diff --git a/CacheGrailsPlugin.groovy b/CacheGrailsPlugin.groovy
index 646b7891..84e28ef1 100644
--- a/CacheGrailsPlugin.groovy
+++ b/CacheGrailsPlugin.groovy
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ class CacheGrailsPlugin {
 		                          'proxy-target-class': proxyTargetClass)
 
 		// updates the AnnotationCacheOperationSource with a custom subclass
+		// and adds the 'cacheOperationSource' alias
 		cacheBeanPostProcessor(CacheBeanPostProcessor)
 
 		grailsCacheManager(GrailsConcurrentMapCacheManager)
@@ -138,8 +139,7 @@ class CacheGrailsPlugin {
 
 		grailsCacheFilter(MemoryPageFragmentCachingFilter) {
 			cacheManager = ref('grailsCacheManager')
-			// TODO this name might be brittle - perhaps do by type?
-			cacheOperationSource = ref(GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.BEAN_NAME)
+			cacheOperationSource = ref('cacheOperationSource')
 			keyGenerator = ref('webCacheKeyGenerator')
 			expressionEvaluator = ref('webExpressionEvaluator')
 		}
@@ -155,22 +155,21 @@ class CacheGrailsPlugin {
 
 	def onChange = { event ->
 
-		if (!isEnabled(event.application)) {
+		def application = event.application
+		if (!isEnabled(application)) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if (!event.source) {
+		def source = event.source
+		if (!source) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if (event.application.isControllerClass(event.source) ||
-		    event.application.isServiceClass(event.source)) {
-
-			def annotationCacheOperationSource = event.ctx.getBean(GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.BEAN_NAME)
-			annotationCacheOperationSource.reset()
+		if (application.isControllerClass(source) || application.isServiceClass(source)) {
+			event.ctx.cacheOperationSource.reset()
 			log.debug 'Reset GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource cache'
 		}
-		else if (event.application.isCacheConfigClass(event.source)) {
+		else if (application.isCacheConfigClass(source)) {
 			reloadCaches event.ctx
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/java/grails/plugin/cache/CacheBeanPostProcessor.java b/src/java/grails/plugin/cache/CacheBeanPostProcessor.java
index 8d2d9f46..0ede07de 100644
--- a/src/java/grails/plugin/cache/CacheBeanPostProcessor.java
+++ b/src/java/grails/plugin/cache/CacheBeanPostProcessor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.AnnotationCacheOperationSource;
 
 /**
  * Changes the bean class of the org.springframework.cache.annotation.AnnotationCacheOperationSource#0
@@ -37,8 +38,11 @@ public class CacheBeanPostProcessor implements BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcess
 	public void postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
 		log.info("postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry start");
 
-		AbstractBeanDefinition beanDef = (AbstractBeanDefinition)registry.getBeanDefinition(
-				GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.BEAN_NAME);
+		AbstractBeanDefinition beanDef = findBeanDefinition(registry);
+		if (beanDef == null) {
+			log.error("Unable to find the AnnotationCacheOperationSource bean definition");
+			return;
+		}
 
 		// change the class to the plugin's subclass
 		beanDef.setBeanClass(GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.class);
@@ -54,7 +58,38 @@ public void postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
 		log.debug("updated {}", beanDef);
 	}
 
-	public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+	protected AbstractBeanDefinition findBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
+
+		AbstractBeanDefinition beanDef = null;
+		String beanName = null;
+
+		if (registry.containsBeanDefinition(GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.BEAN_NAME)) {
+			beanDef = (AbstractBeanDefinition)registry.getBeanDefinition(
+					GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.BEAN_NAME);
+			beanName = GrailsAnnotationCacheOperationSource.BEAN_NAME;
+		}
+		else {
+			String className = AnnotationCacheOperationSource.class.getName();
+			for (String name : registry.getBeanDefinitionNames()) {
+				if (className.equals(registry.getBeanDefinition(name).getBeanClassName())) {
+					beanDef = (AbstractBeanDefinition)registry.getBeanDefinition(name);
+					beanName = name;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (beanDef != null) {
+			// make it easier to work with
+			if (!"cacheOperationSource".equals(beanName)) {
+				registry.registerAlias(beanName, "cacheOperationSource");
+			}
+		}
+
+		return beanDef;
+	}
+
+	public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		log.info("postProcessBeanFactory");
 	}
 }