diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index 95cf09055..311adc47e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.support.RepositoryFactoryBeanSupport;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.support.RepositoryFactorySupport;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.support.TransactionalRepositoryFactoryBeanSupport;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @param <T> the type of the repository
  */
 public class JpaRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends JpaRepository<?, ?>> extends
-        RepositoryFactoryBeanSupport<T> {
+        TransactionalRepositoryFactoryBeanSupport<T> {
 
     private EntityManager entityManager;
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd
index 75341c3fc..ba0431c65 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 	<xsd:complexType name="jpa-repository">
 		<xsd:complexContent>
 			<xsd:extension base="repository:repository">
+				<xsd:attributeGroup ref="repository:transactional-repository-attributes" />
 				<xsd:attribute name="entity-manager-factory-ref" type="entityManagerFactoryRef" />
 			</xsd:extension>
 		</xsd:complexContent>
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@
 					<xsd:sequence>
 						<xsd:element name="repository" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" type="jpa-repository" />
 					</xsd:sequence>
-					<xsd:attribute name="entity-manager-factory-ref"
-						type="entityManagerFactoryRef" />
+					<xsd:attributeGroup ref="repository:transactional-repository-attributes" />
+					<xsd:attribute name="entity-manager-factory-ref" type="entityManagerFactoryRef" />
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
-
 	<xsd:simpleType name="entityManagerFactoryRef">
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/JpaRepositoryConfigDefinitionParserTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/JpaRepositoryConfigDefinitionParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4f22ae63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/config/JpaRepositoryConfigDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008-2010 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.data.jpa.repository.config;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.PropertyValue;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+
+/**
+ * Integration test for {@link JpaRepositoryConfigDefinitionParser}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class JpaRepositoryConfigDefinitionParserTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void getsTransactionManagerSet() throws Exception {
+
+        XmlBeanFactory factory =
+                new XmlBeanFactory(new ClassPathResource(
+                        "multiple-entity-manager-integration-context.xml"));
+
+        BeanDefinition definition =
+                factory.getBeanDefinition("auditableUserRepository");
+        assertThat(definition, is(notNullValue()));
+
+        PropertyValue transactionManager =
+                definition.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue(
+                        "transactionManager");
+        assertThat(transactionManager, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(transactionManager.getValue().toString(),
+                is("transactionManager-2"));
+    }
+}