diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
index c7d036b384..d7fb7a64b8 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ endpoint itself is a Polling Consumer for a channel with a queue.
 			<xsd:element name="json-to-object-transformer" type="json-to-object-transformer-type" />
 			<xsd:element name="claim-check-in" type="claimCheckTransformerType" />
 			<xsd:element name="claim-check-out" type="claimCheckTransformerType" />
+			<xsd:element name="control-bus" type="control-bus-type" />
 			<xsd:element name="chain" type="chain-type" />
 		</xsd:choice>
 	</xsd:complexType>
@@ -2883,6 +2884,19 @@ The list of component name patterns you want to track (e.g.,  tracked-components
 	</xsd:element>
 
 	<xsd:element name="control-bus">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:complexContent>
+				<xsd:extension base="control-bus-type">
+					<xsd:all minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+						<xsd:element name="poller" type="basePollerType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+					</xsd:all>
+					<xsd:attributeGroup ref="inputOutputChannelGroup" />
+				</xsd:extension>
+			</xsd:complexContent>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="control-bus-type">
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
 				Control bus that accepts messages in the form of SpEL expressions. The expressions should be provided
@@ -2894,13 +2908,7 @@ The list of component name patterns you want to track (e.g.,  tracked-components
 				   3) get/set or shutdown methods on configurable TaskExecutors or TaskSchedulers 
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 		</xsd:annotation>
-		<xsd:complexType>
-			<xsd:all minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
-				<xsd:element name="poller" type="basePollerType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
-			</xsd:all>
-			<xsd:attributeGroup ref="inputOutputChannelGroup" />
-		</xsd:complexType>
-	</xsd:element>
+	</xsd:complexType>
 
 	<xsd:attributeGroup name="inputOutputChannelGroup">
 		<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID" />
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusChainTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusChainTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a23346eeed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusChainTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:groovy="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/groovy"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<channel id="output">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<chain input-channel="input" output-channel="output">
+		<control-bus/>
+	</chain>
+
+	<beans:bean id="service" class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.ControlBusChainTests$Service" />
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusChainTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusChainTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5cf59893a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusChainTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * 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.config.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.integration.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
+import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedOperation;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class ControlBusChainTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel input;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel output;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultEvaluationContext() {
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("@service.convert('aardvark')+headers.foo").setHeader("foo", "bar").build();
+		this.input.send(message);
+		assertEquals("catbar", output.receive(0).getPayload());
+		assertNull(output.receive(0));
+	}
+
+
+	public static class Service {
+
+		@ManagedOperation
+		public String convert(String input) {
+			return "cat";
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public static class AdapterService {
+		public Message<String> receive() {
+			return new GenericMessage<String>(new Date().toString());
+		}
+	}
+
+}