diff --git a/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/JUnitTestAction.java b/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/JUnitTestAction.java
index a3d0ad3e3..ed29b8dd4 100644
--- a/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/JUnitTestAction.java
+++ b/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/JUnitTestAction.java
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
 package org.apache.struts2;
 
 import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 public class JUnitTestAction extends ActionSupport {
     private String name;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private MySessionBean mySessionBean;
+
     public String getName() {
         return name;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/MySessionBean.java b/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/MySessionBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..228c11354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/junit/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/MySessionBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * $Id: $
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.struts2;
+
+public class MySessionBean {
+
+    public void doSomething() {
+        // do Something
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/junit/src/test/resources/applicationContext.xml b/plugins/junit/src/test/resources/applicationContext.xml
index cf988a4d3..11f2564d4 100644
--- a/plugins/junit/src/test/resources/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/plugins/junit/src/test/resources/applicationContext.xml
@@ -2,5 +2,17 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+    <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomScopeConfigurer">
+        <property name="scopes">
+            <map>
+                <entry key="session">
+                    <bean class="org.springframework.context.support.SimpleThreadScope"/>
+                </entry>
+            </map>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+
     <bean id="testAction" class="org.apache.struts2.JUnitTestAction"/>
+    <bean id="mySessionBean" class="org.apache.struts2.MySessionBean" scope="session" />
 </beans>
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