diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParser.java
index a49ede4f44..c69f6981dd 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParser.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class DelayerParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The 'default-delay' attribute is required.", element);
 			return null;
 		}
-		builder.getBeanDefinition().getConstructorArgumentValues().addIndexedArgumentValue(0, defaultDelay);
+		builder.addConstructorArgValue(defaultDelay);
 		String scheduler = element.getAttribute("scheduler");
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(scheduler)) {
 			builder.addConstructorArgReference(scheduler);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
index b866f6e787..9353fbb495 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
@@ -597,6 +597,21 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="scheduler" type="xsd:string">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+	Provide a reference to the ScheduledExecutorService instance to which this endpoint should
+	delegate when scheduling the sending of delayed Messages. If not provided, the default
+	will use a thread pool of size 1.
+							</xsd:documentation>
+							<xsd:appinfo>
+								<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+									<tool:expected-type
+											type="java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService" />
+								</tool:annotation>
+							</xsd:appinfo>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 					<xsd:attribute name="send-timeout" type="xsd:string">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests-context.xml
index f4a4ef1ad7..a3afc15a29 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests-context.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<queue />
 	</channel>
 
-	<delayer id="delayer"
+	<delayer id="delayerWithDefaultScheduler"
 			 input-channel="input"
 			 output-channel="output"
 			 default-delay="1234"
@@ -22,4 +22,14 @@
 			 send-timeout="987"
 			 wait-for-tasks-to-complete-on-shutdown="true"/>
 
+	<delayer id="delayerWithCustomScheduler"
+			 input-channel="input"
+			 output-channel="output"
+			 default-delay="0"
+			 scheduler="testScheduler"/>
+
+	<beans:bean id="testScheduler" class="org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorFactoryBean">
+		<beans:property name="poolSize" value="7"/>
+	</beans:bean>
+
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests.java
index b71536d668..83c41fb4bd 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/DelayerParserTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.DelayHandler;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ public class DelayerParserTests {
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void checkConfiguration() {
-		Object endpoint = context.getBean("delayer");
+	public void defaultScheduler() {
+		Object endpoint = context.getBean("delayerWithDefaultScheduler");
 		assertEquals(EventDrivenConsumer.class, endpoint.getClass());
 		Object handler = new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("handler");
 		assertEquals(DelayHandler.class, handler.getClass());
@@ -58,4 +59,19 @@ public class DelayerParserTests {
 		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, accessor.getPropertyValue("waitForTasksToCompleteOnShutdown"));
 	}
 
+
+	@Test
+	public void customScheduler() {
+		Object endpoint = context.getBean("delayerWithCustomScheduler");
+		assertEquals(EventDrivenConsumer.class, endpoint.getClass());
+		Object handler = new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("handler");
+		assertEquals(DelayHandler.class, handler.getClass());
+		DelayHandler delayHandler = (DelayHandler) handler;
+		assertEquals(Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE, delayHandler.getOrder());
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(delayHandler);
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("output"), accessor.getPropertyValue("outputChannel"));
+		assertEquals(new Long(0), accessor.getPropertyValue("defaultDelay"));
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("testScheduler"), accessor.getPropertyValue("scheduler"));
+	}
+
 }