diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java
index ad2a01d0c4..7329727968 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ public class BridgeParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 
 	@Override
 	protected BeanDefinitionBuilder parseHandler(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
-		return BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
 				IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".handler.BridgeHandler");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "send-timeout");
+		return builder;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
index 93c462881a..a37d160e27 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@
 							</xsd:appinfo>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="send-timeout" type="xsd:string" />
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
index 4726dfa9a7..e7c6ed5732 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@
 	<channel id="stopperChannel" />
 	<bridge input-channel="stopperChannel" />
 
+	<bridge id="bridgeWithSendTimeout" input-channel="bridgeWithSendTimeoutChannel" send-timeout="1234"/>
 
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
index de698ef91b..753b60312b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -20,13 +20,17 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannelTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingException;
+import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.BridgeHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -59,6 +63,11 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 	@Qualifier("output2")
 	private PollableChannel output2;
 
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("bridgeWithSendTimeout")
+	private EventDrivenConsumer bridgeWithSendTimeout;
+
+
 	@Test
 	public void pollableChannel() {
 		Message<?> message = new StringMessage("test1");
@@ -90,4 +99,11 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 		this.stopperChannel.send(message);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void bridgeWithSendTimeout() {
+		BridgeHandler handler = (BridgeHandler) new DirectFieldAccessor(bridgeWithSendTimeout).getPropertyValue("handler");
+		MessageChannelTemplate template = (MessageChannelTemplate) new DirectFieldAccessor(handler).getPropertyValue("channelTemplate");
+		assertEquals(new Long(1234), new DirectFieldAccessor(template).getPropertyValue("sendTimeout"));
+	}
+
 }