diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParser.java
index c0cd5f3c55..e6d26c5950 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParser.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.xml.result.DomResultFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.result.StringResultFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.transformer.XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
@@ -45,10 +46,15 @@ public class XmlMarshallingTransformerParser extends
 			ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		String resultFactory = element.getAttribute("result-factory");
 		String marshaller = element.getAttribute("marshaller");
+		String resultTransformer = element.getAttribute("result-transformer");
+		
 		Assert.hasText(marshaller, "the 'marshaller' attribute is required");
 		Assert.hasText(resultFactory,
 				"the 'result-factory' attribute is required");
 		builder.addConstructorArgReference(marshaller);
+		if(StringUtils.hasText(resultTransformer)){
+			builder.addConstructorArgReference(resultTransformer);
+		}
 
 		if (resultFactory.equals("DOMResult")) {
 			try {
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParser.java
index 514e2284a3..0a65f868ae 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParser.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformerParser extends AbstractPayloadTransformerPars
 	protected void parsePayloadTransformer(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		String xslResource = element.getAttribute("xsl-resource");
 		String xslTemplates = element.getAttribute("xsl-templates");
+		String resultTransformer = element.getAttribute("result-transformer");
+		
 		boolean bothHaveText = StringUtils.hasText(xslResource) && StringUtils.hasText(xslTemplates);
 		boolean oneHasText = StringUtils.hasText(xslResource) || StringUtils.hasText(xslTemplates);
 		Assert.state(!bothHaveText && oneHasText,
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformerParser extends AbstractPayloadTransformerPars
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(resultFactory)) {
 			builder.addPropertyReference("resultFactory", resultFactory);
 		}
+		
+		if(StringUtils.hasText(resultTransformer)){
+			builder.addConstructorArgReference(resultTransformer);
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-1.0.xsd
index 1014a9d517..1c7b60e2cb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/spring-integration-xml-1.0.xsd
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 					</xsd:restriction>
 				</xsd:simpleType>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="result-transformer" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 				use="optional" />
 			<xsd:attribute name="result-factory" type="xsd:string"
 				use="optional" />
+			<xsd:attribute name="result-transformer" type="xsd:string" use="optional" />
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/DomSourceFactory.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/DomSourceFactory.java
index 310613d29d..cdbda46930 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/DomSourceFactory.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/DomSourceFactory.java
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessagingException;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
-import org.springframework.integration.message.MessagingException;
-
 /**
  * {@link SourceFactory} implementation which supports creation of a
  * {@link DOMSource} from a {@link Document} or {@link String} payload.
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ public class DomSourceFactory implements SourceFactory {
 
 	private final DocumentBuilderFactory docBuilderFactory;
 
-
 	public DomSourceFactory() {
 		this.docBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
 	}
@@ -49,14 +47,19 @@ public class DomSourceFactory implements SourceFactory {
 
 
 	public Source createSource(Object payload) {
-		if (Document.class.isAssignableFrom(payload.getClass())) {
-			return createDomSourceForDocument((Document) payload);
+		Source source = null;
+		if (payload instanceof Document) {
+			source =  createDomSourceForDocument((Document) payload);
 		}
 		else if (payload instanceof String) {
-			return createDomSourceForString((String) payload);
+			source = createDomSourceForString((String) payload);
 		}
+		
+		if(source == null){
 		throw new MessagingException("Failed to create Source for payload type ["
 				+ payload.getClass().getName() + "]");
+		} 
+		return source;
 	}
 
 	protected DOMSource createDomSourceForDocument(Document document) {
@@ -66,11 +69,11 @@ public class DomSourceFactory implements SourceFactory {
 
 	protected DOMSource createDomSourceForString(String s) {
 		try {
-			Document doc = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new InputSource(new StringReader(s)));
+			Document doc = docBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(
+					new InputSource(new StringReader(s)));
 			DOMSource source = new DOMSource(doc.getDocumentElement());
 			return source;
-		}
-		catch (Exception e) {
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new MessagingException("Exception creating DOMSource", e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/SourceFactory.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/SourceFactory.java
index 9acf501a02..75a93e54de 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/SourceFactory.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/SourceFactory.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ import javax.xml.transform.Source;
  */
 public interface SourceFactory {
 
+	/**
+	 * Create appropriate {@link Source} instance for payload
+	 * @param payload
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	Source createSource(Object payload);
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/StringSourceFactory.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/StringSourceFactory.java
index e80395f961..bb544cefaf 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/StringSourceFactory.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/StringSourceFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
 /**
+ * {@link SourceFactory} implementation which supports creation of a
+ * {@link StringSource} from either a {@link Document} or {@link String} payload
  * 
  * @author Jonas Partner
- *
+ * 
  */
 public class StringSourceFactory implements SourceFactory {
 
@@ -43,14 +45,20 @@ public class StringSourceFactory implements SourceFactory {
 	}
 
 	public Source createSource(Object payload) {
-		if (Document.class.isAssignableFrom(payload.getClass())) {
-			return createStringSourceForDocument((Document) payload);
+		Source source = null;
+		if (payload instanceof Document) {
+			source = createStringSourceForDocument((Document) payload);
 		} else if (payload instanceof String) {
-			return new StringSource((String) payload);
+			source = new StringSource((String) payload);
 		}
-		throw new MessagingException(
-				"Failed to create Source for payload type ["
-						+ payload.getClass().getName() + "]");
+
+		if (source == null) {
+			throw new MessagingException(
+					"Failed to create Source for payload type ["
+							+ payload.getClass().getName() + "]");
+		}
+		return source;
+
 	}
 
 	protected StringSource createStringSourceForDocument(Document doc) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer.java
index de2853401b..b9159240a1 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer.java
@@ -35,19 +35,27 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Jonas Partner
  */
-public class XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer implements PayloadTransformer<Object, Object> {
+public class XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer implements
+		PayloadTransformer<Object, Object> {
 
 	private final Marshaller marshaller;
 
-	private ResultFactory resultFactory = new DomResultFactory();
+	private volatile ResultFactory resultFactory;
 
+	private final ResultTransformer resultTransformer;
 
-	public XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer(Marshaller marshaller) throws ParserConfigurationException {
+	public XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer(Marshaller marshaller,
+			ResultTransformer resultTransformer) throws ParserConfigurationException {
 		Assert.notNull(marshaller, "a marshaller is required");
 		this.marshaller = marshaller;
+		this.resultTransformer = resultTransformer;
 		resultFactory = new DomResultFactory();
 	}
 
+	public XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer(Marshaller marshaller)
+			throws ParserConfigurationException {
+		this(marshaller, null);
+	}
 
 	public void setResultFactory(ResultFactory resultFactory) {
 		Assert.notNull(resultFactory, "ResultFactory must not be null");
@@ -58,18 +66,22 @@ public class XmlPayloadMarshallingTransformer implements PayloadTransformer<Obje
 		Object transformedPayload = null;
 		Result result = this.resultFactory.createResult(payload);
 		if (result == null) {
-			throw new MessagingException("Unable to marshal payload, ResultFactory returned null.");
+			throw new MessagingException(
+					"Unable to marshal payload, ResultFactory returned null.");
 		}
 		try {
 			this.marshaller.marshal(payload, result);
 			transformedPayload = result;
-		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
+		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new MessagingException("Failed to marshal payload", e);
 		}
 		if (transformedPayload == null) {
 			throw new MessagingException("Failed to transform payload");
 		}
+		if(resultTransformer != null){
+			transformedPayload = resultTransformer.transformResult(result);
+		}
+
 		return transformedPayload;
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer.java
index 9df95e8c5a..5a19a3f30c 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer.java
@@ -19,43 +19,52 @@ package org.springframework.integration.xml.transformer;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessagingException;
 import org.springframework.integration.transformer.PayloadTransformer;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.source.DomSourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.source.SourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link PayloadTransformer} that delegates to an OXM
- * {@link Unmarshaller}. Expects the payload to be of type {@link Source} or to
- * have an instance of {@link SourceFactory} that can convert to a
- * {@link Source}.
+ * {@link Unmarshaller}. Expects the payload to be of type {@link Document},
+ * {@link String}, {@link Source} or to have an instance of
+ * {@link SourceFactory} that can convert to a {@link Source}. If
+ * alwaysUseSourceFactory is set to true then the {@link SourceFactory} will
+ * be used to create the {@link Source} regardless of payload type
+ * 
  * 
  * @author Jonas Partner
  */
-public class XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer implements PayloadTransformer<Object, Object> {
+public class XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer implements
+		PayloadTransformer<Object, Object> {
+
+	private volatile boolean alwaysUseSourceFactory = false;
 
 	private final Unmarshaller unmarshaller;
-
-	private SourceFactory sourceFactory = new DomSourceFactory();
-
+	
+	private volatile SourceFactory sourceFactory = new DomSourceFactory();
 
 	public XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer(Unmarshaller unmarshaller) {
 		this.unmarshaller = unmarshaller;
 	}
 
-
-	public void setSourceFactory(SourceFactory sourceFactory) {
-		this.sourceFactory = sourceFactory;
-	}
-
 	public Object transform(Object payload) {
 		Source source = null;
-		if (Source.class.isAssignableFrom(payload.getClass())) {
+		if (alwaysUseSourceFactory) {
+			source = sourceFactory.createSource(payload);
+		} else if (payload instanceof String) {
+			source = new StringSource((String) payload);
+		} else if (payload instanceof Document) {
+			source = new DOMSource((Document) payload);
+		} else if (payload instanceof Source) {
 			source = (Source) payload;
-		}
-		else if (this.sourceFactory != null) {
+		} else {
 			source = this.sourceFactory.createSource(payload);
 		}
 
@@ -66,10 +75,26 @@ public class XmlPayloadUnmarshallingTransformer implements PayloadTransformer<Ob
 
 		try {
 			return this.unmarshaller.unmarshal(source);
-		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
+		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new MessagingException("Failed to unamrshal payload", e);
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * If true always delegate to the {@link SourceFactory}
+	 * @param alwaysUseSourceFactory
+	 */
+	public void setAlwaysUseSourceFactory(boolean alwaysUseSourceFactory) {
+		this.alwaysUseSourceFactory = alwaysUseSourceFactory;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param sourceFactory
+	 */
+	public void setSourceFactory(SourceFactory sourceFactory) {
+		Assert.notNull(sourceFactory, "SourceFactory can not be null");
+		this.sourceFactory = sourceFactory;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java
index 6e97e7597c..b4cfe33f24 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.xml.result.DomResultFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.result.ResultFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.source.DomSourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.integration.xml.source.SourceFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringResult;
 import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
@@ -66,37 +67,37 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer implements
 
 	private final Templates templates;
 
-	private SourceFactory sourceFactory = new DomSourceFactory();
+	private final ResultTransformer resultTransformer;
 
-	private ResultFactory resultFactory = new DomResultFactory();
+	private volatile SourceFactory sourceFactory = new DomSourceFactory();
 
-	private boolean alwaysUseSourceResultFactories = false;
+	private volatile ResultFactory resultFactory = new DomResultFactory();
 
-	private ResultTransformer resultTransformer;
+	private volatile boolean alwaysUseSourceResultFactories = false;
 
 	public XsltPayloadTransformer(Templates templates)
 			throws ParserConfigurationException {
+		this(templates, null);
+	}
+
+	public XsltPayloadTransformer(Templates templates,
+			ResultTransformer resultTransformer)
+			throws ParserConfigurationException {
 		this.templates = templates;
-		resultFactory = new DomResultFactory();
+		this.resultTransformer = resultTransformer;
 	}
 
 	public XsltPayloadTransformer(Resource xslResource) throws Exception {
 		this(TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTemplates(
-				new StreamSource(xslResource.getInputStream())));
+				new StreamSource(xslResource.getInputStream())),null);
 	}
-
-	public void setSourceFactory(SourceFactory sourceFactory) {
-		this.sourceFactory = sourceFactory;
-	}
-
-	public void setResultFactory(ResultFactory resultFactory) {
-		this.resultFactory = resultFactory;
-	}
-
-	public void setAlwaysUseSourceResultFactories(
-			boolean alwaysUserSourceResultFactories) {
-		this.alwaysUseSourceResultFactories = alwaysUserSourceResultFactories;
+	
+	
+	public XsltPayloadTransformer(Resource xslResource, ResultTransformer resultTransformer) throws Exception {
+		this(TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTemplates(
+				new StreamSource(xslResource.getInputStream())),resultTransformer);
 	}
+	
 
 	public Object transform(Object payload) throws TransformerException {
 		Object transformedPayload;
@@ -104,9 +105,9 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer implements
 			transformedPayload = transformUsingFactories(payload);
 		} else if (payload instanceof String) {
 			transformedPayload = transformString((String) payload);
-		} else if (Document.class.isAssignableFrom(payload.getClass())) {
+		} else if (payload instanceof Document) {
 			transformedPayload = transformDocument((Document) payload);
-		} else if (Source.class.isAssignableFrom(payload.getClass())) {
+		} else if (payload instanceof Source) {
 			transformedPayload = transformSource((Source) payload, payload);
 		} else {
 			// fall back to trying factories
@@ -116,6 +117,35 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer implements
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param sourceFactory
+	 */
+	public void setSourceFactory(SourceFactory sourceFactory) {
+		Assert.notNull(sourceFactory, "SourceFactory can not be null");
+		this.sourceFactory = sourceFactory;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @param resultFactory
+	 */
+	public void setResultFactory(ResultFactory resultFactory) {
+		Assert.notNull(sourceFactory, "ResultFactory can not be null");
+		this.resultFactory = resultFactory;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Forces use of {@link ResultFactory} and {@link SourceFactory} even for
+	 * directly supported payloads such as {@link String} and {@link Document}
+	 * 
+	 * @param alwaysUserSourceResultFactories
+	 */
+	public void setAlwaysUseSourceResultFactories(
+			boolean alwaysUserSourceResultFactories) {
+		this.alwaysUseSourceResultFactories = alwaysUserSourceResultFactories;
+	}
+
 	protected Object transformUsingFactories(Object payload)
 			throws TransformerException {
 		Source source = sourceFactory.createSource(payload);
@@ -126,11 +156,12 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer implements
 			throws TransformerException {
 		Result result = resultFactory.createResult(payload);
 		this.templates.newTransformer().transform(source, result);
+
 		if (resultTransformer != null) {
 			return resultTransformer.transformResult(result);
-		} else {
-			return result;
 		}
+		return result;
+
 	}
 
 	protected String transformString(String stringPayload)
@@ -154,8 +185,4 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer implements
 		return (Document) domResult.getNode();
 	}
 
-	public void setResultTransformer(ResultTransformer resultTransformer) {
-		this.resultTransformer = resultTransformer;
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/StubResultTransformer.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/StubResultTransformer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2387dab635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/StubResultTransformer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.integration.xml.config;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.Result;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.xml.transformer.ResultTransformer;
+
+public class StubResultTransformer implements ResultTransformer {
+
+	Object toReturn;
+	
+	public StubResultTransformer(Object toReturn){
+		this.toReturn = toReturn;
+	}
+	
+	public Object transformResult(Result res) {
+		return toReturn;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests-context.xml
index 1dcae38591..9f9e46df5d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests-context.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,18 @@
 		result-factory="DOMResult" />
 
 
+
+	<si-xml:marshalling-transformer
+		id="marshallingTransfomerWithResultTransformer"
+		marshaller="marshaller" result-transformer="resultTransformer" />
+
 	<bean id="marshaller"
 		class="org.springframework.integration.xml.config.StubMarshaller" />
-		
+
+
+	<bean id="resultTransformer"
+		class="org.springframework.integration.xml.config.StubResultTransformer">
+		<constructor-arg value="testReturn" />
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests.java
index 607e2e6e31..c842799862 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests.java
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ public class XmlMarshallingTransformerParserTests  {
 		Document doc = (Document) ((DOMResult) result.getPayload()).getNode();
 		assertEquals("Wrong palyoad", "hello", doc.getDocumentElement().getTextContent());
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultWithResultTransformer() throws Exception {
+		MessageHandler transformer = (MessageHandler) appContext.getBean("marshallingTransfomerWithResultTransformer");
+		GenericMessage<Object> message = new GenericMessage<Object>("hello");
+		Message<?> result = transformer.handle(message);
+		assertTrue("Wrong payload type", result.getPayload() instanceof String);
+		String resultPayload = (String)result.getPayload();
+		assertEquals("Wrong palyoad", "testReturn", resultPayload);
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testDOMResult() throws Exception {
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlUnmarshallingTransformerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlUnmarshallingTransformerParserTests.java
index 2bad7ec5c4..c4f5b357b7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlUnmarshallingTransformerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XmlUnmarshallingTransformerParserTests.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class XmlUnmarshallingTransformerParserTests {
 				"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?><order><orderItem>test</orderItem></order>");
 		Message<?> result = transformer.handle(message);
 		assertEquals("Wrong payload after unmarshalling", "unmarshalled", result.getPayload());
-		assertTrue("Wrong source passed to unmarshaller", unmarshaller.sourcesPassed.poll() instanceof DOMSource);
+		assertTrue("Wrong source passed to unmarshaller", unmarshaller.sourcesPassed.poll() instanceof StringSource);
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests-context.xml
index 8c8a15391c..361492d143 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests-context.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,18 @@
 	<si-xml:xslt-transformer id="xsltTransformerWithTemplates"
 		xsl-templates="templates" />
 
+	<si-xml:xslt-transformer id="xsltTransformerWithTemplatesAndResultTransformer"
+		xsl-templates="templates" result-transformer="resultTransformer" />
+	
+
 	<bean id="templates"
 		class="org.springframework.integration.xml.config.TestTemplatesFactory" />
+		
+		
+	<bean id="resultTransformer"
+		class="org.springframework.integration.xml.config.StubResultTransformer">
+		<constructor-arg value="testReturn" />
+	</bean>
+		
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests.java
index d9edce1da3..acf9e4f456 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/config/XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests.java
@@ -70,5 +70,17 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformerParserTests {
 		Document doc = (Document) ((DOMResult) result.getPayload()).getNode();
 		assertEquals("Wrong payload", "test", doc.getDocumentElement().getTextContent());
 	}
-
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testWithTemplatesAndResultTransformer() throws Exception {
+		MessageHandler messageTransformer = (MessageHandler) applicationContext
+				.getBean("xsltTransformerWithTemplatesAndResultTransformer");
+		GenericMessage<Object> message = new GenericMessage<Object>(XmlTestUtil.getDomSourceForString(doc));
+		Message<?> result = messageTransformer.handle(message);
+		
+		assertEquals("Wrong payload type", String.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
+		String strResult = (String)result.getPayload();
+		assertEquals("Wrong payload", "testReturn", strResult);
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTest.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTest.java
index 859b6aca9a..482caa9909 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTest.java
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformerTest {
 	@Test
 	public void testSourceWithResultTransformer() throws Exception {
 		Integer returnValue = new Integer(13);
-		transformer
-				.setResultTransformer(new StubResultTransformer(returnValue));
+		transformer = new XsltPayloadTransformer(getXslResource(), new StubResultTransformer(returnValue));
 		Object transformed = transformer
 				.transform(new StringSource(docAsString));
 		assertEquals("Wrong value from result conversion", returnValue,