diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParser.java
index 7c9b905900..7ff0aeed12 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParser.java
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ public class WebServiceHandlerParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser
 				builder.addConstructorArgReference(sourceExtractorRef);
 			}
 		}
+		String requestCallbackRef = element.getAttribute("request-callback");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(requestCallbackRef)) {
+			builder.addPropertyReference("requestCallback", requestCallbackRef);
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd
index 421e68ce4e..a2113a1041 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 			<xsd:attribute name="marshaller" type="xsd:string"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="unmarshaller" type="xsd:string"/>			
 			<xsd:attribute name="source-extractor" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="request-callback" type="xsd:string"/>
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/StubWebServiceMessageCallback.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/StubWebServiceMessageCallback.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9113412783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/StubWebServiceMessageCallback.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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.ws.config;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
+
+import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceMessageCallback;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class StubWebServiceMessageCallback implements WebServiceMessageCallback {
+
+    public void doWithMessage(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException, TransformerException {
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java
index 34582569fa..afc03b69c7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.ws.handler.SimpleWebServiceHandler;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
 import org.springframework.ws.client.core.SourceExtractor;
+import org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceMessageCallback;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -56,6 +57,17 @@ public class WebServiceHandlerParserTests {
 		assertEquals(sourceExtractor, accessor.getPropertyValue("sourceExtractor"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testSimpleWebServiceHandlerWithCustomRequestCallback() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageHandler handler = (MessageHandler) context.getBean("handlerWithCustomRequestCallback");
+		assertEquals(SimpleWebServiceHandler.class, handler.getClass());
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(handler);
+		WebServiceMessageCallback callback = (WebServiceMessageCallback) context.getBean("requestCallback");
+		assertEquals(callback, accessor.getPropertyValue("requestCallback"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testWebServiceHandlerWithAllInOneMarshaller() {
 		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
@@ -71,7 +83,7 @@ public class WebServiceHandlerParserTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testWebServiceTargetAdapterWithSeparateMarshallerAndUnmarshaller() {
+	public void testWebServiceHandlerWithSeparateMarshallerAndUnmarshaller() {
 		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
 				"marshallingWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml", this.getClass());
 		MessageHandler handler = (MessageHandler) context.getBean("handlerWithSeparateMarshallerAndUnmarshaller");
@@ -85,4 +97,15 @@ public class WebServiceHandlerParserTests {
 		assertEquals(unmarshaller, templateAccessor.getPropertyValue("unmarshaller"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testMarshallingWebServiceHandlerWithCustomRequestCallback() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"marshallingWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageHandler handler = (MessageHandler) context.getBean("handlerWithCustomRequestCallback");
+		assertEquals(MarshallingWebServiceHandler.class, handler.getClass());
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(handler);
+		WebServiceMessageCallback callback = (WebServiceMessageCallback) context.getBean("requestCallback");
+		assertEquals(callback, accessor.getPropertyValue("requestCallback"));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/marshallingWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/marshallingWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
index 3d25f733b3..1bac1d75cc 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/marshallingWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/marshallingWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@
 	               marshaller="marshallerAndUnmarshaller"/>
 
 	<si:ws-handler id="handlerWithSeparateMarshallerAndUnmarshaller"
-	              uri="http://example.org"
-	              marshaller="marshaller"
-	              unmarshaller="unmarshaller"/>
+	               uri="http://example.org"
+	               marshaller="marshaller"
+	               unmarshaller="unmarshaller"/>
+
+	<si:ws-handler id="handlerWithCustomRequestCallback"
+	               uri="http://example.org"
+	               marshaller="marshallerAndUnmarshaller"
+	               request-callback="requestCallback"/>
 
 	<bean id="marshallerAndUnmarshaller" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.StubMarshallerAndUnmarshaller"/>
 
@@ -22,4 +27,6 @@
 
 	<bean id="unmarshaller" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.StubUnmarshaller"/>
 
+	<bean id="requestCallback" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.StubWebServiceMessageCallback"/>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
index 5ee5dffd9c..1513252654 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 	               uri="http://example.org"
 	               source-extractor="sourceExtractor"/>
 
+	<si:ws-handler id="handlerWithCustomRequestCallback"
+	               uri="http://example.org"
+	               request-callback="requestCallback"/>
+
 	<bean id="sourceExtractor" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.StubSourceExtractor"/>
 
+	<bean id="requestCallback" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.StubWebServiceMessageCallback"/>
+
 </beans>