diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java
index fe6cac14d2..c1ca0616e4 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class ConfigurationClassPostProcessor implements BeanDefinitionRegistryPo
 	 * @see #setBeanNameGenerator
 	 */
 	public static final AnnotationBeanNameGenerator IMPORT_BEAN_NAME_GENERATOR =
-			new FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator();
+			FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator.INSTANCE;
 
 	private static final String IMPORT_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME =
 			ConfigurationClassPostProcessor.class.getName() + ".importRegistry";
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator.java
index 5495535d6a..b3c418943a 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator.java
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public class FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator extends AnnotationBeanNameGenerator {
 
+	/**
+	 * A convenient constant for a default {@code FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator} instance,
+	 * as used for configuration-level import purposes.
+	 */
+	public static final FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator INSTANCE =
+			new FullyQualifiedAnnotationBeanNameGenerator();
+
+
 	@Override
 	protected String buildDefaultBeanName(BeanDefinition definition) {
 		String beanClassName = definition.getBeanClassName();