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 5f0f85f241..cc038f0dc2 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
@@ -1753,10 +1753,13 @@ Name of the header whose value to use.
 	<xsd:complexType name="router-type">
 			<xsd:complexContent>
 				<xsd:extension base="channelNameResolvingRouterType">
-					<xsd:sequence>
+					<xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="2">
 						<xsd:element name="poller" type="innerPollerType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
-						<xsd:element ref="beans:bean" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
-					</xsd:sequence>
+						<xsd:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+							<xsd:element ref="beans:bean" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+							<xsd:any namespace="##other" processContents="strict" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+						</xsd:choice>
+					</xsd:choice>
 					<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:appinfo>