diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.0.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.0.xsd
index 20683d81d2..da67e18aef 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-4.0.xsd
@@ -1915,38 +1915,16 @@
 			<xsd:element name="expiration-date" type="referenceOrValueHeaderType">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation>
-					Shortcut to specify value for 'expirationDate' header (java.lang.Long)
+					Shortcut to specify a value for the 'expirationDate' header (java.lang.Long).
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:element>
-			<xsd:element name="priority">
+			<xsd:element name="priority"  type="referenceOrValueHeaderType">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation>
-						Shortcut to specify value for 'priority' header when using PriorityChannel
+						Shortcut to specify a value for the 'priority' header.
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
-				<xsd:complexType>
-					<xsd:attribute name="value">
-						<xsd:annotation>
-							<xsd:documentation>
-								Integer value identifying the value of the 'priority' header.
-							</xsd:documentation>
-						</xsd:annotation>
-					</xsd:attribute>
-					<xsd:attribute name="overwrite">
-						<xsd:annotation>
-							<xsd:documentation>
-								Boolean value to indicate whether this header value should overwrite
-								an existing header
-								value
-								for the same name.
-							</xsd:documentation>
-						</xsd:annotation>
-						<xsd:simpleType>
-							<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string" />
-						</xsd:simpleType>
-					</xsd:attribute>
-				</xsd:complexType>
 			</xsd:element>
 			<xsd:element name="header" type="userDefinedHeaderType">
 				<xsd:annotation>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests-context.xml
index 010849d5d8..172dd91ed7 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests-context.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
 		<priority value="42"/>
 	</header-enricher>
 
+	<header-enricher input-channel="priorityExpressionInput">
+		<priority expression="payload.priority"/>
+	</header-enricher>
+
 	<header-enricher input-channel="payloadExpressionInput">
 		<header name="testHeader" expression="payload.name + 'bar'"/>
 	</header-enricher>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests.java
index 25ee595346..1bdfdcc0f0 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -21,22 +21,25 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.IntegrationMessageHeaderAccessor;
-import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.transformer.MessageTransformationException;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.messaging.PollableChannel;
-import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
+import org.springframework.messaging.support.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
@@ -155,6 +158,15 @@ public class HeaderEnricherTests {
 		assertEquals(new Integer(42), new IntegrationMessageHeaderAccessor(result).getPriority());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void priorityExpression() {
+		MessagingTemplate template = new MessagingTemplate();
+		MessageChannel channel = context.getBean("priorityExpressionInput", MessageChannel.class);
+		Message<?> result = template.sendAndReceive(channel, new GenericMessage<Map<String, String>>(Collections.singletonMap("priority", "-10")));
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(new Integer(-10), new IntegrationMessageHeaderAccessor(result).getPriority());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void expressionUsingPayload() {
 		MessagingTemplate template = new MessagingTemplate();