diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/pom.xml b/spring-integration-xmpp/pom.xml
index e5a00a90b4..0245b64538 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xmpp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-integration-test</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/XmppNamespaceHandler.java b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/XmppNamespaceHandler.java
index 1c68347154..6e6846c4f1 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/XmppNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/XmppNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ public class XmppNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 		protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 			configureXMPPConnection(element, builder, parserContext);
 			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "channel", "requestChannel");
+			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "extract-payload");
+			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "auto-startup");
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ public class XmppNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 		protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 			configureXMPPConnection(element, builder, parserContext);
 			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "channel", "requestChannel");
+			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "extract-payload");
+			IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "auto-startup");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint.java b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint.java
index a885e9434b..038b47fb23 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint.java
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Message;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Packet;
 import org.springframework.context.Lifecycle;
+import org.springframework.context.SmartLifecycle;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.AbstractEndpoint;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.xmpp.XmppHeaders;
  * @see XMPPConnection the XMPPConnection (as
  *      created by {@link XmppConnectionFactory}
  */
-public class XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint extends AbstractEndpoint implements Lifecycle {
+public class XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint extends AbstractEndpoint  {
 
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint.class);
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/spring-integration-xmpp-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/spring-integration-xmpp-2.0.xsd
index add6e22bf9..1baa6ee0f3 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/spring-integration-xmpp-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/config/spring-integration-xmpp-2.0.xsd
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
 		</xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:complexType>
 			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="extract-payload" type="xsd:string" default="true"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="auto-startup" type="xsd:string" default="true"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="channel" use="required" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@
 		</xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:complexType>
 			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="extract-payload" type="xsd:string" default="true"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="auto-startup" type="xsd:string" default="true"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="channel" use="required" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:appinfo>
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/log4j.properties b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b734686ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+log4j.rootCategory=WARN, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %t %c{2}:%L - %m%n
+
+
+log4j.category.org.springframework=WARN
+# log4j.category.org.springframework.integration=DEBUG
+# log4j.category.org.springframework.integration.jdbc=DEBUG
+log4j.category.org.springframework=DEBUG
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointParserTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..391acbcfa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointParserTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans
+		xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+		xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+		xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+		xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+		xmlns:xmpp="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/xmpp"
+		xmlns:tool="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool"
+		xmlns:lang="http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang"
+		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/xmpp
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/xmpp/spring-integration-xmpp.xsd
+                        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+						http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+					 	http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
+                        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd
+						http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool/spring-tool-3.0.xsd
+						http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang/spring-lang-3.0.xsd">
+
+	<beans:bean id="testConnection" class="org.mockito.Mockito" factory-method="mock">
+		<beans:constructor-arg value="org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection"/>
+	</beans:bean>
+	
+	<channel id="xmppInbound"/>
+
+	<xmpp:message-inbound-channel-adapter id="xmppInboundAdapter" channel="xmppInbound" 
+				xmpp-connection="testConnection" extract-payload="false" auto-startup="false"/>
+
+	
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointParserTests.java b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..131ae52e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+package org.springframework.integration.xmpp.messages;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertFalse;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.smack.XMPPConnection;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author ozhurakousky
+ *
+ */
+public class InboundXmppEndpointParserTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInboundAdapter(){
+		ApplicationContext context = 
+			new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("InboundXmppEndpointParserTests-context.xml", this.getClass());
+		XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint xmde = context.getBean("xmppInboundAdapter", XmppMessageDrivenEndpoint.class);
+		assertFalse(xmde.isAutoStartup());
+		DirectChannel channel = (DirectChannel) TestUtils.getPropertyValue(xmde, "requestChannel");
+		assertEquals("xmppInbound", channel.getComponentName());
+		XMPPConnection connection = (XMPPConnection)TestUtils.getPropertyValue(xmde, "xmppConnection");
+		assertEquals(connection, context.getBean("testConnection"));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointTests-context.xml
index 8eb9125809..2f903c62e5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-xmpp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xmpp/messages/InboundXmppEndpointTests-context.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Copyright 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.
-  -->
 <beans:beans
 		xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 		xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
@@ -35,7 +20,7 @@
 
 	<context:component-scan base-package="org.springframework.integration.xmpp"/>
 
-	<context:property-placeholder location="#{ systemProperties['user.home'] }/Desktop/test.properties"/>
+	<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:test.properties"/>
 
 	<channel id="xmppInbound"/>
 
@@ -51,7 +36,7 @@
 			service-name="${user.2.service}"
 			/>
 
-	<xmpp:message-inbound-channel-adapter channel="xmppInbound" xmpp-connection="testConnection"/>
+	<xmpp:message-inbound-channel-adapter channel="xmppInbound" xmpp-connection="testConnection" extract-payload="false" auto-startup="false"/>
 
 	<service-activator input-channel="xmppInbound" ref="xmppMessageConsumer"/>