diff --git a/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml
index 934844bd4b..30b6e5fff2 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/core-services-context.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
     <!--                    -->
 
     <!-- Load runtime-dependent properties (e.g.: alfresco.jmx.dir).     -->
-    <!-- Note:  This bean relies on PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer        -->
-    <bean id="runtimeProperties"  class="org.alfresco.util.RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter"/>
-
+    <!-- Note:  This bean relies on PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer (should be ordered before "shared-properties") -->
+    <bean id="runtimeProperties"  class="org.alfresco.util.RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter">
+        <property name="order">
+            <value>5</value>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
     <!-- Ensure backward compatibility with installations that control custom properties through repository-properties -->
     <bean id="legacyConfigPostProcessor" class="org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.LegacyConfigPostProcessor"/>
     
@@ -70,8 +74,8 @@
     <!-- Load properties that must be shared between the        -->
     <!-- Alfresco server and its remote clients.                -->
     <!--                                                        -->
-    <!-- Note:  This is done in a seperate bean to make it      -->
-    <!--        for users who have alrady overridden their      -->
+    <!-- Note:  This is done in a separate bean to make it      -->
+    <!--        for users who have already overridden their     -->
     <!--        "repository-properties" in a dev-context.xml    -->
     <!--        or custom-db-and-data-context.xml file.         -->
 
@@ -85,6 +89,9 @@
                 <value>classpath:alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties</value>
             </list>
         </property>
+        <property name="order">
+            <value>10</value>
+        </property>
     </bean>
     
     <bean id="jgroupsPropertySetter" class="org.alfresco.config.SystemPropertiesSetterBean" init-method="init">
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/util/RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/util/RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter.java
index d422c008c6..d2b2d149a2 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/util/RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/util/RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
 
 /**
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
  * @author Jon Cox
  * @see #setProperties(Map)
 */
-public class RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor, ApplicationContextAware, Ordered
+public class RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor, ApplicationContextAware, PriorityOrdered
 {
     private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(RuntimeSystemPropertiesSetter.class );