diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtils.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtils.java
index 28b7a12b55..c38d53479b 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtils.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ public abstract class MetaAnnotationUtils {
 			this.declaringClass = declaringClass;
 			this.composedAnnotation = composedAnnotation;
 			this.annotation = annotation;
-			this.annotationAttributes = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(
-					rootDeclaringClass, annotation.annotationType().getName());
+			this.annotationAttributes = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(rootDeclaringClass,
+				annotation.annotationType().getName(), true, true, false, false);
 		}
 
 		public Class<?> getRootDeclaringClass() {
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtilsTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtilsTests.java
index 314f5ee2d8..01241fa1c8 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/util/MetaAnnotationUtilsTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.util.MetaAnnotationUtils.AnnotationDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.test.util.MetaAnnotationUtils.UntypedAnnotationDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
@@ -161,6 +163,22 @@ public class MetaAnnotationUtilsTests {
 		assertNull(findAnnotationDescriptor(ClassWithMetaAnnotatedInterface.class, Component.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void findAnnotationDescriptorForClassWithLocalMetaAnnotationAndAnnotatedSuperclass() {
+		AnnotationDescriptor<ContextConfiguration> descriptor = findAnnotationDescriptor(
+			MetaAnnotatedAndSuperAnnotatedContextConfigClass.class, ContextConfiguration.class);
+
+		assertNotNull("AnnotationDescriptor should not be null", descriptor);
+		assertEquals("rootDeclaringClass", MetaAnnotatedAndSuperAnnotatedContextConfigClass.class, descriptor.getRootDeclaringClass());
+		assertEquals("declaringClass", MetaConfig.class, descriptor.getDeclaringClass());
+		assertEquals("annotationType", ContextConfiguration.class, descriptor.getAnnotationType());
+		assertNotNull("composedAnnotation should not be null", descriptor.getComposedAnnotation());
+		assertEquals("composedAnnotationType", MetaConfig.class, descriptor.getComposedAnnotationType());
+
+		assertArrayEquals("configured classes", new Class[] { String.class },
+			descriptor.getAnnotationAttributes().getClassArray("classes"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void findAnnotationDescriptorForClassWithLocalMetaAnnotationAndMetaAnnotatedInterface() {
 		assertAtComponentOnComposedAnnotation(ClassWithLocalMetaAnnotationAndMetaAnnotatedInterface.class, "meta2",
@@ -546,4 +564,12 @@ public class MetaAnnotationUtilsTests {
 	static class SubNonInheritedAnnotationClass extends NonInheritedAnnotationClass {
 	}
 
+	@ContextConfiguration(classes = Number.class)
+	static class AnnotatedContextConfigClass {
+	}
+
+	@MetaConfig(classes = String.class)
+	static class MetaAnnotatedAndSuperAnnotatedContextConfigClass extends AnnotatedContextConfigClass {
+	}
+
 }