diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractDecorableBuiltInBean.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractDecorableBuiltInBean.java
index ed16326e1f8..1d641528d25 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractDecorableBuiltInBean.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractDecorableBuiltInBean.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.weld.bean.builtin;
 
-import static org.jboss.weld.logging.messages.BeanMessage.DYNAMIC_LOOKUP_OF_BUILT_IN_NOT_ALLOWED;
-
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@
 import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint;
 
 import org.jboss.weld.bean.DecorableBean;
-import org.jboss.weld.exceptions.IllegalArgumentException;
 import org.jboss.weld.injection.CurrentInjectionPoint;
 import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;
 import org.jboss.weld.util.Decorators;
@@ -47,12 +44,7 @@ protected AbstractDecorableBuiltInBean(String idSuffix, BeanManagerImpl beanMana
 
     @Override
     public T create(CreationalContext<T> creationalContext) {
-        InjectionPoint ip = cip.peek();
-        // some of the built-in beans require injection point metadata while other can do without it
-        if (ip == null && (isInjectionPointMetadataRequired() || !getDecorators(ip).isEmpty())) {
-            injectionPointNotAvailable();
-            return null;
-        }
+        InjectionPoint ip = getInjectionPoint(cip);
 
         List<Decorator<?>> decorators = getDecorators(ip);
         T instance = newInstance(ip, creationalContext);
@@ -68,8 +60,8 @@ public T create(CreationalContext<T> creationalContext) {
 
     protected abstract Class<T> getProxyClass();
 
-    protected boolean isInjectionPointMetadataRequired() {
-        return false;
+    protected InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint(CurrentInjectionPoint cip) {
+        return cip.peek();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -77,10 +69,6 @@ public Class<?> getBeanClass() {
         return getClass();
     }
 
-    protected void injectionPointNotAvailable() {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(DYNAMIC_LOOKUP_OF_BUILT_IN_NOT_ALLOWED, toString());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public List<Decorator<?>> getDecorators() {
         return beanManager.resolveDecorators(getTypes(), getQualifiers());
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractFacadeBean.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractFacadeBean.java
index 6e52cb36fa1..2286ad2e1d2 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractFacadeBean.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/AbstractFacadeBean.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.weld.bean.builtin;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@
 import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint;
 
 import org.jboss.weld.bean.proxy.ProxyFactory;
+import org.jboss.weld.injection.CurrentInjectionPoint;
+import org.jboss.weld.injection.EmptyInjectionPoint;
 import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +66,13 @@ protected List<Decorator<?>> getDecorators(InjectionPoint ip) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected boolean isInjectionPointMetadataRequired() {
-        return true;
+    protected InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint(CurrentInjectionPoint cip) {
+        InjectionPoint ip = super.getInjectionPoint(cip);
+        if (ip == null) {
+            ip = new DynamicLookupInjectionPoint(EmptyInjectionPoint.INSTANCE, getDefaultType(), Collections.<Annotation>emptySet());
+        }
+        return ip;
     }
+
+    protected abstract Type getDefaultType();
 }
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/EventBean.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/EventBean.java
index c5efdd621bc..62b33c66ae1 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/EventBean.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/EventBean.java
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
 
 import static org.jboss.weld.util.reflection.Reflections.cast;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
 import javax.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
 import javax.enterprise.event.Event;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint;
+import javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral;
 
 import org.jboss.weld.event.EventImpl;
 import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@
 public class EventBean extends AbstractFacadeBean<Event<?>> {
 
     private static final Class<Event<?>> TYPE = cast(Event.class);
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+    private static final Type DEFAULT_TYPE = new TypeLiteral<Event<Object>>(){}.getType();
 
     public EventBean(BeanManagerImpl manager) {
         super(Event.class.getSimpleName(), manager, TYPE);
@@ -48,4 +53,9 @@ public String toString() {
         return "Implicit Bean [javax.enterprise.event.Event] with qualifiers [@Default]";
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Type getDefaultType() {
+        return DEFAULT_TYPE;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InjectionPointBean.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InjectionPointBean.java
index 240998d05bb..5167a23879a 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InjectionPointBean.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InjectionPointBean.java
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.weld.bean.builtin;
 
+import static org.jboss.weld.logging.messages.BeanMessage.DYNAMIC_LOOKUP_OF_BUILT_IN_NOT_ALLOWED;
+
 import javax.enterprise.context.spi.CreationalContext;
 import javax.enterprise.inject.spi.InjectionPoint;
 
+import org.jboss.weld.exceptions.IllegalArgumentException;
 import org.jboss.weld.injection.CurrentInjectionPoint;
 import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;
 import org.jboss.weld.util.bean.SerializableForwardingInjectionPoint;
@@ -58,9 +61,14 @@ public void destroy(InjectionPoint instance, CreationalContext<InjectionPoint> c
 
     }
 
+
     @Override
-    protected boolean isInjectionPointMetadataRequired() {
-        return true;
+    protected InjectionPoint getInjectionPoint(CurrentInjectionPoint cip) {
+        InjectionPoint ip = super.getInjectionPoint(cip);
+        if (ip == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(DYNAMIC_LOOKUP_OF_BUILT_IN_NOT_ALLOWED, toString());
+        }
+        return ip;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InstanceBean.java b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InstanceBean.java
index 5cb86974969..a10a34a7600 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InstanceBean.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/org/jboss/weld/bean/builtin/InstanceBean.java
@@ -27,18 +27,19 @@
 
 import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;
 import org.jboss.weld.util.collections.Arrays2;
+import org.jboss.weld.util.reflection.Reflections;
 
 public class InstanceBean extends AbstractFacadeBean<Instance<?>> {
-    private static final Class<Instance<?>> INSTANCE_TYPE = new TypeLiteral<Instance<?>>() {
+    private static final Type INSTANCE_TYPE = new TypeLiteral<Instance<Object>>() {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = -1246199714407637856L;
-    }.getRawType();
-    private static final Class<Provider<?>> PROVIDER_TYPE = new TypeLiteral<Provider<?>>() {
+    }.getType();
+    private static final Type PROVIDER_TYPE = new TypeLiteral<Provider<Object>>() {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = -5256050387550468441L;
-    }.getRawType();
+    }.getType();
     private static final Set<Type> DEFAULT_TYPES = Arrays2.<Type>asSet(INSTANCE_TYPE, PROVIDER_TYPE, Object.class);
 
     public InstanceBean(BeanManagerImpl manager) {
-        super(Instance.class.getSimpleName(), manager, INSTANCE_TYPE);
+        super(Instance.class.getSimpleName(), manager, Reflections.<Class<Instance<?>>>cast(Instance.class));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -60,4 +61,9 @@ public String toString() {
         return "Implicit Bean [javax.enterprise.inject.Instance] with qualifiers [@Default]";
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Type getDefaultType() {
+        return INSTANCE_TYPE;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/tests-arquillian/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/resolution/LookupInstanceTest.java b/tests-arquillian/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/resolution/LookupInstanceTest.java
index f568d920e6c..7a1c8ed8cd0 100644
--- a/tests-arquillian/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/resolution/LookupInstanceTest.java
+++ b/tests-arquillian/src/test/java/org/jboss/weld/tests/resolution/LookupInstanceTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.weld.tests.resolution;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.enterprise.inject.Instance;
+import javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import org.jboss.arquillian.container.test.api.Deployment;
 import org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian;
 import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.Archive;
@@ -24,15 +30,9 @@
 import org.jboss.weld.literal.DefaultLiteral;
 import org.jboss.weld.manager.BeanManagerImpl;
 import org.jboss.weld.test.util.Utils;
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
-import javax.enterprise.inject.Instance;
-import javax.enterprise.util.TypeLiteral;
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import java.util.List;
-
 @RunWith(Arquillian.class)
 public class LookupInstanceTest {
     @Deployment
@@ -45,16 +45,13 @@ public static Archive<?> deploy() {
     @Inject
     private BeanManagerImpl beanManager;
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("serial")
     @Test
     public void testLookupInstance() throws Exception {
-        try {
-            Utils.getReference(
-                    beanManager,
-                    new TypeLiteral<Instance<List<?>>>() {
-                    }.getRawType(), DefaultLiteral.INSTANCE);
-                    Assert.fail();
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
-        }
+        Instance<Object> instance = Utils.getReference(beanManager, new TypeLiteral<Instance<Object>>() {
+        }.getRawType(), DefaultLiteral.INSTANCE);
+        Foo foo = instance.select(Foo.class).get();
+        assertEquals("foo", foo.getName());
     }
 
 }