diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/PublishSubscribeChannel.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/PublishSubscribeChannel.java
index 98630a6888..e07a9a0ee6 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/PublishSubscribeChannel.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/PublishSubscribeChannel.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public class PublishSubscribeChannel extends AbstractSubscribableChannel impleme
 
 	private volatile ErrorHandler errorHandler;
 
+	private volatile boolean applySequence;
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a PublishSubscribeChannel that will use a {@link TaskExecutor}
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ public class PublishSubscribeChannel extends AbstractSubscribableChannel impleme
 	}
 
 	public void setApplySequence(boolean applySequence) {
+		this.applySequence = applySequence;
 		this.getDispatcher().setApplySequence(applySequence);
 	}
 
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ public class PublishSubscribeChannel extends AbstractSubscribableChannel impleme
 				this.taskExecutor = new ErrorHandlingTaskExecutor(this.taskExecutor, this.errorHandler);
 			}
 			this.dispatcher = new BroadcastingDispatcher(this.taskExecutor);
+			this.dispatcher.setApplySequence(this.applySequence);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/PublishSubscribeChannelParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/PublishSubscribeChannelParserTests.java
index 9edefc9b89..9b2a80c6e4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/PublishSubscribeChannelParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/PublishSubscribeChannelParserTests.java
@@ -81,6 +81,25 @@ public class PublishSubscribeChannelParserTests {
 		assertEquals(context.getBean("pool"), innerExecutor);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void applySequenceEnabledWithTaskExecutor() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"publishSubscribeChannelParserTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		PublishSubscribeChannel channel = (PublishSubscribeChannel)
+				context.getBean("channelWithApplySequenceEnabledAndTaskExecutor");
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(channel);
+		BroadcastingDispatcher dispatcher = (BroadcastingDispatcher)
+				accessor.getPropertyValue("dispatcher");
+		DirectFieldAccessor dispatcherAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(dispatcher);
+		assertTrue((Boolean) dispatcherAccessor.getPropertyValue("applySequence"));
+		TaskExecutor executor = (TaskExecutor) dispatcherAccessor.getPropertyValue("taskExecutor");
+		assertNotNull(executor);
+		assertEquals(ErrorHandlingTaskExecutor.class, executor.getClass());
+		DirectFieldAccessor executorAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(executor);
+		TaskExecutor innerExecutor = (TaskExecutor) executorAccessor.getPropertyValue("taskExecutor");
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("pool"), innerExecutor);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void channelWithErrorHandler() {
 		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/publishSubscribeChannelParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/publishSubscribeChannelParserTests.xml
index 2d448e84b5..4ab0788254 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/publishSubscribeChannelParserTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/publishSubscribeChannelParserTests.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 	<publish-subscribe-channel id="channelWithTaskExecutor" task-executor="pool"/>
 
+	<publish-subscribe-channel id="channelWithApplySequenceEnabledAndTaskExecutor" apply-sequence="true" task-executor="pool"/>
+
 	<publish-subscribe-channel id="channelWithErrorHandler" error-handler="testErrorHandler"/>
 
 	<thread-pool-task-executor id="pool" max-size="1"/>