diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserSupport.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserSupport.java
index 952d9430d1..4e5f925cbb 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserSupport.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserSupport.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public abstract class HeaderEnricherParserSupport extends AbstractTransformerPar
 		this.processHeaders(element, headers, parserContext);
 		builder.addConstructorArgValue(headers);
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "default-overwrite");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "should-skip-nulls");
 		this.postProcessHeaderEnricher(builder, element, parserContext);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
index c7efe1c4d0..732fa98bec 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
@@ -1264,6 +1264,18 @@
 							<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string" />
 						</xsd:simpleType>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="should-skip-nulls">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation>
+								Specify whether null values, such as might be returned from an expression evaluation,
+								should be skipped. The default value is true. Set this to false if a null value should
+								trigger removal of the corresponding header instead.
+							</xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:simpleType>
+							<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string" />
+						</xsd:simpleType>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 					<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests-context.xml
index f652af64f6..20ab4cf9d5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests-context.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,20 @@
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd">
 
+	<header-enricher id="headerEnricherWithDefaults" input-channel="input">
+		<header name="foo" value="bar"/>
+	</header-enricher>
+
 	<header-enricher id="headerEnricherWithSendTimeout" input-channel="input" send-timeout="1234">
 		<header name="foo" value="bar"/>
 	</header-enricher>
 
+	<header-enricher id="headerEnricherWithShouldSkipNullsTrue" input-channel="input" should-skip-nulls="true">
+		<header name="foo" value="bar"/>
+	</header-enricher>
+
+	<header-enricher id="headerEnricherWithShouldSkipNullsFalse" input-channel="input" should-skip-nulls="false">
+		<header name="foo" value="bar"/>
+	</header-enricher>
+
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests.java
index bf34430c66..b56c2d06b2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserTests.java
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ public class HeaderEnricherParserTests {
 	private ApplicationContext context;
 
 
+	@Test // INT-1154
+	public void sendTimeoutDefault() {
+		Object endpoint = context.getBean("headerEnricherWithDefaults");
+		long sendTimeout = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(endpoint, "handler.channelTemplate.sendTimeout", Long.class).longValue();
+		assertEquals(1000L, sendTimeout);
+	}
+
 	@Test // INT-1154
 	public void sendTimeoutConfigured() {
 		Object endpoint = context.getBean("headerEnricherWithSendTimeout");
@@ -46,4 +53,25 @@ public class HeaderEnricherParserTests {
 		assertEquals(1234L, sendTimeout);
 	}
 
+	@Test // INT-1167
+	public void shouldSkipNullsDefault() {
+		Object endpoint = context.getBean("headerEnricherWithDefaults");
+		Boolean shouldSkipNulls = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(endpoint, "handler.transformer.shouldSkipNulls", Boolean.class);
+		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, shouldSkipNulls);
+	}
+
+	@Test // INT-1167
+	public void shouldSkipNullsFalseConfigured() {
+		Object endpoint = context.getBean("headerEnricherWithShouldSkipNullsFalse");
+		Boolean shouldSkipNulls = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(endpoint, "handler.transformer.shouldSkipNulls", Boolean.class);
+		assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, shouldSkipNulls);
+	}
+
+	@Test // INT-1167
+	public void shouldSkipNullsTrueConfigured() {
+		Object endpoint = context.getBean("headerEnricherWithShouldSkipNullsTrue");
+		Boolean shouldSkipNulls = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(endpoint, "handler.transformer.shouldSkipNulls", Boolean.class);
+		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, shouldSkipNulls);
+	}
+
 }