diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/AbstractTagTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/AbstractTagTests.java
index 4c7c0dfea9..4543e0be7e 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/AbstractTagTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/AbstractTagTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTagTests extends TestCase {
 
 	protected MockPageContext createPageContext() {
 		MockServletContext sc = new MockServletContext();
+		sc.addInitParameter("springJspExpressionSupport", "true");
 		SimpleWebApplicationContext wac = new SimpleWebApplicationContext();
 		wac.setServletContext(sc);
 		wac.setNamespace("test");