diff --git a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
index 93102918b82..d5562625949 100644
--- a/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-xml/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfiguration.java
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class XmlConfiguration
                     throw new IllegalStateException("No suitable constructor on " + oClass, x);
                 }
             }
-
+            
             configure(obj, _config, index);
             return obj;
         }
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ public class XmlConfiguration
                         case "Property":
                             propertyObj(node);
                             break;
+                        case "Arg": // Arg should have been processed for Configure already so ignore it here
+                            break;
                         default:
                             throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown tag: " + tag + " in " + _url);
                     }
@@ -757,7 +759,10 @@ public class XmlConfiguration
         /*
          * Create a new value object.
          *
-         * @param obj @param node @return @exception Exception
+         * @param obj 
+         * @param node 
+         * 
+         * @return @exception Exception
          */
         private Object newObj(Object obj, XmlParser.Node node) throws Exception
         {
diff --git a/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/AnnotatedTestConfiguration.java b/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/AnnotatedTestConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a5c759cc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/AnnotatedTestConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package org.eclipse.jetty.xml;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.Name;
+
+public class AnnotatedTestConfiguration
+{
+    private String first;
+    private String second;
+    private String third;
+    
+    public AnnotatedTestConfiguration(@Name("first") String first, @Name("second") String second, @Name("third") String third)
+    {
+        this.first = first;
+        this.second = second;
+        this.third = third;
+    }
+
+    public String getFirst()
+    {
+        return first;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirst(String first)
+    {
+        this.first = first;
+    }
+
+    public String getSecond()
+    {
+        return second;
+    }
+
+    public void setSecond(String second)
+    {
+        this.second = second;
+    }
+
+    public String getThird()
+    {
+        return third;
+    }
+
+    public void setThird(String third)
+    {
+        this.third = third;
+    }
+
+    
+    
+}
diff --git a/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfigurationTest.java b/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfigurationTest.java
index c0d7f7a25e6..939852a0c46 100644
--- a/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/jetty-xml/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/xml/XmlConfigurationTest.java
@@ -342,4 +342,86 @@ public class XmlConfigurationTest
         xmlConfiguration.configure(tc);
         Assert.assertEquals("tc.map is has two entries as specified in the XML", 2, tc.map.size());
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testConstructorNamedInjection() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlConfiguration xmlConfiguration = new XmlConfiguration("" +
+                "<Configure class=\"org.eclipse.jetty.xml.AnnotatedTestConfiguration\">" +
+                "  <Arg>arg1</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg>arg2</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg>arg3</Arg>  " +
+                "</Configure>");
+        
+        AnnotatedTestConfiguration atc = (AnnotatedTestConfiguration)xmlConfiguration.configure();
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("first parameter not wired correctly","arg1", atc.getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("second parameter not wired correctly","arg2", atc.getSecond());
+        Assert.assertEquals("third parameter not wired correctly","arg3", atc.getThird());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testConstructorNamedInjectionOrdered() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlConfiguration xmlConfiguration = new XmlConfiguration("" +
+                "<Configure class=\"org.eclipse.jetty.xml.AnnotatedTestConfiguration\">" +
+                "  <Arg name=\"first\">arg1</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg name=\"second\">arg2</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg name=\"third\">arg3</Arg>  " +
+                "</Configure>");
+        
+        AnnotatedTestConfiguration atc = (AnnotatedTestConfiguration)xmlConfiguration.configure();
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("first parameter not wired correctly","arg1", atc.getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("second parameter not wired correctly","arg2", atc.getSecond());
+        Assert.assertEquals("third parameter not wired correctly","arg3", atc.getThird());
+    }
+    
+    public void testConstructorNamedInjectionUnOrdered() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlConfiguration xmlConfiguration = new XmlConfiguration("" +
+                "<Configure class=\"org.eclipse.jetty.xml.AnnotatedTestConfiguration\">" +
+                "  <Arg name=\"first\">arg1</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg name=\"third\">arg3</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg name=\"second\">arg2</Arg>  " +
+                "</Configure>");
+        
+        AnnotatedTestConfiguration atc = (AnnotatedTestConfiguration)xmlConfiguration.configure();
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("first parameter not wired correctly","arg1", atc.getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("second parameter not wired correctly","arg2", atc.getSecond());
+        Assert.assertEquals("third parameter not wired correctly","arg3", atc.getThird());
+    }
+    
+    public void testConstructorNamedInjectionOrderedMixed() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlConfiguration xmlConfiguration = new XmlConfiguration("" +
+                "<Configure class=\"org.eclipse.jetty.xml.AnnotatedTestConfiguration\">" +
+                "  <Arg name=\"first\">arg1</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg>arg2</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg name=\"third\">arg3</Arg>  " +
+                "</Configure>");
+        
+        AnnotatedTestConfiguration atc = (AnnotatedTestConfiguration)xmlConfiguration.configure();
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("first parameter not wired correctly","arg1", atc.getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("second parameter not wired correctly","arg2", atc.getSecond());
+        Assert.assertEquals("third parameter not wired correctly","arg3", atc.getThird());
+    }
+    
+    public void testConstructorNamedInjectionUnorderedMixed() throws Exception
+    {
+        XmlConfiguration xmlConfiguration = new XmlConfiguration("" +
+                "<Configure class=\"org.eclipse.jetty.xml.AnnotatedTestConfiguration\">" +
+                "  <Arg name=\"third\">arg3</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg>arg2</Arg>  " +
+                "  <Arg name=\"first\">arg1</Arg>  " +
+                "</Configure>");
+        
+        AnnotatedTestConfiguration atc = (AnnotatedTestConfiguration)xmlConfiguration.configure();
+        
+        Assert.assertEquals("first parameter not wired correctly","arg1", atc.getFirst());
+        Assert.assertEquals("second parameter not wired correctly","arg2", atc.getSecond());
+        Assert.assertEquals("third parameter not wired correctly","arg3", atc.getThird());
+    }
 }