diff --git a/messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandler.java b/messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandler.java
index ee44c967b4..9f9e74bdb6 100644
--- a/messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandler.java
+++ b/messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandler.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandler<T> extends AbstractSecurity
     protected SecurityExpressionOperations createSecurityExpressionRoot(Authentication authentication, Message<T> invocation) {
         MessageSecurityExpressionRoot root = new MessageSecurityExpressionRoot(authentication,invocation);
         root.setTrustResolver(trustResolver);
+        root.setRoleHierarchy(getRoleHierarchy());
         return root;
     }
 
diff --git a/messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandlerTests.java b/messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandlerTests.java
index 8cb3c19080..742b4ef9c3 100644
--- a/messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandlerTests.java
+++ b/messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/messaging/access/expression/DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandlerTests.java
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.ExpressionUtils;
+import org.springframework.security.access.hierarchicalroles.RoleHierarchyImpl;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationTrustResolver;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils;
 
@@ -75,4 +77,16 @@ public class DefaultMessageSecurityExpressionHandlerTests {
 
         assertThat(ExpressionUtils.evaluateAsBoolean(expression, context)).isTrue();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void roleHierarchy() {
+        authentication = new TestingAuthenticationToken("admin", "pass", "ROLE_ADMIN");
+        RoleHierarchyImpl roleHierarchy = new RoleHierarchyImpl();
+        roleHierarchy.setHierarchy("ROLE_ADMIN > ROLE_USER");
+        handler.setRoleHierarchy(roleHierarchy);
+        EvaluationContext context = handler.createEvaluationContext(authentication, message);
+        Expression expression = handler.getExpressionParser().parseExpression("hasRole('ROLE_USER')");
+
+        assertThat(ExpressionUtils.evaluateAsBoolean(expression, context)).isTrue();
+    }
 }