diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 365761a67..82f421646 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Artur Konczak
  */
 
-public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
+public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ElasticsearchTemplate.class);
 	private Client client;
@@ -120,8 +123,8 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
 
 	public ElasticsearchTemplate(Client client, ElasticsearchConverter elasticsearchConverter, ResultsMapper resultsMapper) {
 		this.client = client;
-		this.elasticsearchConverter = (elasticsearchConverter == null) ? new MappingElasticsearchConverter(
-				new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext()) : elasticsearchConverter;
+        this.elasticsearchConverter = (elasticsearchConverter == null) ? new MappingElasticsearchConverter(
+                new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext()) : elasticsearchConverter;
 		this.resultsMapper = (resultsMapper == null) ? new DefaultResultMapper(this.elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext()) : resultsMapper;
 	}
 
@@ -873,7 +876,14 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
 		return ids;
 	}
 
-	private static String[] toArray(List<String> values) {
+    @Override
+    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) throws BeansException {
+        if(elasticsearchConverter instanceof ApplicationContextAware){
+            ((ApplicationContextAware)elasticsearchConverter).setApplicationContext(context);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String[] toArray(List<String> values) {
 		String[] valuesAsArray = new String[values.size()];
 		return values.toArray(valuesAsArray);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/convert/MappingElasticsearchConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/convert/MappingElasticsearchConverter.java
index c3579e35e..c08e0ce56 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/convert/MappingElasticsearchConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/convert/MappingElasticsearchConverter.java
@@ -61,5 +61,8 @@ public class MappingElasticsearchConverter implements ElasticsearchConverter, Ap
 	@Override
 	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
 		this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
+        if(mappingContext instanceof ApplicationContextAware){
+            ((ApplicationContextAware)mappingContext).setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+        }
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext.java
index b4c788a89..01d87c56e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext.java
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.AbstractMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
@@ -30,11 +33,19 @@ import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
  */
 
 public class SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext extends
-		AbstractMappingContext<SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?>, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> {
+		AbstractMappingContext<SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?>, ElasticsearchPersistentProperty> implements ApplicationContextAware{
 
-	@Override
+    private ApplicationContext context;
+
+    @Override
 	protected <T> SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?> createPersistentEntity(TypeInformation<T> typeInformation) {
-		return new SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T>(typeInformation);
+        final SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T> persistentEntity =
+                new SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T>(typeInformation);
+        if(context != null)
+        {
+            persistentEntity.setApplicationContext(context);
+        }
+        return persistentEntity;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -42,4 +53,9 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext extends
 																	   SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
 		return new SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty(field, descriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
 	}
+
+    @Override
+    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) throws BeansException {
+        this.context = context;
+    }
 }