diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests-context.xml
index 99b38387b9..3e9fe45bb5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests-context.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 
 	<service-activator input-channel="beanInvocationResultInput" expression="payload.concat(@testBean.caps('foo'))"/>
 
+	<service-activator input-channel="multipleLiteralArgsInput" expression="@testBean.concat('foo', 'bar')"/>
+
+	<service-activator input-channel="multipleArgsFromPayloadInput" expression="@testBean.concat(payload.firstName, payload.lastName)"/>
+
 	<beans:bean id="testBean" class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.ServiceActivatorParserTests$TestBean"/>
 
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests.java
index c450a23681..1067a8ae3a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ServiceActivatorParserTests.java
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ public class ServiceActivatorParserTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private MessageChannel beanInvocationResultInput;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel multipleLiteralArgsInput;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel multipleArgsFromPayloadInput;
+
 
 	@Test
 	public void literalExpression() {
@@ -72,6 +78,18 @@ public class ServiceActivatorParserTests {
 		assertEquals("helloFOO", result);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void multipleLiteralArgs() {
+		Object result = this.sendAndReceive(multipleLiteralArgsInput, "hello");
+		assertEquals("foobar", result);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void multipleArgsFromPayload() {
+		Object result = this.sendAndReceive(multipleArgsFromPayloadInput, new TestPerson("John", "Doe"));
+		assertEquals("JohnDoe", result);
+	}
+
 
 	private Object sendAndReceive(MessageChannel channel, Object payload) {
 		SimpleMessagingGateway gateway = new SimpleMessagingGateway();
@@ -86,6 +104,10 @@ public class ServiceActivatorParserTests {
 		public String caps(String s) {
 			return s.toUpperCase();
 		}
+
+		public String concat(String s1, String s2) {
+			return s1 + s2;
+		}
 	}
 
 
@@ -97,4 +119,26 @@ public class ServiceActivatorParserTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+	private static class TestPerson {
+
+		private String firstName;
+
+		private String lastName;
+
+		public TestPerson(String firstName, String lastName) {
+			this.firstName = firstName;
+			this.lastName = lastName;
+		}
+
+		public String getFirstName() {
+			return firstName;
+		}
+
+		public String getLastName() {
+			return lastName;
+		}
+	}
+
 }