diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChannelInterceptorParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChannelInterceptorParser.java
index 1979fd22d7..63fde33198 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChannelInterceptorParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChannelInterceptorParser.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +57,9 @@ public class ChannelInterceptorParser {
 				Element childElement = (Element) child;
 				String localName = child.getLocalName();
 				if ("bean".equals(localName)) {
-					BeanDefinitionHolder holder = parserContext.getDelegate().parseBeanDefinitionElement(childElement);
+					BeanDefinitionParserDelegate delegate = parserContext.getDelegate();
+					BeanDefinitionHolder holder = delegate.parseBeanDefinitionElement(childElement);
+					holder = delegate.decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(childElement, holder);
 					parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(holder));
 					interceptors.add(new RuntimeBeanReference(holder.getBeanName()));
 				}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31779426fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?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-3.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.0.xsd"
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p">
+
+
+	<int:channel id="input">
+		<int:interceptors>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.integration.channel.interceptor.ChannelInterceptorTests$PreSendReturnsMessageInterceptor" 
+				  p:foo="foo"/>
+		</int:interceptors>
+	</int:channel>
+</beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests.java
index 4a4d447f80..90ed7693e5 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/interceptor/ChannelInterceptorTests.java
@@ -22,16 +22,23 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.AbstractMessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.interceptor.GlobalChannelInterceptorTests.SampleInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -151,9 +158,23 @@ public class ChannelInterceptorTests {
 		assertEquals(2, invokedCount.get());
 		assertEquals(1, messageCount.get());
 	}
+	@Test
+	public void testInterceptorBeanWithPnamespace(){
+		ApplicationContext ac = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("ChannelInterceptorTests-context.xml", ChannelInterceptorTests.class);
+		AbstractMessageChannel channel = ac.getBean("input", AbstractMessageChannel.class);
+		DirectFieldAccessor cAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(channel);
+		Object iList = cAccessor.getPropertyValue("interceptors");
+		DirectFieldAccessor iAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(iList);
+		List<PreSendReturnsMessageInterceptor> interceptoList = 
+					(List<PreSendReturnsMessageInterceptor>) iAccessor.getPropertyValue("interceptors");
+		String foo = interceptoList.get(0).getFoo();
+		assertTrue(StringUtils.hasText(foo));
+		assertEquals("foo", foo);
+	}
 
 
-	private static class PreSendReturnsMessageInterceptor extends ChannelInterceptorAdapter { 
+	public static class PreSendReturnsMessageInterceptor extends ChannelInterceptorAdapter { 
+		private String foo;
 
 		private static AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
 
@@ -164,6 +185,13 @@ public class ChannelInterceptorTests {
 					.setHeader(this.getClass().getSimpleName(), counter.incrementAndGet()).build();
 			return reply;
 		}
+		public String getFoo() {
+			return foo;
+		}
+
+		public void setFoo(String foo) {
+			this.foo = foo;
+		}
 	}