diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/spring-integration-amqp-2.1.xsd b/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/spring-integration-amqp-2.1.xsd
index c6726ff496..bd1e530ccb 100644
--- a/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/spring-integration-amqp-2.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/spring-integration-amqp-2.1.xsd
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" />
 	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool" />
-	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration" />
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+			schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.1.xsd"/>
 
 	<xsd:element name="outbound-channel-adapter">
 		<xsd:annotation>
@@ -278,6 +279,15 @@
 	Base type for 'channel' and 'publish-subscribe-channel'.
 			</xsd:documentation>
 		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:element name="interceptors" type="integration:channelInterceptorsType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	A list of ChannelInterceptor instances to be applied to this channel.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
 		<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="required">
 			<xsd:annotation>
 				<xsd:documentation>
diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/StubRabbitConnectionFactory.java b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/StubRabbitConnectionFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1b3193daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/StubRabbitConnectionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.integration.amqp;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.amqp.AmqpException;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.Connection;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.ConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.connection.ConnectionListener;
+
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.ConfirmListener;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Consumer;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.FlowListener;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.GetResponse;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.Method;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.ReturnListener;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownListener;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownSignalException;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.BasicProperties;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Basic.RecoverOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Channel.FlowOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Confirm.SelectOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Exchange.BindOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Exchange.DeclareOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Exchange.DeleteOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Exchange.UnbindOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.PurgeOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Tx.CommitOk;
+import com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Tx.RollbackOk;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.1
+ */
+public class StubRabbitConnectionFactory implements ConnectionFactory {
+
+	public Connection createConnection() throws AmqpException {
+		return new StubConnection();
+	}
+
+	public String getHost() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public int getPort() {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	public String getVirtualHost() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public void addConnectionListener(ConnectionListener listener) {
+	}
+
+
+	private static class StubConnection implements Connection {
+
+		public Channel createChannel(boolean transactional) throws AmqpException {
+			return new StubChannel();
+		}
+
+		public void close() throws AmqpException {
+		}
+
+		public boolean isOpen() {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private static class StubChannel implements Channel {
+
+		public void addShutdownListener(ShutdownListener listener) {
+		}
+
+		public void removeShutdownListener(ShutdownListener listener) {
+		}
+
+		public ShutdownSignalException getCloseReason() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void notifyListeners() {
+		}
+
+		public boolean isOpen() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		public int getChannelNumber() {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.Connection getConnection() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void close() throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void close(int closeCode, String closeMessage) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public FlowOk flow(boolean active) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public FlowOk getFlow() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void abort() throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void abort(int closeCode, String closeMessage) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public ReturnListener getReturnListener() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void setReturnListener(ReturnListener listener) {
+		}
+
+		public FlowListener getFlowListener() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void setFlowListener(FlowListener listener) {
+		}
+
+		public ConfirmListener getConfirmListener() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void setConfirmListener(ConfirmListener listener) {
+		}
+
+		public Consumer getDefaultConsumer() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void setDefaultConsumer(Consumer consumer) {
+		}
+
+		public void basicQos(int prefetchSize, int prefetchCount, boolean global) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void basicQos(int prefetchCount) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void basicPublish(String exchange, String routingKey,
+				BasicProperties props, byte[] body) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void basicPublish(String exchange, String routingKey,
+				boolean mandatory, boolean immediate, BasicProperties props,
+				byte[] body) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public DeclareOk exchangeDeclare(String exchange, String type) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public DeclareOk exchangeDeclare(String exchange, String type,
+				boolean durable) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public DeclareOk exchangeDeclare(String exchange, String type,
+				boolean durable, boolean autoDelete,
+				Map<String, Object> arguments) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public DeclareOk exchangeDeclare(String exchange, String type,
+				boolean durable, boolean autoDelete, boolean internal,
+				Map<String, Object> arguments) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public DeclareOk exchangeDeclarePassive(String name) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public DeleteOk exchangeDelete(String exchange, boolean ifUnused) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public DeleteOk exchangeDelete(String exchange) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public BindOk exchangeBind(String destination, String source,
+				String routingKey) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public BindOk exchangeBind(String destination, String source,
+				String routingKey, Map<String, Object> arguments)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public UnbindOk exchangeUnbind(String destination, String source,
+				String routingKey) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public UnbindOk exchangeUnbind(String destination, String source,
+				String routingKey, Map<String, Object> arguments)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.DeclareOk queueDeclare() throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.DeclareOk queueDeclare(
+				String queue, boolean durable, boolean exclusive,
+				boolean autoDelete, Map<String, Object> arguments)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.DeclareOk queueDeclarePassive(
+				String queue) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.DeleteOk queueDelete(String queue) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.DeleteOk queueDelete(
+				String queue, boolean ifUnused, boolean ifEmpty)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.BindOk queueBind(String queue,
+				String exchange, String routingKey) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.BindOk queueBind(String queue,
+				String exchange, String routingKey,
+				Map<String, Object> arguments) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.UnbindOk queueUnbind(
+				String queue, String exchange, String routingKey)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Queue.UnbindOk queueUnbind(
+				String queue, String exchange, String routingKey,
+				Map<String, Object> arguments) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public PurgeOk queuePurge(String queue) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public GetResponse basicGet(String queue, boolean autoAck) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void basicAck(long deliveryTag, boolean multiple) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void basicNack(long deliveryTag, boolean multiple, boolean requeue) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public void basicReject(long deliveryTag, boolean requeue) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public String basicConsume(String queue, Consumer callback) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public String basicConsume(String queue, boolean autoAck, Consumer callback) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public String basicConsume(String queue, boolean autoAck,
+				String consumerTag, Consumer callback) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public String basicConsume(String queue, boolean autoAck,
+				String consumerTag, boolean noLocal, boolean exclusive,
+				Map<String, Object> arguments, Consumer callback)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void basicCancel(String consumerTag) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public RecoverOk basicRecover() throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public RecoverOk basicRecover(boolean requeue) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void basicRecoverAsync(boolean requeue) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public com.rabbitmq.client.AMQP.Tx.SelectOk txSelect() throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public CommitOk txCommit() throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public RollbackOk txRollback() throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public SelectOk confirmSelect() throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public long getNextPublishSeqNo() {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		public void asyncRpc(Method method) throws IOException {
+		}
+
+		public Method rpc(Method method) throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/AmqpChannelParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/AmqpChannelParserTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..310b6a5320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/AmqpChannelParserTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?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:amqp="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/amqp"
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:rabbit="http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/amqp http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/amqp/spring-integration-amqp.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit/spring-rabbit.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<amqp:channel id="channelWithInterceptor">
+		<amqp:interceptors>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.integration.amqp.config.AmqpChannelParserTests$TestInterceptor"/>
+		</amqp:interceptors>
+	</amqp:channel>
+
+	<bean id="rabbitConnectionFactory" class="org.springframework.integration.amqp.StubRabbitConnectionFactory"/>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/AmqpChannelParserTests.java b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/AmqpChannelParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c8c7cca2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/config/AmqpChannelParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.integration.amqp.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.interceptor.ChannelInterceptorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.1
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class AmqpChannelParserTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ApplicationContext context;
+
+	@Test
+	public void interceptor() {
+		MessageChannel channel = context.getBean("channelWithInterceptor", MessageChannel.class);
+		List<?> interceptorList = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(channel, "interceptors.interceptors", List.class);
+		assertEquals(1, interceptorList.size());
+		assertEquals(TestInterceptor.class, interceptorList.get(0).getClass());
+	}
+
+
+	private static class TestInterceptor extends ChannelInterceptorAdapter {
+	}
+
+}