diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotatedControllersBeanDefinitionParser.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotatedControllersBeanDefinitionParser.java
index ddc12a7401..1429d07e9f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotatedControllersBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/AnnotatedControllersBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.config;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
@@ -27,11 +33,38 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  * 
  * @author Keith Donald
  */
-public class AnnotatedControllersBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
+public class AnnotatedControllersBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
-	@Override
-	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext context) {
-		throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not yet implemented");
+	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+		Object source = parserContext.extractSource(element);
+		BeanDefinitionHolder handlerMappingHolder = registerDefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping(element, source, parserContext);
+		BeanDefinitionHolder handlerAdapterHolder = registerAnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter(element, source, parserContext);
+
+		CompositeComponentDefinition compDefinition = new CompositeComponentDefinition(element.getTagName(), source);
+		parserContext.pushContainingComponent(compDefinition);
+		parserContext.registerComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(handlerMappingHolder));
+		parserContext.registerComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(handlerAdapterHolder));
+		parserContext.popAndRegisterContainingComponent();
+		
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	private BeanDefinitionHolder registerDefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping(Element element, Object source, ParserContext context) {
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping.class);
+		builder.addPropertyValue("order", 0);
+		builder.getRawBeanDefinition().setSource(source);
+		return registerBeanDefinition(new BeanDefinitionHolder(builder.getBeanDefinition(), "defaultAnnotationHandlerMapping"), context);
+	}
+
+	private BeanDefinitionHolder registerAnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter(Element element, Object source, ParserContext context) {
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.class);
+		builder.getRawBeanDefinition().setSource(source);
+		return registerBeanDefinition(new BeanDefinitionHolder(builder.getBeanDefinition(), "annotationMethodHandlerAdapter"), context);	
+	}
+
+	private BeanDefinitionHolder registerBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionHolder holder, ParserContext context) {
+		context.getRegistry().registerBeanDefinition(holder.getBeanName(), holder.getBeanDefinition());
+		return holder;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c703743d30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/MvcNamespaceTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.springframework.web.servlet.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.GenericWebApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping;
+
+public class MvcNamespaceTests {
+
+	private GenericWebApplicationContext container;
+	
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		container = new GenericWebApplicationContext();
+		container.setServletContext(new MockServletContext());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultConfig() {
+		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(container);
+		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("mvc-config.xml", getClass()));
+		assertEquals(2, container.getBeanDefinitionCount());
+		DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping mapping = container.getBean("defaultAnnotationHandlerMapping", DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping.class);
+		assertNotNull(mapping);
+		assertEquals(0, mapping.getOrder());
+		AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter adapter = container.getBean("annotationMethodHandlerAdapter", AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.class);
+		assertNotNull(adapter);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/mvc-config.xml b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/mvc-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3525d84869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/mvc-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
+	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
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<mvc:annotated-controllers/>
+	
+</beans>