diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.1.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.1.xsd
index a6dd4c7fb4..73f8e537c3 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.1.xsd
@@ -3322,7 +3322,9 @@
 						<xsd:documentation>
 							Set this flag to false to prevent adding sequence related headers in this splitter.
 							This can be convenient in cases where the set sequence numbers conflict with downstream
-							custom aggregations.
+							custom aggregations. When true, existing correlation and sequence related headers
+							are pushed onto a stack; downstream components, such as aggregators may pop
+							the stack to revert the existing headers after aggregation. Default is 'true'.
 						</xsd:documentation>
 					</xsd:annotation>
 				</xsd:attribute>
diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathMessageSplitterParser.java b/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathMessageSplitterParser.java
index 3adcc9eb17..f5ca2653cc 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathMessageSplitterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathMessageSplitterParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Jonas Partner
+ * @author Artem Bilan
  */
 public class XPathMessageSplitterParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public class XPathMessageSplitterParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 		}
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "doc-builder-factory", "documentBuilder");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "create-documents");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "apply-sequence");
 		return builder;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-4.1.xsd b/spring-integration-xml/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-4.1.xsd
index 07149ab7c4..05e39c7a3a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xml/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-4.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-4.1.xsd
@@ -742,7 +742,31 @@
 							</xsd:appinfo>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
-					<xsd:attribute name="create-documents" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
+					<xsd:attribute name="create-documents" use="optional" default="false">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+								Set this flag to 'true' to convert each resuling Node to a Document
+								before sending replies from this splitter. Default is 'false'
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:simpleType>
+							<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string" />
+						</xsd:simpleType>
+					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="apply-sequence" use="optional" default="true">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+								Set this flag to false to prevent adding sequence related headers in this splitter.
+								This can be convenient in cases where the set sequence numbers conflict with downstream
+								custom aggregations. When true, existing correlation and sequence related headers
+								are pushed onto a stack; downstream components, such as aggregators may pop
+								the stack to revert the existing headers after aggregation. Default is 'true'.
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:simpleType>
+							<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string" />
+						</xsd:simpleType>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathSplitterParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathSplitterParserTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04b69aaa50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathSplitterParserTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/xml"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:si="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	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/xml
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/xml/spring-integration-xml.xsd">
+
+	<si:channel id="output">
+		<si:queue/>
+	</si:channel>
+
+	<xpath-splitter id="xpathSplitter" input-channel="input" apply-sequence="false" create-documents="true">
+		<xpath-expression expression="/orders/order"/>
+	</xpath-splitter>
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathSplitterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathSplitterParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49f6e15f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XPathSplitterParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.xml.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Artem Bilan
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class XPathSplitterParserTests {
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("xpathSplitter.handler")
+	private MessageHandler xpathSplitter;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testXpathSplitterConfig() {
+		assertTrue(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(this.xpathSplitter, "createDocuments", Boolean.class));
+		assertFalse(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(this.xpathSplitter, "applySequence", Boolean.class));
+		assertEquals("/orders/order",
+				TestUtils.getPropertyValue(this.xpathSplitter,
+						"xpathExpression.xpathExpression.xpath.m_patternString",
+						String.class));
+	}
+
+}