diff --git a/plugins/oval/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/oval/interceptor/OValValidationInterceptor.java b/plugins/oval/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/oval/interceptor/OValValidationInterceptor.java
index f1043e438..a09cec40b 100644
--- a/plugins/oval/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/oval/interceptor/OValValidationInterceptor.java
+++ b/plugins/oval/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/oval/interceptor/OValValidationInterceptor.java
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@ public class OValValidationInterceptor extends MethodFilterInterceptor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Enable OVal support fopr JPA
+     * Enable OVal support for JPA
      */
-    public void setValidateJPAAnnotations(boolean validateJPAAnnotations) {
-        this.validateJPAAnnotations = validateJPAAnnotations;
+    @Inject(value = "struts.oval.validateJPAAnnotations")
+    public void setValidateJPAAnnotations(String validateJPAAnnotations) {
+        this.validateJPAAnnotations = Boolean.parseBoolean(validateJPAAnnotations);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/plugins/oval/src/main/resources/struts-plugin.xml b/plugins/oval/src/main/resources/struts-plugin.xml
index 6292d99bf..259440ee2 100644
--- a/plugins/oval/src/main/resources/struts-plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/oval/src/main/resources/struts-plugin.xml
@@ -22,43 +22,47 @@
  */
 -->
 <!DOCTYPE struts PUBLIC
-	"-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.3//EN"
-	"http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.3.dtd">
+        "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 2.3//EN"
+        "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-2.3.dtd">
 
 <struts>
-    <bean type="org.apache.struts2.oval.interceptor.OValValidationManager" class="org.apache.struts2.oval.interceptor.DefaultOValValidationManager" />
-    <constant name="struts.oval.validateJPAAnnotations" value="false" />
-    
-    <package name="oval-default" extends="struts-default">
-           <interceptors>
-               <interceptor name="ovalValidation" class="org.apache.struts2.oval.interceptor.OValValidationInterceptor" />
 
-               <interceptor-stack name="ovalValidationStack">
-                   <interceptor-ref name="exception"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="alias"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="servletConfig"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="i18n"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="prepare"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="chain"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="debugging"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="profiling"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="scopedModelDriven"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="modelDriven"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="fileUpload"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="checkbox"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="staticParams"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="actionMappingParams"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="params">
-                       <param name="excludeParams">dojo\..*,^struts\..*</param>
-                   </interceptor-ref>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="conversionError"/>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="ovalValidation">
-                       <param name="excludeMethods">input,back,cancel,browse</param>
-                   </interceptor-ref>
-                   <interceptor-ref name="workflow">
-                       <param name="excludeMethods">input,back,cancel,browse</param>
-                   </interceptor-ref>
-               </interceptor-stack>
-           </interceptors>
+    <bean type="org.apache.struts2.oval.interceptor.OValValidationManager"
+          class="org.apache.struts2.oval.interceptor.DefaultOValValidationManager"/>
+
+    <constant name="struts.oval.validateJPAAnnotations" value="false"/>
+
+    <package name="oval-default" extends="struts-default">
+        <interceptors>
+            <interceptor name="ovalValidation" class="org.apache.struts2.oval.interceptor.OValValidationInterceptor"/>
+
+            <interceptor-stack name="ovalValidationStack">
+                <interceptor-ref name="exception"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="alias"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="servletConfig"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="i18n"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="prepare"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="chain"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="debugging"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="profiling"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="scopedModelDriven"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="modelDriven"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="fileUpload"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="checkbox"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="staticParams"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="actionMappingParams"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="params">
+                    <param name="excludeParams">dojo\..*,^struts\..*</param>
+                </interceptor-ref>
+                <interceptor-ref name="conversionError"/>
+                <interceptor-ref name="ovalValidation">
+                    <param name="excludeMethods">input,back,cancel,browse</param>
+                </interceptor-ref>
+                <interceptor-ref name="workflow">
+                    <param name="excludeMethods">input,back,cancel,browse</param>
+                </interceptor-ref>
+            </interceptor-stack>
+        </interceptors>
     </package>
+
 </struts>