diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/RabbitNamespaceUtils.java b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/RabbitNamespaceUtils.java
index cc7324c4..e2ca73e1 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/RabbitNamespaceUtils.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/RabbitNamespaceUtils.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public class RabbitNamespaceUtils {
 
 	private static final String PREFETCH_ATTRIBUTE = "prefetch";
 
+	private static final String CHANNEL_TRANSACTED_ATTRIBUTE = "channel-transacted";
+
 	private static final String TRANSACTION_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE = "transaction-size";
 
 	private static final String PHASE_ATTRIBUTE = "phase";
@@ -110,6 +112,16 @@ public class RabbitNamespaceUtils {
 			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("prefetchCount", new TypedStringValue(prefetch));
 		}
 
+		String channelTransacted = containerEle.getAttribute(CHANNEL_TRANSACTED_ATTRIBUTE);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(channelTransacted)) {
+			// Note: a placeholder will pass this test, but if it resolves to true, it will be caught during container initialization
+			if (acknowledgeMode.isAutoAck() && channelTransacted.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+						"Listener Container - cannot set channel-transacted with acknowledge='NONE'", containerEle);
+			}
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("channelTransacted", new TypedStringValue(channelTransacted));
+		}
+
 		String transactionSize = containerEle.getAttribute(TRANSACTION_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(transactionSize)) {
 			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("txSize", new TypedStringValue(transactionSize));
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.1.xsd b/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.1.xsd
index 07ed22ba..a78aaaa5 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.1.xsd
@@ -605,6 +605,14 @@
 				</xsd:appinfo>
 			</xsd:annotation>
 		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="channel-transacted" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	Flag to indicate that the channel should be used transactionally.
+	Cannot be 'true' if acknowledge is 'none'. Default is false.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
 		<xsd:attribute name="concurrency" type="xsd:string">
 			<xsd:annotation>
 				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests.java
index 77993c73..91d9c5fa 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests.java
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
 package org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -34,8 +37,10 @@ import org.springframework.aop.MethodBeforeAdvice;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.expression.StandardBeanExpressionResolver;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
@@ -93,6 +98,26 @@ public class ListenerContainerParserTests {
 		SimpleMessageListenerContainer container = beanFactory.getBean("container5", SimpleMessageListenerContainer.class);
 		assertEquals(1, ReflectionTestUtils.getField(container, "concurrentConsumers"));
 		assertEquals(false, ReflectionTestUtils.getField(container, "defaultRequeueRejected"));
+		assertFalse(container.isChannelTransacted());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testParseWithTx() throws Exception {
+		SimpleMessageListenerContainer container = beanFactory.getBean("container6", SimpleMessageListenerContainer.class);
+		assertTrue(container.isChannelTransacted());
+		assertEquals(5, ReflectionTestUtils.getField(container, "txSize"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testIncompatibleTxAtts() {
+		try {
+			new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(getClass().getSimpleName() + "-fail-context.xml", getClass());
+			fail("Parse exception exptected");
+		}
+		catch (BeanDefinitionParsingException e) {
+			assertTrue(e.getMessage().startsWith(
+					"Configuration problem: Listener Container - cannot set channel-transacted with acknowledge='NONE'"));
+		}
 	}
 
 	static class TestBean {
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-context.xml b/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-context.xml
index b9a6e5aa..93d27f53 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-context.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 		<rabbit:listener id="testListener" queues="foo" ref="testBean" method="handle"/>
 	</rabbit:listener-container>
 
+	<rabbit:listener-container id="container6" connection-factory="connectionFactory" channel-transacted="true" transaction-size="5" >
+		<rabbit:listener id="testListener" queues="foo" ref="testBean" method="handle"/>
+	</rabbit:listener-container>
+
 	<util:list id="adviceChain">
 		<bean class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.ListenerContainerParserTests$TestAdvice"/>
 		<bean class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.ListenerContainerParserTests$TestAdvice"/>
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-fail-context.xml b/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-fail-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4bb0490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/ListenerContainerParserTests-fail-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:rabbit="http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit"
+	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit/spring-rabbit.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<rabbit:queue name="foo" />
+
+	<rabbit:queue id="bar" />
+
+	<rabbit:listener-container id="container6" connection-factory="connectionFactory" channel-transacted="true" acknowledge="none" >
+		<rabbit:listener id="testListener" queues="foo" ref="testBean" method="handle"/>
+	</rabbit:listener-container>
+
+	<util:list id="adviceChain">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.ListenerContainerParserTests$TestAdvice"/>
+		<bean class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.ListenerContainerParserTests$TestAdvice"/>
+		<bean class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.ListenerContainerParserTests$TestAdvice"/>
+	</util:list>
+
+	<bean class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitAdmin">
+		<constructor-arg name="connectionFactory" ref="connectionFactory"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="connectionFactory" class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.CachingConnectionFactory"/>
+
+	<bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.config.ListenerContainerParserTests$TestBean"/>
+
+</beans>