diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 1e268d3f8e..d4e9b19ef3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.DataSourceInitializer;
-import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.DatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -67,17 +67,54 @@ public class InitializeDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefiniti
 		}
 	}
 
-	private DatabasePopulator createDatabasePopulator(Element element, List<Element> scripts, ParserContext context) {
-		ResourceDatabasePopulator populator = new ResourceDatabasePopulator();
-		populator.setIgnoreFailedDrops(element.getAttribute("ignore-failures").equals("DROPS"));
-		populator.setContinueOnError(element.getAttribute("ignore-failures").equals("ALL"));
+	private BeanDefinition createDatabasePopulator(Element element, List<Element> scripts, ParserContext context) {
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(ResourceDatabasePopulator.class);
+		builder.addPropertyValue("ignoreFailedDrops", element.getAttribute("ignore-failures").equals("DROPS"));
+		builder.addPropertyValue("continueOnError", element.getAttribute("ignore-failures").equals("ALL"));
+
+		List<String> locations = new ArrayList<String>();
 		for (Element scriptElement : scripts) {
 			String location = scriptElement.getAttribute("location");
-			ResourceLoader resourceLoader = context.getReaderContext().getResourceLoader();
-			if (resourceLoader instanceof ResourcePatternResolver) {
-				try {
-					List<Resource> resources = new ArrayList<Resource>(Arrays.asList(((ResourcePatternResolver)resourceLoader).getResources(location)));
-					Collections.<Resource>sort(resources, new Comparator<Resource>()  {
+			locations.add(location);
+		}
+
+		// Use a factor bean for the resources so they can be given an order if a pattern is used
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder resourcesFactory = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+				.genericBeanDefinition(SortedResourcesFactoryBean.class);
+		resourcesFactory.addConstructorArgValue(context.getReaderContext().getResourceLoader());
+		resourcesFactory.addConstructorArgValue(locations);
+		builder.addPropertyValue("scripts", resourcesFactory.getBeanDefinition());
+
+		return builder.getBeanDefinition();
+
+	}
+
+	private AbstractBeanDefinition getSourcedBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, Element source,
+			ParserContext context) {
+		AbstractBeanDefinition definition = builder.getBeanDefinition();
+		definition.setSource(context.extractSource(source));
+		return definition;
+	}
+
+	public static class SortedResourcesFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Resource[]> {
+
+		private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
+		private List<String> locations;
+
+		public SortedResourcesFactoryBean(ResourceLoader resourceLoader, List<String> locations) {
+			super();
+			this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
+			this.locations = locations;
+		}
+
+		public Resource[] getObject() throws Exception {
+			List<Resource> scripts = new ArrayList<Resource>();
+			for (String location : locations) {
+				if (resourceLoader instanceof ResourcePatternResolver) {
+					List<Resource> resources = new ArrayList<Resource>(Arrays
+							.asList(((ResourcePatternResolver) resourceLoader).getResources(location)));
+					Collections.<Resource> sort(resources, new Comparator<Resource>() {
 						public int compare(Resource o1, Resource o2) {
 							try {
 								return o1.getURL().toString().compareTo(o2.getURL().toString());
@@ -87,23 +124,25 @@ public class InitializeDatabaseBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefiniti
 						}
 					});
 					for (Resource resource : resources) {
-						populator.addScript(resource);					
+						scripts.add(resource);
 					}
-				} catch (IOException e) {
-					context.getReaderContext().error("Cannot locate resources for script from location="+location, scriptElement);
+				} else {
+					scripts.add(resourceLoader.getResource(location));
 				}
-			} else {
-				populator.addScript(resourceLoader.getResource(location));
 			}
+			return scripts.toArray(new Resource[scripts.size()]);
+		}
+
+		public Class<? extends Resource[]> getObjectType() {
+			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public boolean isSingleton() {
+			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+			return false;
 		}
-		return populator;
-	}
 
-	private AbstractBeanDefinition getSourcedBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, Element source,
-			ParserContext context) {
-		AbstractBeanDefinition definition = builder.getBeanDefinition();
-		definition.setSource(context.extractSource(source));
-		return definition;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTest.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTest.java
index 4ed781acc0..f932ca42d8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/config/InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTest.java
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public class InitializeDatabaseIntegrationTest {
 		assertEquals("Dave", t.queryForObject("select name from T_TEST", String.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testScriptNameWithPlaceholder() throws Exception {
+		context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-placeholder-config.xml");
+		DataSource dataSource = context.getBean("dataSource", DataSource.class);
+		assertCorrectSetup(dataSource);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testCacheInitialization() throws Exception {
 		context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-cache-config.xml");
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-placeholder-config.xml b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-placeholder-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..474e1479d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/resources/org/springframework/jdbc/config/jdbc-initialize-placeholder-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL" />
+
+	<jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource" enabled="${data.source.init}">
+		<jdbc:script location="${schema.scripts}" />
+		<jdbc:script location="${insert.scripts}" />
+	</jdbc:initialize-database>
+
+	<bean
+		class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
+		<property name="properties">
+			<value>
+				schema.scripts=classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/db-schema.sql
+				insert.scripts=classpath:org/springframework/jdbc/config/*-data.sql
+				data.source.init=true
+			</value>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>