diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-binary.xml b/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-binary.xml
index 1a94550adb..4ab94b36a2 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-binary.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-binary.xml
@@ -27,4 +27,8 @@
 
 	<bean id="exclaimer" class="org.springframework.integration.samples.filecopy.Exclaimer"/>
 
+	<integration:poller id="poller" default="true">
+		<integration:interval-trigger interval="5000"/>
+	</integration:poller>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-text.xml b/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-text.xml
index 21c590f4e7..de4d4df358 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-text.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/filecopy/fileCopyDemo-text.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 
 	<file:inbound-channel-adapter id="filesIn"
 	                              directory="file:${java.io.tmpdir}/spring-integration-samples/input"
-	                              filename-pattern="[a-z]+.txt"/>
+	                              filename-pattern="[a-z]+.txt">
+		<integration:poller>
+			<integration:interval-trigger interval="5000"/>
+		</integration:poller>
+	</file:inbound-channel-adapter>
 
 	<file:file-to-string-transformer input-channel="filesIn" output-channel="strings"/>