diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitter.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitter.java
index 1c5adcfd3f..08c92274c4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitter.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class XPathMessageSplitter extends AbstractMessageSplitter {
 		List<Node> docList = new ArrayList<Node>(nodeList.size());
 		for (Node node : nodeList) {
 			Document doc = documentBuilder.newDocument();
-			doc.importNode(node, true);
+			doc.appendChild(doc.importNode(node, true));
 			docList.add(doc);
 		}
 		return docList;
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitterTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitterTests.java
index 11678a241d..53adb3157a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitterTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/splitter/XPathMessageSplitterTests.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public class XPathMessageSplitterTests {
 		assertEquals("Wrong number of messages", 3, docMessages.size());
 		for (Message<?> message : docMessages) {
 			assertTrue("unexpected payload type" + message.getPayload().getClass().getName(), message.getPayload() instanceof Document);
+			Document docPayload = (Document)message.getPayload();
+			assertEquals("Wrong root element name" ,"order", docPayload.getDocumentElement().getLocalName());
 		}
 	}