diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/builder/JmsItemWriterBuilder.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/builder/JmsItemWriterBuilder.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed 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.springframework.batch.item.jms.builder;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.jms.JmsItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsOperations;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a fully qualified JmsItemWriter.
+ *
+ * @author Glenn Renfro
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public class JmsItemWriterBuilder<T> {
+
+	private JmsOperations jmsTemplate;
+
+	/**
+	 * Establish the JMS template that will be used by the {@link JmsItemWriter}.
+	 *
+	 * @param jmsTemplate a {@link JmsOperations} instance
+	 * @return this instance for method chaining.
+	 * @see JmsItemWriter#setJmsTemplate(JmsOperations)
+	 */
+	public JmsItemWriterBuilder<T> jmsTemplate(JmsOperations jmsTemplate) {
+		this.jmsTemplate = jmsTemplate;
+
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a fully constructed {@link JmsItemWriter}.
+	 *
+	 * @return a new {@link JmsItemWriter}
+	 */
+	public JmsItemWriter<T> build() {
+		Assert.notNull(this.jmsTemplate, "jmsTemplate is required.");
+		JmsItemWriter<T> jmsItemWriter = new JmsItemWriter<>();
+
+		jmsItemWriter.setJmsTemplate(this.jmsTemplate);
+		return jmsItemWriter;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/builder/JmsItemWriterBuilderTests.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/builder/JmsItemWriterBuilderTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed 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.springframework.batch.item.jms.builder;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.jms.JmsItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsOperations;
+import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+/**
+ * @author Glenn Renfro
+ */
+public class JmsItemWriterBuilderTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNoItem() throws Exception {
+		JmsOperations jmsTemplate = mock(JmsOperations.class);
+		JmsItemWriter<String> itemWriter = new JmsItemWriterBuilder<String>().jmsTemplate(jmsTemplate).build();
+		ArgumentCaptor<String> argCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(String.class);
+		itemWriter.write(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar"));
+		verify(jmsTemplate, times(2)).convertAndSend(argCaptor.capture());
+		assertEquals("Expected foo", "foo", argCaptor.getAllValues().get(0));
+		assertEquals("Expected bar", "bar", argCaptor.getAllValues().get(1));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testNullJmsTemplate() {
+		try {
+			new JmsItemWriterBuilder<String>().build();
+			fail("IllegalArgumentException should have been thrown");
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ise) {
+			assertEquals("IllegalArgumentException message did not match the expected result.",
+					"jmsTemplate is required.", ise.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+}