diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/config/AbstractChannelParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/config/AbstractChannelParser.java
index 7b11ef38eb..23fe3126c4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/config/AbstractChannelParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/config/AbstractChannelParser.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinition
 
 	private static final String INTERCEPTORS_PROPERTY = "interceptors";
 
+	private static final String SECURED_ELEMENT ="secured";
+
 
 	@Override
 	protected boolean shouldGenerateId() {
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinition
 					String ref = ((Element) child).getAttribute("ref");
 					interceptors.add(new RuntimeBeanReference(ref));
 				}
+				else if (SECURED_ELEMENT.equals(localName)) {
+					parserContext.getReaderContext().getNamespaceHandlerResolver().resolve(
+							element.getNamespaceURI()).parse((Element)child, parserContext);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		String datatypeAttr = element.getAttribute(DATATYPE_ATTRIBUTE);
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 0bacbb3bb7..42a95e61f1 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
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 		<xsd:sequence>
 			<xsd:element ref="dispatcher-policy" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 			<xsd:element ref="interceptor" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+			<xsd:element name="secured" type="securedType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 		</xsd:sequence>
 		<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID" use="required"/>
 		<xsd:attribute name="publish-subscribe" type="xsd:boolean" default="false"/>
@@ -411,4 +412,27 @@
 		</xsd:complexContent>
 	</xsd:complexType>
 
+	<xsd:element name="secure-channels" type="secureChannelsType"/>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="securedType">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines a security interceptor.
+			</xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:attribute name="receive-access" type="xsd:string"/>
+		<xsd:attribute name="send-access" type="xsd:string"/>
+		<xsd:attribute name="access-decision-manager" type="xsd:string"/>
+		<xsd:attribute name="propagate" type="xsd:boolean" default="true"/>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="secureChannelsType">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines a bean post processor which propagates the security context.
+			</xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:attribute name="propagate" type="xsd:boolean" default="true"/>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
 </xsd:schema>
\ No newline at end of file