diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java
index 53016439ad..adb11ce94a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractChannelParser.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractChannelParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(scopeAttr)) {
 			builder.setScope(scopeAttr);
 		}
+		beanDefinition.setSource(parserContext.extractSource(element));
 		return beanDefinition;
 	}