diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java
index 3579562be..8e59c28ff 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public class JobParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(restartableAttribute)) {
 			builder.addPropertyValue("restartable", restartableAttribute);
 		}
+		
+		String incrementer = (element.getAttribute("incrementer"));
+		if(StringUtils.hasText(incrementer)){
+			builder.addPropertyReference("jobParametersIncrementer", incrementer);
+		}
 
 		FlowParser flowParser = new FlowParser();
 		AbstractBeanDefinition flowDef = flowParser.parse(element, parserContext, jobName);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
index ad7297f13..0053e5f0d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="incrementer" type="xsd:string"
+						use="optional">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[ 
+								A reference to a JobParametersIncrementer bean definition.
+								]]>
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 					<xsd:attribute name="restartable" type="xsd:boolean"
 						default="false" use="optional">
 						<xsd:annotation>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/TestIncrementer.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/TestIncrementer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb665dfb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/TestIncrementer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersIncrementer;
+
+public class TestIncrementer implements JobParametersIncrementer{
+
+	public JobParameters getNext(JobParameters parameters) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests-context.xml
index aa36a113c..069f2470e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests-context.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<beans:import resource="common-context.xml" />
 	
-	<job id="job">
+	<job id="job" incrementer="testIncrementer">
 		<step name="step1">
 			<simple-task tasklet="tasklet"/>
 		</step>
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
 	<beans:bean id="tasklet" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml.TestTasklet"/>
 
 	<beans:bean id="testListener" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml.TestJobListener" />
+	
+	<beans:bean id="testIncrementer" class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml.TestIncrementer" />
 </beans:beans>
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