diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/FilterChainProxyConfigTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/FilterChainProxyConfigTests.java
index 610b52e1a1..ce398aed0f 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/FilterChainProxyConfigTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/FilterChainProxyConfigTests.java
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.security.config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -53,6 +52,8 @@ public class FilterChainProxyConfigTests {
 
     @Before
     public void loadContext() {
+        System.setProperty("sec1235.pattern1", "/login");
+        System.setProperty("sec1235.pattern2", "/logout");
         appCtx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/security/util/filtertest-valid.xml");
     }
 
@@ -113,6 +114,17 @@ public class FilterChainProxyConfigTests {
         assertNull(filterChainProxy.getFilters(url));
     }
 
+    // SEC-1235
+    @Test
+    public void mixingPatternsAndPlaceholdersDoesntCauseOrderingIssues() throws Exception {
+        FilterChainProxy filterChainProxy = (FilterChainProxy) appCtx.getBean("sec1235FilterChainProxy", FilterChainProxy.class);
+
+        String[] paths = filterChainProxy.getFilterChainMap().keySet().toArray(new String[0]);
+        assertEquals("/login*", paths[0]);
+        assertEquals("/logout", paths[1]);
+        assertEquals("/**", paths[2]);
+    }
+
     private void checkPathAndFilterOrder(FilterChainProxy filterChainProxy) throws Exception {
         List<Filter> filters = filterChainProxy.getFilters("/foo/blah");
         assertEquals(1, filters.size());
diff --git a/config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/util/filtertest-valid.xml b/config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/util/filtertest-valid.xml
index 898a60edd1..aff02845c8 100644
--- a/config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/util/filtertest-valid.xml
+++ b/config/src/test/resources/org/springframework/security/util/filtertest-valid.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ http://www.springframework.org/schema/security http://www.springframework.org/sc
         </sec:filter-chain-map>
     </bean>
 
+    <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer" />
+
+    <bean id="sec1235FilterChainProxy" class="org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy">
+        <sec:filter-chain-map path-type="ant">
+        <sec:filter-chain pattern="${sec1235.pattern1}*" filters="sif,apf,mockFilter"/>
+        <sec:filter-chain pattern="${sec1235.pattern2}" filters="mockFilter2"/>
+        <sec:filter-chain pattern="/**" filters="sif"/>
+        </sec:filter-chain-map>
+    </bean>
+
     <bean id="newFilterChainProxyNonNamespace" class="org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy">
         <property name="matcher">
             <bean class="org.springframework.security.web.util.AntUrlPathMatcher"/>