diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
index 256e5250ce..3f969ee89b 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ public class JmsSendingMessageHandler extends AbstractJmsTemplateBasedAdapter im
 	private volatile int order = Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE;
 
 
+	public JmsSendingMessageHandler(JmsTemplate jmsTemplate) {
+		super(jmsTemplate);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * No-arg constructor provided for convenience when configuring with
+	 * setters. Note that the initialization callback will validate.
+	 */
+	public JmsSendingMessageHandler() {
+		super();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether the payload should be extracted from each Spring
 	 * Integration Message to be converted to the body of a JMS Message.
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index 2ad29ffd3e..2d4da98a7f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutboundChannelAdap
 				throw new BeanCreationException("When providing a 'jms-template' reference, none of " +
 						"'connection-factory', 'destination', or 'destination-name' should be provided.");
 			}
-			builder.addPropertyReference(JmsAdapterParserUtils.JMS_TEMPLATE_PROPERTY, jmsTemplate);
+			builder.addConstructorArgReference(jmsTemplate);
 		}
 		else if (hasDestinationRef ^ hasDestinationName) {
 			builder.addPropertyReference(JmsAdapterParserUtils.CONNECTION_FACTORY_PROPERTY,
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index b9b142d0e2..912c02f04e 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
 import org.springframework.integration.jms.JmsHeaderMapper;
+import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jms.support.converter.MessageConverter;
 
 /**
@@ -89,6 +90,17 @@ public class JmsOutboundChannelAdapterParserTests {
 		assertEquals(TestJmsHeaderMapper.class, headerMapper.getClass());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void adapterWithJmsTemplate() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"jmsOutboundWithJmsTemplate.xml", this.getClass());
+		EventDrivenConsumer endpoint = (EventDrivenConsumer) context.getBean("adapter");
+		DirectFieldAccessor handlerAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("handler"));
+		JmsTemplate jmsTemplate = (JmsTemplate) handlerAccessor.getPropertyValue("jmsTemplate");
+		assertNotNull(jmsTemplate);
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("template"), jmsTemplate);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void adapterWithMessageConverter() {
 		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsOutboundWithJmsTemplate.xml b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsOutboundWithJmsTemplate.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8356fcbdac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsOutboundWithJmsTemplate.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:integration="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:jms="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms"
+	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.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms/spring-integration-jms.xsd">
+
+	<integration:channel id="input"/>
+
+	<jms:outbound-channel-adapter id="adapter" channel="input" jms-template="template"/>
+
+	<bean id="template" class="org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate">
+		<property name="connectionFactory">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.jms.connection.SingleConnectionFactory">
+				<constructor-arg>
+					<bean class="org.springframework.integration.jms.StubConnection">
+						<constructor-arg value="target-test"/>
+					</bean>
+				</constructor-arg>
+			</bean>
+		</property>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>