
+		}
+		beanFactory.registerBeanDefinition("config", new RootBeanDefinition(configClass));
 		GenericApplicationContext ctx = new GenericApplicationContext(beanFactory);
 		ctx.addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(new ConfigurationClassPostProcessor());
 		ctx.refresh();
@@ -187,10 +190,9 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testScopedConfigurationBeanDefinitionCount() throws Exception {
-
 		// count the beans
 		// 6 @Beans + 1 Configuration + 2 scoped proxy
-		assertThat(ctx.getBeanDefinitionCount(), equalTo(9));
+		assertEquals(9, ctx.getBeanDefinitionCount());
 	}
 	
 //	/**
@@ -294,14 +296,16 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 
 	@Configuration
 	public static class InvalidProxyOnPredefinedScopesConfiguration {
+
 		@Bean @Scope(proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.INTERFACES)
 		public Object invalidProxyOnPredefinedScopes() { return new Object(); }
 	}
 
 	@Configuration
 	public static class ScopedConfigurationClass {
+
 		@Bean
-		@Scope(SCOPE)
+		@MyScope
 		public TestBean scopedClass() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
@@ -309,23 +313,21 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		@Scope(SCOPE)
+		@MyScope
 		public ITestBean scopedInterface() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
 			return tb;
 		}
 
-		@Bean
-		@Scope(value=SCOPE, proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
+		@MyProxiedScope
 		public ITestBean scopedProxyInterface() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
 			return tb;
 		}
 
-		@Bean
-		@Scope(value=SCOPE, proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
+		@MyProxiedScope
 		public TestBean scopedProxyClass() {
 			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(flag);
@@ -348,6 +350,21 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 	}
 
 
+	@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
+	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+	@Scope(SCOPE)
+	@interface MyScope {
+	}
+
+
+	@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
+	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+	@Bean
+	@Scope(value=SCOPE, proxyMode=ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
+	@interface MyProxiedScope {
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Simple scope implementation which creates object based on a flag.
 	 * @author Costin Leau
@@ -359,11 +376,6 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 
 		private Map<String, Object> beans = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 
-		/*
-		 * (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope#get(java.lang.String,
-		 * org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory)
-		 */
 		public Object get(String name, ObjectFactory<?> objectFactory) {
 			if (createNewScope) {
 				beans.clear();
@@ -394,7 +406,6 @@ public class ScopingTests {
 		}
 
 		public Object resolveContextualObject(String key) {
-			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
 			return null;
 		}
 	}