diff --git a/activemq-web/project.xml b/activemq-web/project.xml
index dc34662cf6..0376c5806a 100755
--- a/activemq-web/project.xml
+++ b/activemq-web/project.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@
       <version>${pom.currentVersion}</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!--  for custom XML parsing -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>xbean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>xbean-spring</artifactId>
+      <version>${xbean_spring_version}</version>
+      <url>http://www.gbean.org</url>
+      <properties>
+        <war.bundle>true</war.bundle>
+      </properties>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- For Spring servlet -->
     <dependency>
       <id>springframework</id>
@@ -53,11 +64,11 @@
         <war.bundle>true</war.bundle>
       </properties>
     </dependency>
-    
+
     <dependency>
-         <groupId>activeio</groupId>
-         <artifactId>activeio</artifactId>
-         <version>${activeio_version}</version>
+      <groupId>activeio</groupId>
+      <artifactId>activeio</artifactId>
+      <version>${activeio_version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- optional used for in-web container testing -->
diff --git a/activemq-web/src/java/org/activemq/web/SpringBrokerContextListener.java b/activemq-web/src/java/org/activemq/web/SpringBrokerContextListener.java
index 46c652afb7..a34d8f91ef 100644
--- a/activemq-web/src/java/org/activemq/web/SpringBrokerContextListener.java
+++ b/activemq-web/src/java/org/activemq/web/SpringBrokerContextListener.java
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
  **/
 package org.activemq.web;
 
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
-import javax.jms.JMSException;
-
 import org.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.activemq.xbean.BrokerFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
 
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
+
 /**
  * Used to configure and instance of ActiveMQ <tt>BrokerService</tt> using
  * ActiveMQ/Spring's xml configuration. <p/> The configuration file is specified
@@ -105,7 +105,13 @@ public class SpringBrokerContextListener implements ServletContextListener {
         }
         context.log("Loading ActiveMQ Broker configuration from: " + brokerURI);
         Resource resource = new ServletContextResource(context, brokerURI);
-        // return SpringBrokerServiceFactory.newInstance(resource);
-        return null;
+        BrokerFactoryBean factory = new BrokerFactoryBean(resource);
+        try {
+            factory.afterPropertiesSet();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            context.log("Failed to create broker: " + e, e);
+        }
+        return factory.getBroker();
     }
 }