diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java b/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java
index 741858fc74..bf49898320 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformer.java
@@ -240,19 +240,13 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer extends AbstractXmlTransformer implements Be
 		super.onInit();
 		this.evaluationContext = ExpressionUtils.createStandardEvaluationContext(getBeanFactory());
 		if (this.templates == null) {
-			TransformerFactory transformerFactory;
-			if (this.transformerFactoryClassName != null) {
-				transformerFactory = TransformerFactory.newInstance(this.transformerFactoryClassName,
-						this.classLoader);
-			}
-			else {
-				transformerFactory = TransformerFactoryUtils.newInstance();
-			}
-			transformerFactory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_DTD, "");
-			transformerFactory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET, "file,jar:file");
 			try {
+			TransformerFactory transformerFactory = createTransformerFactory();
 				this.templates = transformerFactory.newTemplates(createStreamSourceOnResource(this.xslResource));
 			}
+			catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+			}
 			catch (TransformerConfigurationException e) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException(e);
 			}
@@ -262,6 +256,29 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformer extends AbstractXmlTransformer implements Be
 		}
 	}
 
+	private TransformerFactory createTransformerFactory() throws ClassNotFoundException {
+		TransformerFactory transformerFactory;
+		if (this.transformerFactoryClassName != null) {
+			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+			Class<TransformerFactory> transformerFactoryClass =
+					(Class<TransformerFactory>) ClassUtils.forName(this.transformerFactoryClassName, this.classLoader);
+			transformerFactory = TransformerFactoryUtils.newInstance(transformerFactoryClass);
+		}
+		else {
+			transformerFactory = TransformerFactoryUtils.newInstance();
+		}
+		try {
+			transformerFactory.setAttribute(XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET, "file,jar:file");
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+				logger.info("The '" + XMLConstants.ACCESS_EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET + "' property is not supported by "
+						+ transformerFactory.getClass().getCanonicalName());
+			}
+		}
+		return transformerFactory;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected Object doTransform(Message<?> message) throws Exception {
 		Transformer transformer = buildTransformer(message);
diff --git a/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTests.java b/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTests.java
index 704f554f75..1d644e8204 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/transformer/XsltPayloadTransformerTests.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import javax.xml.transform.Result;
 import javax.xml.transform.Templates;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
-import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformerTests {
 				transformed);
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = TransformerFactoryConfigurationError.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
 	public void testXsltPayloadWithBadTransformerFactoryClassname() throws Exception {
 		transformer = new XsltPayloadTransformer(getXslResourceThatOutputsText(), "foo.bar.Baz");
 		transformer.setBeanFactory(Mockito.mock(BeanFactory.class));
@@ -249,6 +248,7 @@ public class XsltPayloadTransformerTests {
 			this.objectToReturn = objectToReturn;
 		}
 
+		@Override
 		public Object transformResult(Result result) {
 			return objectToReturn;
 		}