diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.0.xsd b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.0.xsd
index 131e83274..6abec4fc0 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.0.xsd
@@ -168,6 +168,18 @@ The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
 							]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="db-factory-ref" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+						The reference to a DbFactory.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory" />
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-ref" type="mongoRef" use="optional">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7d30ea7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.mongodb.config;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for {@link MongoParser}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void allowsDbFactoryRefAttribute() {
+
+		ConfigurableListableBeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter.xml"));
+		
+		factory.getBeanDefinition("converter");
+		factory.getBean("converter");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/namespace/converter.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/namespace/converter.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c1400041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/namespace/converter.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?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:mongo="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<mongo:mapping-converter id="converter" db-factory-ref="factory" />
+	
+	<mongo:db-factory id="factory" />
+
+</beans>