diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainParser.java
index 43a0f8dd17..c663647ce3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainParser.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class ChainParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 		NodeList children = element.getChildNodes();
 		for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
 			Node child = children.item(i);
-			if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+			if (child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && !"poller".equals(child.getLocalName())) {
 				String childBeanName = this.parseChild((Element) child, parserContext, builder.getBeanDefinition());
 				handlerList.add(new RuntimeBeanReference(childBeanName));
 			}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests-context.xml
index 880aa84bd7..91425a9643 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests-context.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 	<channel id="filterInput"/>
 
+	<channel id="pollableInput">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
 	<channel id="output">
 		<queue/>
 	</channel>
@@ -30,6 +34,14 @@
 		<service-activator ref="testHandler"/>
 	</chain>
 
+	<chain input-channel="pollableInput" output-channel="output">
+		<poller>
+			<interval-trigger interval="10000"/>
+		</poller>
+		<filter ref="typeSelector"/>
+		<service-activator ref="testHandler"/>
+	</chain>
+
 	<beans:bean id="testHeaderValue" class="java.lang.Integer">
 		<beans:constructor-arg value="123"/>
 	</beans:bean>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests.java
index 42546fe8e3..699da0e4a4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/ChainParserTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ public class ChainParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 	@Qualifier("filterInput")
 	private MessageChannel filterInput;
 
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("pollableInput")
+	private MessageChannel pollableInput;
+
 	@Autowired
 	@Qualifier("headerEnricherInput")
 	private MessageChannel headerEnricherInput;
@@ -83,4 +87,13 @@ public class ChainParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 		assertEquals(123, reply.getHeaders().get("testRef"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void chainWithPollableInput() {	
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("test").build();
+		this.pollableInput.send(message);
+		Message<?> reply = this.output.receive(3000);
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("foo", reply.getPayload());
+	}
+
 }