SpringifiedJobbie jobbie = (SpringifiedJobbie) getServletContext().getAttribute("jobbie"); public class MyServlet extends HttpServlet { @Autowired private MyService myService; public void init(ServletConfig config) { super.init(config); SpringBeanAutowiringSupport.processInjectionBasedOnServletContext(this, config.getServletContext()); } } WebApplicationContext context = WebApplicationContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(getServletContext()); SpringifiedJobbie jobbie = (SpringifiedJobbie)context.getBean("springifiedJobbie");