diff --git a/components/camel-quartz/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/CamelJob.java b/components/camel-quartz/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/CamelJob.java
index ffc4599049ca2..1ef47d42a4d68 100644
--- a/components/camel-quartz/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/CamelJob.java
+++ b/components/camel-quartz/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/CamelJob.java
@@ -19,22 +19,25 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.Route;
 import org.quartz.Job;
 import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
 import org.quartz.JobExecutionException;
 import org.quartz.SchedulerContext;
 import org.quartz.SchedulerException;
 
+import static org.apache.camel.util.URISupport.normalizeUri;
+
 /**
- * @version 
+ * @version
  */
 public class CamelJob implements Job, Serializable {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 26L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 27L;
 
     public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
         String camelContextName = (String) context.getJobDetail().getJobDataMap().get(QuartzConstants.QUARTZ_CAMEL_CONTEXT_NAME);
-        String endpointUri = (String) context.getJobDetail().getJobDataMap().get(QuartzConstants.QUARTZ_ENDPOINT_URI);
+        String expectedQuartzEndpointUri = (String) context.getJobDetail().getJobDataMap().get(QuartzConstants.QUARTZ_ENDPOINT_URI);
 
         SchedulerContext schedulerContext;
         try {
@@ -47,11 +50,26 @@ public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
         if (camelContext == null) {
             throw new JobExecutionException("No CamelContext could be found with name: " + camelContextName);
         }
-        QuartzEndpoint endpoint = camelContext.getEndpoint(endpointUri, QuartzEndpoint.class);
-        if (endpoint == null) {
-            throw new JobExecutionException("No QuartzEndpoint could be found with uri: " + endpointUri);
+
+        getExpectedQuartzEndpoint(expectedQuartzEndpointUri, camelContext).onJobExecute(context);
+    }
+
+    private QuartzEndpoint getExpectedQuartzEndpoint(String expectedQuartzEndpointUri, CamelContext camelContext) throws JobExecutionException {
+        try {
+            for (Route route : camelContext.getRoutes()) {
+                if (route.getEndpoint() instanceof  QuartzEndpoint) {
+                    QuartzEndpoint quartzEndpoint = (QuartzEndpoint)route.getEndpoint();
+                    if (normalizeUri(quartzEndpoint.getEndpointUri()).equals(normalizeUri(expectedQuartzEndpointUri)) && quartzEndpoint.isStarted()) {
+                        return quartzEndpoint;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new JobExecutionException(e);
         }
-        endpoint.onJobExecute(context);
+
+        throw new JobExecutionException("No QuartzEndpoint could be found with uri: " + expectedQuartzEndpointUri);
     }
 
 }
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diff --git a/components/camel-quartz/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/QuartzCronRouteWithSmallCacheTest.java b/components/camel-quartz/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/QuartzCronRouteWithSmallCacheTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d1fdda4f90de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/camel-quartz/src/test/java/org/apache/camel/component/quartz/QuartzCronRouteWithSmallCacheTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.camel.component.quartz;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.camel.CamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
+import org.apache.camel.Processor;
+import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
+import org.apache.camel.component.mock.MockEndpoint;
+import org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext;
+import org.apache.camel.test.junit4.CamelTestSupport;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Endpoints are stored in a LRU list with a default capacity of 1000. If the list is full, 
+ * then endpoints are removed and should be recreated.
+ * 
+ *  We simulate this behavior with a capacity of 1 element.
+ * 
+ * @version 
+ */
+public class QuartzCronRouteWithSmallCacheTest extends CamelTestSupport {
+
+	private List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>();
+	
+	@Test
+    public void testQuartzCronRouteWithSmallCache() throws Exception {
+		synchronized (this) {
+			for(int i = 0; i< 100; i++) {
+				wait(100);
+				if(list.size() > 4) {
+					break;
+				}
+				
+			}	
+		}
+		
+		assertTrue("Cron was triggered only " + list.size() + " times", list.size() > 4);
+    }
+
+	
+	@Override
+	protected CamelContext createCamelContext() throws Exception {
+		CamelContext context =  new DefaultCamelContext(){
+			@Override
+			public Map<String, String> getProperties() {
+				Map<String, String> res =  super.getProperties();
+				res.put(Exchange.MAXIMUM_ENDPOINT_CACHE_SIZE, "1");
+				return res;
+			}
+		};
+		
+		return context;
+	}
+	
+    @Override
+    protected RouteBuilder createRouteBuilder() {
+        return new RouteBuilder() {
+            public void configure() {
+                // START SNIPPET: e1
+                // triggers every 2th second at precise 00,02,04,06..58
+                // notice we must use + as space when configured using URI parameter
+            	try {
+                from("quartz://myGroup/myTimerName?cron=0/2+*+*+*+*+?").process(new Processor() {
+                	@Override
+                	public void process(Exchange exchange) throws Exception {
+                		context().createProducerTemplate().send("direct:a", exchange);
+                		context().createProducerTemplate().send("direct:a", exchange);
+                		list.add(new Object());
+                	}
+                });
+                from("direct:a").process(new Processor() {
+					
+					@Override
+					public void process(Exchange arg0) throws Exception {
+					}
+				});
+                } catch(Exception e) {
+            		e.printStackTrace();
+            	}
+                // END SNIPPET: e1
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
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