diff --git a/spring-amqp-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/core/Queue.java b/spring-amqp-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/core/Queue.java
index 10bdd1f5..d0330a60 100644
--- a/spring-amqp-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/core/Queue.java
+++ b/spring-amqp-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/amqp/core/Queue.java
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ public class Queue {
 	private final java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object> arguments;
 
 	/**
-	 * The queue is non-durable, non-exclusive and non auto-delete.
+	 * The queue is durable, non-exclusive and non auto-delete.
 	 * 
 	 * @param name the name of the queue.
 	 */
 	public Queue(String name) {
-		this(name, false, false, false);
+		this(name, true, false, false);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd b/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
index 6987b148..5b7b98ad 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/main/resources/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
 				]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
-			<xsd:attribute name="durable" use="optional" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
+			<xsd:attribute name="durable" use="optional" type="xsd:boolean" default="true">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
-					Flag indicating that the queue is durable, meaning that it will survive broker restarts (not that the messages in it will, although they might if they are persistent).  Default is false.
+					Flag indicating that the queue is durable, meaning that it will survive broker restarts (not that the messages in it will, although they might if they are persistent).  Default is true.
 				]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
diff --git a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/QueueParserTests.java b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/QueueParserTests.java
index 05b88bb5..449103fe 100644
--- a/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/QueueParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-rabbit/src/test/java/org/springframework/amqp/rabbit/config/QueueParserTests.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public final class QueueParserTests {
 		Queue queue = beanFactory.getBean("foo", Queue.class);
 		assertNotNull(queue);
 		assertEquals("foo", queue.getName());
-		assertFalse(queue.isDurable());
+		assertTrue(queue.isDurable());
 		assertFalse(queue.isAutoDelete());
 		assertFalse(queue.isExclusive());
 	}