diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-integration.parsers b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-integration.parsers
index 2fce06ed96..0d0ab6afc7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-integration.parsers
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring-integration.parsers
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ httpinvoker-handler=org.springframework.integration.adapter.httpinvoker.config.H
 mail-target=org.springframework.integration.adapter.mail.config.MailTargetParser
 polling-mail-source=org.springframework.integration.adapter.mail.config.PollingMailSourceParser
 imap-idle-mail-source=org.springframework.integration.adapter.mail.config.SubscribableImapIdleMailSourceParser
-rmi-gateway=org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config.RmiGatewayParser
-rmi-handler=org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config.RmiHandlerParser
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/rmiGatewayParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/rmiGatewayParserTests.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb9308f7b..0000000000
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/rmiGatewayParserTests.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
-			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
-			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
-			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd">
-
-	<message-bus/>
-
-	<channel id="testChannel"/>
-
-	<rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithDefaults" request-channel="testChannel"/>
-
-	<rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithCustomProperties" request-channel="testChannel"
-			expect-reply="false" request-timeout="123" reply-timeout="456"/>
-
-	<rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithHost" request-channel="testChannel" registry-host="localhost"/>
-
-	<rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithPort" request-channel="testChannel" registry-port="1234"/>
-
-	<rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithExecutorRef" request-channel="testChannel" remote-invocation-executor="invocationExecutor"/>
-
-	<beans:bean id="invocationExecutor" class="org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config.StubRemoteInvocationExecutor"/>
-
-</beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiGateway.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiGateway.java
similarity index 98%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiGateway.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiGateway.java
index 64fa109585..c124aea0af 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiGateway.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiGateway.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi;
 
 import java.rmi.RemoteException;
 import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiHandler.java
similarity index 96%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiHandler.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiHandler.java
index 51299e967b..93761d9c5b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiHandler.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.adapter.AbstractRemotingHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.MessageHandler;
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParser.java
similarity index 93%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParser.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParser.java
index 273a44e29e..e8b516b5bc 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParser.java
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi.config;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.adapter.config.AbstractRemotingGatewayParser;
-import org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.RmiGateway;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiGateway;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParser.java
similarity index 91%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParser.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParser.java
index c0ae87661e..54e3aca42e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParser.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi.config;
 
 import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
 
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.integration.ConfigurationException;
-import org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.RmiGateway;
-import org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.RmiHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiGateway;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiHandler;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiNamespaceHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04b3a20cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.rmi.config;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
+
+/**
+ * Namespace handler for Spring Integration's <em>rmi</em> namespace.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class RmiNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
+
+	public void init() {
+		this.registerBeanDefinitionParser("rmi-gateway", new RmiGatewayParser());
+		this.registerBeanDefinitionParser("rmi-handler", new RmiHandlerParser());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..302f7b0b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<xsd:schema xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi"
+		xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+		xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+		xmlns:tool="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool"
+		targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi"
+		elementFormDefault="qualified"
+		attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
+
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"/>
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool"/>
+
+	<xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	Defines the configuration elements for Spring Integration's RMI adapters.
+		]]></xsd:documentation>
+	</xsd:annotation>
+
+	<xsd:element name="rmi-gateway">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines an RMI-based gateway adapter.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="expect-reply" type="xsd:boolean" default="true"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="request-channel" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="reply-channel" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="request-timeout" type="xsd:long"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="reply-timeout" type="xsd:long"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="registry-host" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="registry-port" type="xsd:integer"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="remote-invocation-executor" type="xsd:string"/>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:element name="rmi-handler">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines an RMI-based MessageHandler adapter.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="host" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="port" type="xsd:integer"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="remote-channel" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+</xsd:schema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d5e3711c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi=org.springframework.integration.rmi.config.RmiNamespaceHandler
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22e878cbcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd=org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiHandlerTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiHandlerTests.java
similarity index 97%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiHandlerTests.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiHandlerTests.java
index 7d8a3658d5..dd68ec6ced 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/RmiHandlerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/RmiHandlerTests.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageHandlingException;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiHandler;
 import org.springframework.remoting.RemoteLookupFailureException;
 import org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiServiceExporter;
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParserTests.java
similarity index 97%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParserTests.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParserTests.java
index b66e0dd654..4f36b1dfa3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiGatewayParserTests.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi.config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.RmiGateway;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageChannelTemplate;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiGateway;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParserTests.java
similarity index 92%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParserTests.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParserTests.java
index a54c5e5261..65c714d980 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/RmiHandlerParserTests.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi.config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.RmiGateway;
-import org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.RmiHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiGateway;
+import org.springframework.integration.rmi.RmiHandler;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/StubRemoteInvocationExecutor.java b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/StubRemoteInvocationExecutor.java
similarity index 93%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/StubRemoteInvocationExecutor.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/StubRemoteInvocationExecutor.java
index 9e254df922..b905172ba7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/StubRemoteInvocationExecutor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/StubRemoteInvocationExecutor.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package org.springframework.integration.adapter.rmi.config;
+package org.springframework.integration.rmi.config;
 
 import org.springframework.remoting.support.DefaultRemoteInvocationExecutor;
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/rmiGatewayParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/rmiGatewayParserTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..531deb890e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/rmiGatewayParserTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:rmi="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd">
+
+	<message-bus/>
+
+	<channel id="testChannel"/>
+
+	<rmi:rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithDefaults" request-channel="testChannel"/>
+
+	<rmi:rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithCustomProperties" request-channel="testChannel"
+			expect-reply="false" request-timeout="123" reply-timeout="456"/>
+
+	<rmi:rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithHost" request-channel="testChannel" registry-host="localhost"/>
+
+	<rmi:rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithPort" request-channel="testChannel" registry-port="1234"/>
+
+	<rmi:rmi-gateway id="gatewayWithExecutorRef" request-channel="testChannel" remote-invocation-executor="invocationExecutor"/>
+
+	<beans:bean id="invocationExecutor" class="org.springframework.integration.rmi.config.StubRemoteInvocationExecutor"/>
+
+</beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/rmiHandlerParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/rmiHandlerParserTests.xml
similarity index 66%
rename from org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/rmiHandlerParserTests.xml
rename to org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/rmiHandlerParserTests.xml
index 4107f76495..ec41b53ab8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/rmi/config/rmiHandlerParserTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.rmi/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/rmi/config/rmiHandlerParserTests.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 <beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:rmi="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
-			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd">
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/rmi/spring-integration-rmi-1.0.xsd">
 
 	<message-bus/>
 
@@ -13,6 +16,6 @@
 
 	<service-activator input-channel="localChannel" ref="handler"/>
 
-	<rmi-handler id="handler" remote-channel="testChannel" host="localhost"/>
+	<rmi:rmi-handler id="handler" remote-channel="testChannel" host="localhost"/>
 
 </beans:beans>
\ No newline at end of file