diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index fc1821d988e..e42d4174e76 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
 			<artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+			<artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/BeanDefinitionLoaderTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/BeanDefinitionLoaderTests.java
index 99072b4faa8..95348060298 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/BeanDefinitionLoaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/BeanDefinitionLoaderTests.java
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ public class BeanDefinitionLoaderTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void loadGroovyResourceWithNamespace() throws Exception {
+		ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource("sample-namespace.groovy",
+				getClass());
+		BeanDefinitionLoader loader = new BeanDefinitionLoader(this.registry, resource);
+		int loaded = loader.load();
+		assertThat(loaded, equalTo(1));
+		assertTrue(this.registry.containsBean("myGroovyComponent"));
+
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void loadPackage() throws Exception {
 		BeanDefinitionLoader loader = new BeanDefinitionLoader(this.registry,