diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java
index 99842869da..4517ad8862 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceUtils.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Marius Bogoevici
  * @author Alex Peters
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  */
 public abstract class IntegrationNamespaceUtils {
 
@@ -189,7 +190,9 @@ public abstract class IntegrationNamespaceUtils {
 		if (childElements != null && childElements.size() == 1){
 			Element beanElement = childElements.get(0);
 			BeanDefinitionParserDelegate delegate = parserContext.getDelegate();
-			innerDefinition = delegate.parseBeanDefinitionElement(beanElement).getBeanDefinition();
+			BeanDefinitionHolder bdHolder = delegate.parseBeanDefinitionElement(beanElement);
+			bdHolder = delegate.decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(beanElement, bdHolder);
+			innerDefinition = bdHolder.getBeanDefinition();
 		}
 		
 		String ref = element.getAttribute(REF_ATTRIBUTE);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/PNamespaceTest-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/PNamespaceTest-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81f02dc9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/PNamespaceTest-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd"
+	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+	xmlns:si="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration">
+	
+	<si:channel id="input"/>
+	
+	<si:service-activator id="sa" input-channel="input" method="printWithPrefix">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.PNamespaceTest$TestBean" 
+																p:fname="paris" p:lname="hilton"/>
+	</si:service-activator>
+	
+	<si:splitter id="sp" input-channel="input" method="printWithPrefix">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.PNamespaceTest$TestBean" 
+																p:fname="paris" p:lname="hilton"/>
+	</si:splitter>
+	
+	<si:transformer id="tr" input-channel="input" method="printWithPrefix">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.PNamespaceTest$TestBean" 
+																p:fname="paris" p:lname="hilton"/>
+	</si:transformer>
+	
+	<si:router id="rt" input-channel="input" method="printWithPrefix">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.PNamespaceTest$TestBean" 
+																p:fname="paris" p:lname="hilton"/>
+	</si:router>
+</beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/PNamespaceTest.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/PNamespaceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82c2350277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/PNamespaceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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 junit.framework.Assert;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Validates the "p:namespace" is working for inner "bean" definition within SI components.
+ * 
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
+ * 
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class PNamespaceTest {
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("sa")
+	EventDrivenConsumer serviceActivator;
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("sp")
+	EventDrivenConsumer splitter;	
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("rt")
+	EventDrivenConsumer router;
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("tr")
+	EventDrivenConsumer transformer;
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testPNamespaceServiceActivator(){	
+		TestBean bean =  prepare(serviceActivator);
+
+		Assert.assertEquals("paris", bean.getFname());
+		Assert.assertEquals("hilton", bean.getLname());
+	}
+	@Test
+	public void testPNamespaceSplitter(){		
+		TestBean bean =  prepare(splitter);
+
+		Assert.assertEquals("paris", bean.getFname());
+		Assert.assertEquals("hilton", bean.getLname());
+	}
+	@Test
+	public void testPNamespaceRouter(){		
+		TestBean bean =  prepare(router);
+
+		Assert.assertEquals("paris", bean.getFname());
+		Assert.assertEquals("hilton", bean.getLname());
+	}
+	@Test
+	public void testPNamespaceTransformer(){		
+		TestBean bean =  prepare(transformer);
+
+		Assert.assertEquals("paris", bean.getFname());
+		Assert.assertEquals("hilton", bean.getLname());
+	}
+	
+	private TestBean prepare(EventDrivenConsumer edc){
+		DirectFieldAccessor saAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(serviceActivator);
+		Object handler =  saAccessor.getPropertyValue("handler");
+		DirectFieldAccessor hAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(handler);
+		Object invoker =  hAccessor.getPropertyValue("invoker");
+		DirectFieldAccessor iAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(invoker);
+		return  (TestBean) iAccessor.getPropertyValue("object");
+	}
+	
+	public interface InboundGateway{
+		public String echo();
+	}
+	
+	public static class TestBean{
+		private String fname;
+		private String lname;
+		public String getFname() {
+			return fname;
+		}
+		public void setFname(String fname) {
+			this.fname = fname;
+		}
+		public String getLname() {
+			return lname;
+		}
+		public void setLname(String lname) {
+			this.lname = lname;
+		}
+		
+		public String printWithPrefix(String prefix){
+			return prefix + fname + " " + lname;
+		}
+		public String toString(){
+			return fname + lname;
+		}
+	}
+
+}