diff --git a/SPR-8523/README.markdown b/SPR-8523/README.markdown
index ace75753..24713d55 100644
--- a/SPR-8523/README.markdown
+++ b/SPR-8523/README.markdown
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ You'll notice in the pom that tests are being run with
 
     -javaagent:/path/to/org.springframework.instrument.jar
 
+
+Workaround: Use compile time weaving instead
+
+1. Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to cause the build to fail
+2. copy `pom-compile-time-weaving.xml` to `pom.xml` (you may want to diff these two files first to understand what's changed)
+3. run `mvn test`; note BUILD SUCCESSFUL
diff --git a/SPR-8523/pom-compile-time-weaving.xml b/SPR-8523/pom-compile-time-weaving.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a05b722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-8523/pom-compile-time-weaving.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>org.springframework.issues</groupId>
+	<artifactId>SPR-8523</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>Spring Issue Reproduction Project</name>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-instrument</artifactId>
+			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
+			<artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
+			<version>2.1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.16</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.8</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+			<version>2.2.4</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-maven-snapshot</id>
+			<name>Springframework Maven Snapshot Repository</name>
+			<url>http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
+			<snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>maven-central</id>
+			<name>Maven Central Repository</name>
+			<url>http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<org.springframework.version>3.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</org.springframework.version>
+	</properties>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*Tests.java</include>
+					</includes>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/*Abstract*.java</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>openjpa-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<includes>**/*/*.class</includes>
+					<addDefaultConstructor>true</addDefaultConstructor>
+					<enforcePropertyRestrictions>true</enforcePropertyRestrictions>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>enhancer</id>
+						<phase>process-classes</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>enhance</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
+						<artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
+						<!-- set the version to be the same as the level in your runtime -->
+						<version>2.1.0</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
+