diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/config/spring-integration-adapters-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/config/spring-integration-adapters-1.0.xsd
index 44829fb030..ecf7553937 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/config/spring-integration-adapters-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/config/spring-integration-adapters-1.0.xsd
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 					<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="transaction-manager" type="xsd:string"/>
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/JmsGateway.java b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/JmsGateway.java
index 460836fea8..5faf15068a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/JmsGateway.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/JmsGateway.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.jms.listener.DefaultMessageListenerContainer;
 import org.springframework.jms.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter;
 import org.springframework.jms.support.converter.MessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.jms.support.converter.SimpleMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ public class JmsGateway extends SimpleMessagingGateway implements Lifecycle, Dis
 
 	private volatile TaskExecutor taskExecutor;
 
+	private volatile PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager;
+
 	private volatile boolean sessionTransacted;
 
 	private volatile int sessionAcknowledgeMode = Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE;
@@ -91,6 +94,10 @@ public class JmsGateway extends SimpleMessagingGateway implements Lifecycle, Dis
 		this.taskExecutor = taskExecutor;
 	}
 
+	public void setTransactionManager(PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager) {
+		this.transactionManager = transactionManager;
+	}
+
 	public void setSessionTransacted(boolean sessionTransacted) {
 		this.sessionTransacted = sessionTransacted;
 	}
@@ -134,6 +141,7 @@ public class JmsGateway extends SimpleMessagingGateway implements Lifecycle, Dis
 		if (this.destinationName != null) {
 			dmlc.setDestinationName(this.destinationName);
 		}
+		dmlc.setTransactionManager(this.transactionManager);
 		dmlc.setSessionTransacted(this.sessionTransacted);
 		dmlc.setSessionAcknowledgeMode(this.sessionAcknowledgeMode);
 		dmlc.setAutoStartup(false);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParser.java
index 3f925490d0..46284419bd 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParser.java
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ public class JmsGatewayParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 				builder.addPropertyValue("sessionAcknowledgeMode", acknowledgeMode);
 			}
 		}
+		String transactionManager = element.getAttribute("transaction-manager");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(transactionManager)) {
+			builder.addPropertyReference("transactionManager", transactionManager);
+		}
 		String requestChannel = element.getAttribute("request-channel");
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(requestChannel)) {
 			builder.addPropertyReference("requestChannel", requestChannel);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParserTests.java
index 21565b63d9..8af87b66ce 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/JmsGatewayParserTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.integration.adapter.jms.config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.adapter.jms.JmsGateway;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.Message;
+import org.springframework.jms.connection.JmsTransactionManager;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -140,4 +142,25 @@ public class JmsGatewayParserTests {
 		context.stop();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testTransactionManagerIsNullByDefault() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"jmsGatewayTransactionManagerTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		JmsGateway gateway = (JmsGateway) context.getBean("gatewayWithoutTransactionManager");
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(gateway);
+		assertNull(accessor.getPropertyValue("transactionManager"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGatewayWithTransactionManagerReference() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"jmsGatewayTransactionManagerTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		JmsGateway gateway = (JmsGateway) context.getBean("gatewayWithTransactionManager");
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(gateway);
+		Object txManager = accessor.getPropertyValue("transactionManager");
+		assertEquals(JmsTransactionManager.class, txManager.getClass());
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("txManager"), txManager);
+		assertEquals(context.getBean("testConnectionFactory"), ((JmsTransactionManager) txManager).getConnectionFactory());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/jmsGatewayTransactionManagerTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/jmsGatewayTransactionManagerTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dabe2ee604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.adapter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/adapter/jms/config/jmsGatewayTransactionManagerTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:si="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	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">
+
+	<si:channel id="requestChannel"/>
+
+	<si:jms-gateway id="gatewayWithoutTransactionManager"
+	                connection-factory="testConnectionFactory"
+	                destination="testDestination"
+	                request-channel="requestChannel"/>
+
+	<si:jms-gateway id="gatewayWithTransactionManager"
+	                connection-factory="testConnectionFactory"
+	                destination="testDestination"
+	                request-channel="requestChannel"
+	                transaction-manager="txManager"/>
+
+	<bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.jms.connection.JmsTransactionManager">
+		<property name="connectionFactory" ref="testConnectionFactory"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="testConnectionFactory" class="org.springframework.jms.connection.SingleConnectionFactory">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.integration.adapter.jms.StubConnection">
+				<constructor-arg value="message-driven-test"/>
+			</bean>
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="testDestination" class="org.springframework.integration.adapter.jms.StubDestination"/>
+
+</beans>