diff --git a/src/integration/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/xmlconfig/XmlItemRepository.java b/src/integration/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/xmlconfig/XmlItemRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ccfde783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integration/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/xmlconfig/XmlItemRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.xmlconfig;
+
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.CouchbaseRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.Item;
+
+public interface XmlItemRepository extends CouchbaseRepository<Item, String> {
+}
diff --git a/src/integration/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/xmlconfig/XmlRepositoryConfigurationTests.java b/src/integration/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/xmlconfig/XmlRepositoryConfigurationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bae65dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integration/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/xmlconfig/XmlRepositoryConfigurationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.xmlconfig;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+/**
+ * @author Simon Baslé
+ */
+public class XmlRepositoryConfigurationTests {
+
+  DefaultListableBeanFactory factory;
+  BeanDefinitionReader reader;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() {
+    factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+    reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInstantiateRepositoryFromXml() {
+    reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("configurations/couchbase-repository-bean.xml"));
+
+    BeanDefinition definition = factory.getBeanDefinition("xmlItemRepository");
+    assertEquals("org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.support.CouchbaseRepositoryFactoryBean", definition.getBeanClassName());
+    assertDefinitionProperty(definition, "couchbaseOperations");
+
+    Object bean = factory.getBean("xmlItemRepository");
+    assertTrue(bean instanceof XmlItemRepository);
+  }
+
+  private void assertDefinitionProperty(BeanDefinition definition, String property) {
+    assertTrue("bean definition properties don't include " + property, definition.getPropertyValues().contains(property));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/integration/resources/configurations/couchbase-repository-bean.xml b/src/integration/resources/configurations/couchbase-repository-bean.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66c49c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integration/resources/configurations/couchbase-repository-bean.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns:couchbase="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/couchbase"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/couchbase http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/couchbase/spring-couchbase.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+    <couchbase:env/>
+    <couchbase:cluster/>
+    <couchbase:clusterInfo/>
+    <couchbase:bucket/>
+
+    <couchbase:template/>
+
+    <couchbase:repositories base-package="org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.xmlconfig"/>
+
+</beans>
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/spring-couchbase-2.0.xsd b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/spring-couchbase-2.0.xsd
index aa822f88..4d6d747a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/spring-couchbase-2.0.xsd
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/spring-couchbase-2.0.xsd
@@ -167,6 +167,27 @@ The name of the CouchbaseBucket object that determines what connection to monito
         </xsd:complexType>
     </xsd:element>
 
+    <xsd:element name="repositories">
+        <xsd:complexType>
+            <xsd:complexContent>
+                <xsd:extension base="repository:repositories">
+                    <xsd:attributeGroup ref="couchbase-repository-attributes"/>
+                    <xsd:attributeGroup ref="repository:repository-attributes"/>
+                </xsd:extension>
+            </xsd:complexContent>
+        </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+
+    <xsd:attributeGroup name="couchbase-repository-attributes">
+        <xsd:attribute name="couchbase-template-ref" type="couchbaseTemplateRef" default="couchbaseTemplate">
+            <xsd:annotation>
+                <xsd:documentation>
+                    The reference to a CouchbaseTemplate. Will default to 'couchbaseTemplate'.
+                </xsd:documentation>
+            </xsd:annotation>
+        </xsd:attribute>
+    </xsd:attributeGroup>
+
     <xsd:simpleType name="converterRef">
         <xsd:annotation>
             <xsd:appinfo>
@@ -199,5 +220,4 @@ The name of the CouchbaseBucket object that determines what connection to monito
         </xsd:annotation>
         <xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
     </xsd:simpleType>
-
 </xsd:schema>
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