diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/AbstractWebServiceOutboundGateway.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/AbstractWebServiceOutboundGateway.java
index 50325e5300..776c3968e9 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/AbstractWebServiceOutboundGateway.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/AbstractWebServiceOutboundGateway.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingException;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -115,18 +116,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractWebServiceOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyPro
 
 
 	private WebServiceMessageCallback getRequestCallback(Message<?> requestMessage) {
-		if (this.requestCallback != null) {
-			return this.requestCallback;
-		}
 		String soapAction = requestMessage.getHeaders().get(WebServiceHeaders.SOAP_ACTION, String.class);
-		return (soapAction != null) ? new TypeCheckingSoapActionCallback(soapAction) : null;
+		return (soapAction != null) ?
+				new TypeCheckingSoapActionCallback(soapAction, this.requestCallback) : this.requestCallback;
 	}
 
 
 	private static class TypeCheckingSoapActionCallback extends SoapActionCallback {
 
-		TypeCheckingSoapActionCallback(String soapAction) {
+		private final WebServiceMessageCallback callbackDelegate;
+
+		TypeCheckingSoapActionCallback(String soapAction, WebServiceMessageCallback callbackDelegate) {
 			super(soapAction);
+			this.callbackDelegate = callbackDelegate;
 		}
 
 		@Override
@@ -134,6 +136,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractWebServiceOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyPro
 			if (message instanceof SoapMessage) {
 				super.doWithMessage(message);
 			}
+			if (this.callbackDelegate != null) {
+				try {
+					this.callbackDelegate.doWithMessage(message);
+				}
+				catch (Exception e) {
+					throw new MessagingException("error occurred in WebServiceMessageCallback", e);
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/SimpleWebServiceOutboundGatewayTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/SimpleWebServiceOutboundGatewayTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7440abd726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/SimpleWebServiceOutboundGatewayTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.ws;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
+import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceMessageCallback;
+import org.springframework.ws.client.support.destination.DestinationProvider;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapMessage;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public class SimpleWebServiceOutboundGatewayTests {
+
+	@Test // INT-1051
+	public void soapActionAndCustomCallback() {
+		String uri = "http://www.example.org";
+		SimpleWebServiceOutboundGateway gateway = new SimpleWebServiceOutboundGateway(new TestDestinationProvider(uri));
+		final AtomicReference<String> soapActionFromCallback = new AtomicReference<String>();
+		gateway.setRequestCallback(new WebServiceMessageCallback() {
+			public void doWithMessage(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException, TransformerException {
+				SoapMessage soapMessage = (SoapMessage) message;
+				soapActionFromCallback.set(soapMessage.getSoapAction());
+			}
+		});
+		gateway.afterPropertiesSet();
+		String soapActionHeaderValue = "testAction";
+		String request = "<test>foo</test>";
+		try {
+			gateway.handleMessage(MessageBuilder.withPayload(request)
+					.setHeader(WebServiceHeaders.SOAP_ACTION, soapActionHeaderValue)
+					.build());
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			// expected
+		}
+		assertNotNull(soapActionFromCallback.get());
+		assertEquals("\"" + soapActionHeaderValue + "\"", soapActionFromCallback.get());
+	}
+
+
+	private static class TestDestinationProvider implements DestinationProvider {
+
+		private final URI uri;
+
+		TestDestinationProvider(String uri) {
+			this.uri = URI.create(uri);
+		}
+
+		public URI getDestination() {
+			return this.uri;
+		}
+	}
+
+}