diff --git a/spring-lang-groovy/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java b/spring-lang-groovy/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java
index 5dbe0ccb96..3d33b931e3 100644
--- a/spring-lang-groovy/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java
+++ b/spring-lang-groovy/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.java
@@ -714,6 +714,13 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends GroovyObjectSupport {
     protected List resolveConstructorArguments(Object[] args, int start, int end) {
         Object[] constructorArgs = subarray(args, start, end);
         filterGStringReferences(constructorArgs);
+        for(int i = 0; i < constructorArgs.length; i++) {
+        	if(constructorArgs[i] instanceof List) {
+        		constructorArgs[i] = manageListIfNecessary(constructorArgs[i]);
+        	} else if(constructorArgs[i] instanceof Map){
+        		constructorArgs[i] = manageMapIfNecessary(constructorArgs[i]);
+        	}
+        }
         List constructorArgsList = Arrays.asList(constructorArgs);
         return constructorArgsList;
     }
diff --git a/spring-lang-groovy/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReaderTests.groovy b/spring-lang-groovy/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReaderTests.groovy
index 1f44ab5047..ccd41271c2 100644
--- a/spring-lang-groovy/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReaderTests.groovy
+++ b/spring-lang-groovy/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/context/groovy/GroovyBeanDefinitionReaderTests.groovy
@@ -133,69 +133,61 @@ class GroovyBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends GroovyTestCase {
     void testUseTwoSpringNamespaces() {
 		def beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
 
-        SimpleNamingContextBuilder builder = new SimpleNamingContextBuilder()
-        try {
-
-            builder.bind("bar", "success")
-            builder.activate()
-            TestScope scope = new TestScope()
-
-            GenericApplicationContext appCtx = beanReader.getSpringConfig().getUnrefreshedApplicationContext()
-            appCtx.getBeanFactory().registerScope("test", scope)
-            beanReader.beans {
-                xmlns aop:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-                xmlns jee:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
-                scopedList(ArrayList) { bean ->
-                    bean.scope = "test"
-                    aop.'scoped-proxy'()
-                }
-
-                jee.'jndi-lookup'(id:"foo", 'jndi-name':"bar")
+        TestScope scope = new TestScope()
 
+        GenericApplicationContext appCtx = beanReader.getSpringConfig().getUnrefreshedApplicationContext()
+        appCtx.getBeanFactory().registerScope("test", scope)
+        beanReader.beans {
+            xmlns aop:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+            xmlns util:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+            scopedList(ArrayList) { bean ->
+                bean.scope = "test"
+                aop.'scoped-proxy'()
             }
+            util.list(id: 'foo') {
+                value 'one'
+                value 'two'
+            }
+		}
 
-            appCtx = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
-
-            assertEquals "success", appCtx.getBean("foo")
-
-            assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList")
-            assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
-            assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
+        appCtx = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
 
-            // should only be true because bean not initialized until proxy called
-            assertEquals 2, scope.instanceCount
+        assert ['one', 'two'] == appCtx.getBean("foo")
 
-            beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
+        assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList")
+        assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
+        assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
 
-            appCtx = beanReader.getSpringConfig().getUnrefreshedApplicationContext()
-            appCtx.getBeanFactory().registerScope("test", scope)
-            beanReader.beans {
-                xmlns aop:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop",
-                      jee:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
-                scopedList(ArrayList) { bean ->
-                    bean.scope = "test"
-                    aop.'scoped-proxy'()
-                }
+        // should only be true because bean not initialized until proxy called
+        assertEquals 2, scope.instanceCount
 
-                jee.'jndi-lookup'(id:"foo", 'jndi-name':"bar")
+        beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
 
+        appCtx = beanReader.getSpringConfig().getUnrefreshedApplicationContext()
+        appCtx.getBeanFactory().registerScope("test", scope)
+        beanReader.beans {
+            xmlns aop:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop",
+                  util:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+            scopedList(ArrayList) { bean ->
+                bean.scope = "test"
+                aop.'scoped-proxy'()
             }
-            appCtx = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
-
-            assertEquals "success", appCtx.getBean("foo")
 
-            assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList")
-            assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
-            assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
-
-            // should only be true because bean not initialized until proxy called
-            assertEquals 4, scope.instanceCount
+            util.list(id: 'foo') {
+                value 'one'
+                value 'two'
+            }
+        }
+        appCtx = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
+        
+        assert ['one', 'two'] == appCtx.getBean("foo")
 
+        assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList")
+        assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
+        assertNotNull appCtx.getBean("scopedList").size()
 
-        }
-        finally {
-            builder.deactivate()
-        }
+        // should only be true because bean not initialized until proxy called
+        assertEquals 4, scope.instanceCount
     }
 
     void testSpringAOPSupport() {
@@ -262,24 +254,17 @@ class GroovyBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends GroovyTestCase {
     void testSpringNamespaceBean() {
         def beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
 
-        SimpleNamingContextBuilder builder = new SimpleNamingContextBuilder()
-        try {
-
-            builder.bind("bar", "success")
-            builder.activate()
-
-            beanReader.beans {
-                xmlns jee:"http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
-                jee.'jndi-lookup'(id:"foo", 'jndi-name':"bar")
+        beanReader.beans {
+            xmlns util: 'http://www.springframework.org/schema/util'
+            util.list(id: 'foo') {
+                value 'one'
+                value 'two'
             }
-
-            ApplicationContext appCtx = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
-
-            assertEquals "success", appCtx.getBean("foo")            
-        }
-        finally {
-            builder.deactivate()
         }
+        
+        def ctx = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
+        
+        assert ['one', 'two'] == ctx.getBean('foo')
     }
 
     void testNamedArgumentConstructor() {
@@ -772,9 +757,7 @@ beanReader.createApplicationContext()
         assertEquals "Fred", appCtx.getBean("personA").name
     }
 
-	// test for GRAILS-4995
 	void testListOfBeansAsConstructorArg() {
-		if(notYetImplemented()) return
 		def beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
 
 		beanReader.beans {
@@ -790,6 +773,34 @@ beanReader.createApplicationContext()
 		assert ctx.containsBean('someotherbean2')
 		assert ctx.containsBean('somebean')
 	}
+
+	void testBeanWithListAndMapConstructor() {
+		def beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
+		beanReader.beans {
+			bart(Bean1) {
+				person = "bart"
+				age = 11
+			}
+			lisa(Bean1) {
+				person = "lisa"
+				age = 9
+			}
+
+			beanWithList(Bean5, [bart, lisa])
+
+			// test runtime references both as ref() and as plain name
+			beanWithMap(Bean6, [bart:bart, lisa:ref('lisa')])
+		}
+		def ctx  = beanReader.createApplicationContext()
+
+		def beanWithList = ctx.getBean("beanWithList")
+		assertEquals 2, beanWithList.people.size()
+		assertEquals "bart", beanWithList.people[0].person
+
+		def beanWithMap = ctx.getBean("beanWithMap")
+		assertEquals 9, beanWithMap.peopleByName.lisa.age
+		assertEquals "bart", beanWithMap.peopleByName.bart.person
+	}
 	
     void testAnonymousInnerBeanViaBeanMethod() {
         def beanReader = new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader()
@@ -903,6 +914,20 @@ class Bean4 {
 	}
 	String person
 }
+// bean with List-valued constructor arg
+class Bean5 {
+    Bean5(List<Bean1> people) {
+        this.people = people
+    }
+    List<Bean1> people
+}
+// bean with Map-valued constructor arg
+class Bean6 {
+    Bean6(Map<String, Bean1> peopleByName) {
+        this.peopleByName = peopleByName
+    }
+    Map<String, Bean1> peopleByName
+}
 // a factory bean
 class Bean1Factory {
 	Bean1 newInstance() {