diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParser.java
index 6d81f82f2..bf61d561e 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParser.java
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public class JobRepositoryParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 		CoreNamespaceUtils.autoregisterBeansForNamespace(parserContext, element);
 
 		String dataSource = element.getAttribute("data-source");
+		
+		String jdbcOperations = element.getAttribute("jdbc-operations");
 
 		String transactionManager = element.getAttribute("transaction-manager");
 
@@ -82,6 +84,9 @@ public class JobRepositoryParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 		builder.addPropertyValue("dataSource", ds);
 		RuntimeBeanReference tx = new RuntimeBeanReference(transactionManager);
 		builder.addPropertyValue("transactionManager", tx);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(jdbcOperations)) {
+			builder.addPropertyReference("jdbcOperations", jdbcOperations);
+		}
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(isolationLevelForCreate)) {
 			builder.addPropertyValue("isolationLevelForCreate", DefaultTransactionDefinition.PREFIX_ISOLATION
 					+ isolationLevelForCreate);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
index c74486234..65b60fe1d 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch.xsd=/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.2.xsd
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-3.0.xsd=/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.2.xsd=/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.2.xsd
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd=/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.0.xsd=/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-3.0.xsd b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
index cf6cc6cfa..f35962280 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@
 					<xsd:attribute name="data-source" type="xsd:string" default="dataSource">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation source="java:javax.sql.DataSource"><![CDATA[
-ref"							is not required, and only needs to be specified explicitly
+							The bean name of the DataSource that is to be used. This attribute 
+							is not required, and only needs to be specified explicitly
 							if the bean name of the desired DataSource is not 'dataSource'.
 							]]></xsd:documentation>
 							<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -194,6 +195,20 @@ ref"							is not required, and only needs to be specified explicitly
 							</xsd:appinfo>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="jdbc-operations" type="xsd:string">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcOperations"><![CDATA[
+							The bean name of the JdbcOperations that is to be used. This attribute 
+							is not required, if it is not set a org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate will be
+							created for the configured data-source.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+							<xsd:appinfo>
+								<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+									<tool:expected-type type="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcOperations" />
+								</tool:annotation>
+							</xsd:appinfo>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 					<xsd:attribute name="transaction-manager" type="xsd:string" default="transactionManager">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation source="java:org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager"><![CDATA[
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml
index 77cbaef4c..d14ecc915 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobRepositoryParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.2.xsd
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-3.0.xsd
 	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
 
 	<beans:bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" lazy-init="true">
 		<beans:property name="driverClassName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
 		<beans:property name="url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:testdb;sql.enforce_strict_size=true" />
 	</beans:bean>
+	<beans:bean id="jdbcTemplate" class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate">
+	    <beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
+	</beans:bean>
 	<beans:bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
 		<beans:property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
 	</beans:bean>
 	<beans:bean id="lobHandler" class="org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.DefaultLobHandler"/>
 	<beans:bean id="serializer" class="org.springframework.batch.core.repository.dao.DefaultExecutionContextSerializer"/>
 
-	<job-repository id="jobRepo1" data-source="dataSource" transaction-manager="transactionManager" lob-handler="lobHandler" max-varchar-length="100" serializer="serializer"/>
+	<job-repository id="jobRepo1" data-source="dataSource" jdbc-operations="jdbcTemplate" transaction-manager="transactionManager" lob-handler="lobHandler" max-varchar-length="100" serializer="serializer"/>
 
 </beans:beans>
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