diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
index ed8fb5fdfa..793bd25b76 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public class IntegrationNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("gateway", new GatewayParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("handler", new HandlerParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("handler-chain", new HandlerParser());
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("selector-chain", new SelectorChainParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("router", new RouterParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("splitter", new SplitterParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("aggregator", new AggregatorParser());
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/SelectorChainParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/SelectorChainParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ae37b3230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/SelectorChainParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.integration.config;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.selector.MessageSelectorChain;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for the <selector-chain/> element.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class SelectorChainParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?> getBeanClass(Element element) {
+		return MessageSelectorChain.class;
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void doParse(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+		ManagedList selectors = new ManagedList();
+		NodeList childNodes = element.getChildNodes();
+		for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
+			Node child = childNodes.item(i);
+			if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && "selector".equals(child.getLocalName())) {
+				selectors.add(new RuntimeBeanReference(((Element) child).getAttribute("ref")));
+			}
+		}
+		builder.addPropertyValue("selectors", selectors);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
index cd396eb888..38dd12aa88 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 		<xsd:complexType>
 			<xsd:annotation>
 				<xsd:documentation>
-	Defines a handler.
+	Defines a MessageHandler.
 				</xsd:documentation>
 			</xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID"/>
@@ -264,6 +264,31 @@
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
+	<xsd:element name="selector-chain">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines a MessageSelector chain.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:sequence>
+				<xsd:element ref="selector" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+			</xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID" use="required"/>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:element name="selector">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+	Provides a MessageSelector reference.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
 	<xsd:element name="dispatcher-policy">
 		<xsd:complexType>
 			<xsd:annotation>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/SelectorChainParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/SelectorChainParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f812e9df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/SelectorChainParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.integration.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.selector.MessageSelector;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.selector.MessageSelectorChain;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class SelectorChainParserTests {
+
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void testSelectorChain() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"selectorChainParserTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageSelector selector1 = (MessageSelector) context.getBean("selector1");
+		MessageSelector selector2 = (MessageSelector) context.getBean("selector2");
+		MessageSelectorChain chain = (MessageSelectorChain) context.getBean("selectorChain");
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(chain);
+		List<MessageSelector> selectors = (List<MessageSelector>)
+				accessor.getPropertyValue("selectors");
+		assertEquals(selector1, selectors.get(0));
+		assertEquals(selector2, selectors.get(1));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/StubMessageSelector.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/StubMessageSelector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b625949019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/StubMessageSelector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.integration.config;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.selector.MessageSelector;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class StubMessageSelector implements MessageSelector {
+
+	public boolean accept(Message<?> message) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/selectorChainParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/selectorChainParserTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..681db829c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/selectorChainParserTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd">
+
+	<selector-chain id="selectorChain">
+		<selector ref="selector1"/>
+		<selector ref="selector2"/>
+	</selector-chain>
+
+	<beans:bean id="selector1" class="org.springframework.integration.config.StubMessageSelector"/>
+
+	<beans:bean id="selector2" class="org.springframework.integration.config.StubMessageSelector"/>
+
+</beans:beans>