diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter.java b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter.java
index 2a1fa17ac7..0498836815 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.jms;
 
 import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.DeliveryMode;
 import javax.jms.Destination;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
@@ -41,6 +42,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter implements InitializingBea
 
 	private volatile DestinationResolver destinationResolver;
 
+	private volatile int deliveryMode = javax.jms.Message.DEFAULT_DELIVERY_MODE;
+
+	private volatile long timeToLive = javax.jms.Message.DEFAULT_TIME_TO_LIVE;
+
+	private volatile int priority = javax.jms.Message.DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
+
+	private volatile boolean explicitQosEnabled;
+
 	private volatile JmsTemplate jmsTemplate;
 
 	private volatile JmsHeaderMapper headerMapper;
@@ -100,6 +109,42 @@ public abstract class AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter implements InitializingBea
 		this.headerMapper = headerMapper;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see JmsTemplate#setExplicitQosEnabled(boolean)
+	 */
+	public void setExplicitQosEnabled(boolean explicitQosEnabled) {
+		this.explicitQosEnabled = explicitQosEnabled;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see JmsTemplate#setTimeToLive(long)
+	 */
+	public void setTimeToLive(long timeToLive) {
+		this.timeToLive = timeToLive;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see JmsTemplate#setDeliveryMode(int)
+	 */
+	public void setDeliveryMode(int deliveryMode) {
+		this.deliveryMode = deliveryMode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see JmsTemplate#setDeliveryPersistent(boolean)
+	 */
+	public void setDeliveryPersistent(boolean deliveryPersistent) {
+		this.deliveryMode = deliveryPersistent ?
+				DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT : DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see JmsTemplate#setPriority(int)
+	 */
+	public void setPriority(int priority) {
+		this.priority = priority;
+	}
+
 	protected JmsTemplate getJmsTemplate() {
 		if (this.jmsTemplate == null) {
 			this.afterPropertiesSet();
@@ -119,6 +164,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter implements InitializingBea
 						+ " 'destination' (or 'destination-name') are required.");
 				this.jmsTemplate = this.createDefaultJmsTemplate();
 			}
+			this.jmsTemplate.setExplicitQosEnabled(this.explicitQosEnabled);
+			this.jmsTemplate.setTimeToLive(this.timeToLive);
+			this.jmsTemplate.setPriority(this.priority);
+			this.jmsTemplate.setDeliveryMode(this.deliveryMode);
 			this.configureMessageConverter(this.jmsTemplate, this.headerMapper);
 			this.initialized = true;
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java
index 2f6d339e04..aa7edf2298 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public class JmsOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 
 	private volatile int priority = javax.jms.Message.DEFAULT_PRIORITY;
 
+	private volatile boolean explicitQosEnabled;
+
 	private ConnectionFactory connectionFactory;
 
 	private volatile MessageConverter messageConverter;
@@ -181,6 +183,14 @@ public class JmsOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 		this.timeToLive = timeToLive;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify whether explicit QoS settings are enabled
+	 * (deliveryMode, priority, and timeToLive).
+	 */
+	public void setExplicitQosEnabled(boolean explicitQosEnabled) {
+		this.explicitQosEnabled = explicitQosEnabled;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Provide a {@link MessageConverter} strategy to use for converting the
 	 * Spring Integration request Message into a JMS Message and for converting
@@ -312,13 +322,16 @@ public class JmsOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 			session = createSession(connection);
 			javax.jms.Message jmsRequest = this.messageConverter.toMessage(requestMessage, session);
 			messageProducer = session.createProducer(this.getRequestDestination(session));
-			messageProducer.setDeliveryMode(this.deliveryMode);
-			messageProducer.setPriority(this.priority);
-			messageProducer.setTimeToLive(this.timeToLive);
 			replyTo = this.getReplyDestination(session);
 			jmsRequest.setJMSReplyTo(replyTo);
 			connection.start();
-			messageProducer.send(jmsRequest);
+			if (this.explicitQosEnabled) {
+				messageProducer.send(jmsRequest,
+						this.deliveryMode, this.priority, this.timeToLive);
+			}
+			else {
+				messageProducer.send(jmsRequest);
+			}
 			if (replyTo instanceof TemporaryQueue || replyTo instanceof TemporaryTopic) {
 				messageConsumer = session.createConsumer(replyTo);
 			}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
index cb0f45f901..256e5250ce 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index fd7d33eb25..f50c65565b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ public class JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutboundChannelAdap
 			builder.addPropertyReference(JmsAdapterParserUtils.HEADER_MAPPER_PROPERTY, headerMapper);
 		}
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "extract-payload");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "time-to-live");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "priority");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "delivery-persistent");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "explicit-qos-enabled");
 		return builder.getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java
index dc6515b2f4..c620af08e6 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class JmsOutboundGatewayParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "delivery-mode");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "time-to-live");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "priority");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "explicit-qos-enabled");
 		return builder;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd
index e38d2621e7..0c1862b8c2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@
 			<xsd:attribute name="delivery-mode" type="xsd:string"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="time-to-live" type="xsd:string"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="priority" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="explicit-qos-enabled" type="xsd:string"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="auto-startup" type="xsd:string" default="true"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="order" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
@@ -701,6 +702,18 @@
 							</xsd:appinfo>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="delivery-persistent" type="xsd:string">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+	Specify a boolean value indicating whether the delivery mode should be
+	DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT (true) or DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT (false).
+	This setting will only take effect if 'explicit-qos-enabled' is true.
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="time-to-live" type="xsd:string"/>
+					<xsd:attribute name="priority" type="xsd:string"/>
+					<xsd:attribute name="explicit-qos-enabled" type="xsd:string"/>
 					<xsd:attribute name="order" type="xsd:string">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index 11900e3f9d..c805b47661 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import javax.jms.DeliveryMode;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
@@ -97,4 +99,29 @@ public class JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void adapterWithQosSettings() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"jmsOutboundWithQos.xml", this.getClass());
+		EventDrivenConsumer endpoint = context.getBean("qosAdapter", EventDrivenConsumer.class);
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(
+				new DirectFieldAccessor(new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("handler"))
+						.getPropertyValue("jmsTemplate"));
+		assertEquals(true, accessor.getPropertyValue("explicitQosEnabled"));
+		assertEquals(12345L, accessor.getPropertyValue("timeToLive"));
+		assertEquals(7, accessor.getPropertyValue("priority"));
+		assertEquals(DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT, accessor.getPropertyValue("deliveryMode"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void qosNotExplicitByDefault() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"jmsOutboundWithQos.xml", this.getClass());
+		EventDrivenConsumer endpoint = context.getBean("defaultAdapter", EventDrivenConsumer.class);
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(
+				new DirectFieldAccessor(new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("handler"))
+						.getPropertyValue("jmsTemplate"));
+		assertEquals(false, accessor.getPropertyValue("explicitQosEnabled"));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsOutboundWithQos.xml b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsOutboundWithQos.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abf44eb27b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsOutboundWithQos.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?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:integration="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:jms="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms/spring-integration-jms.xsd">
+
+	<integration:channel id="input"/>
+
+	<jms:outbound-channel-adapter id="qosAdapter"
+			channel="input" destination="testDestination" explicit-qos-enabled="true"
+			time-to-live="12345" priority="7" delivery-persistent="false"/>
+
+	<jms:outbound-channel-adapter id="defaultAdapter"
+			channel="input" destination="testDestination"/>
+
+	<bean id="connectionFactory" class="org.springframework.jms.connection.SingleConnectionFactory">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.integration.jms.StubConnection">
+				<constructor-arg value="target-test"/>
+			</bean>
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="testDestination" class="org.springframework.integration.jms.StubDestination"/>
+
+</beans>