diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/ConsumerEndpointSpec.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/ConsumerEndpointSpec.java
index 1496f6c37d..9d2cbf00c2 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/ConsumerEndpointSpec.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/ConsumerEndpointSpec.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2018 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.
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ public abstract class ConsumerEndpointSpec<S extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<S, H>,
 
 	protected ConsumerEndpointSpec(H messageHandler) {
 		super(messageHandler);
-		this.endpointFactoryBean.setAdviceChain(this.adviceChain);
-		if (messageHandler instanceof AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) {
-			((AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) messageHandler).setAdviceChain(this.adviceChain);
-		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -270,6 +266,10 @@ public abstract class ConsumerEndpointSpec<S extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<S, H>,
 
 	@Override
 	protected Tuple2<ConsumerEndpointFactoryBean, H> doGet() {
+		this.endpointFactoryBean.setAdviceChain(this.adviceChain);
+		if (this.handler instanceof AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) {
+			((AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler) this.handler).setAdviceChain(this.adviceChain);
+		}
 		this.endpointFactoryBean.setHandler(this.handler);
 		return super.doGet();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/HeaderEnricherSpec.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/HeaderEnricherSpec.java
index 2b5c822777..48cf0c04b8 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/HeaderEnricherSpec.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/HeaderEnricherSpec.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2018 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.
@@ -55,14 +55,11 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 
 	private final Map<String, HeaderValueMessageProcessor<?>> headerToAdd = new HashMap<>();
 
-	private boolean defaultOverwrite = false;
-
-	private boolean shouldSkipNulls = true;
-
-	private MessageProcessor<?> messageProcessor;
+	private final HeaderEnricher headerEnricher = new HeaderEnricher(this.headerToAdd);
 
 	HeaderEnricherSpec() {
 		super(null);
+		this.handler = new MessageTransformingHandler(this.headerEnricher);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -73,7 +70,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 	 * @see HeaderEnricher#setDefaultOverwrite(boolean)
 	 */
 	public HeaderEnricherSpec defaultOverwrite(boolean defaultOverwrite) {
-		this.defaultOverwrite = defaultOverwrite;
+		this.headerEnricher.setDefaultOverwrite(defaultOverwrite);
 		return _this();
 	}
 
@@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 	 * @see HeaderEnricher#setShouldSkipNulls(boolean)
 	 */
 	public HeaderEnricherSpec shouldSkipNulls(boolean shouldSkipNulls) {
-		this.shouldSkipNulls = shouldSkipNulls;
+		this.headerEnricher.setShouldSkipNulls(shouldSkipNulls);
 		return _this();
 	}
 
@@ -97,7 +94,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 	 * @see HeaderEnricher#setMessageProcessor(MessageProcessor)
 	 */
 	public HeaderEnricherSpec messageProcessor(MessageProcessor<?> messageProcessor) {
-		this.messageProcessor = messageProcessor;
+		this.headerEnricher.setMessageProcessor(messageProcessor);
 		return _this();
 	}
 
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 	 * @see #messageProcessor(MessageProcessor)
 	 */
 	public HeaderEnricherSpec messageProcessor(String expression) {
-		return messageProcessor(new ExpressionEvaluatingMessageProcessor<>(PARSER.parseExpression(expression)));
+		return messageProcessor(new ExpressionEvaluatingMessageProcessor<>(expression));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -371,6 +368,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 	 */
 	public <P> HeaderEnricherSpec headerFunction(String name, Function<Message<P>, Object> function,
 			Boolean overwrite) {
+
 		return headerExpression(name, new FunctionExpression<>(function), overwrite);
 	}
 
@@ -391,6 +389,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 	 */
 	public <V> HeaderEnricherSpec header(String headerName,
 			HeaderValueMessageProcessor<V> headerValueMessageProcessor) {
+
 		Assert.hasText(headerName, "'headerName' must not be empty");
 		this.headerToAdd.put(headerName, headerValueMessageProcessor);
 		return _this();
@@ -432,14 +431,7 @@ public class HeaderEnricherSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<HeaderEnricherSpec,
 
 	@Override
 	protected Tuple2<ConsumerEndpointFactoryBean, MessageTransformingHandler> doGet() {
-		HeaderEnricher headerEnricher = new HeaderEnricher(new HashMap<>(this.headerToAdd));
-		headerEnricher.setDefaultOverwrite(this.defaultOverwrite);
-		headerEnricher.setShouldSkipNulls(this.shouldSkipNulls);
-		headerEnricher.setMessageProcessor(this.messageProcessor);
-
-		this.componentsToRegister.put(headerEnricher, null);
-
-		this.handler = new MessageTransformingHandler(headerEnricher);
+		this.componentsToRegister.put(this.headerEnricher, null);
 		return super.doGet();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/transformers/TransformerTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/transformers/TransformerTests.java
index da17e3b4d5..0207dbc195 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/transformers/TransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/transformers/TransformerTests.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.dsl.IntegrationFlow;
 import org.springframework.integration.dsl.IntegrationFlows;
 import org.springframework.integration.dsl.Transformers;
 import org.springframework.integration.dsl.channel.MessageChannels;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.advice.AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.advice.IdempotentReceiverInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.integration.selector.MetadataStoreSelector;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
@@ -91,7 +92,6 @@ public class TransformerTests {
 	private PollableChannel enricherErrorChannel;
 
 
-
 	@Test
 	public void testContentEnricher() {
 		QueueChannel replyChannel = new QueueChannel();
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ public class TransformerTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private PollableChannel idempotentDiscardChannel;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel adviceChannel;
+
 	@Test
 	public void transformWithHeader() {
 		QueueChannel replyChannel = new QueueChannel();
@@ -240,6 +243,7 @@ public class TransformerTests {
 		}
 
 		assertNotNull(this.idempotentDiscardChannel.receive(10000));
+		assertNotNull(this.adviceChannel.receive(10000));
 	}
 
 	@Configuration
@@ -328,7 +332,7 @@ public class TransformerTests {
 			return f -> f
 					.enrichHeaders(h -> h
 							.header("Foo", "Bar")
-							.advice(idempotentReceiverInterceptor()))
+							.advice(idempotentReceiverInterceptor(), requestHandlerAdvice()))
 					.transform(new PojoTransformer());
 		}
 
@@ -346,6 +350,26 @@ public class TransformerTests {
 			return idempotentReceiverInterceptor;
 		}
 
+		@Bean
+		public AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice requestHandlerAdvice() {
+			return new AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice() {
+
+				@Override
+				protected Object doInvoke(ExecutionCallback callback, Object target, Message<?> message)
+						throws Exception {
+
+					adviceChannel().send(message);
+					return callback.execute();
+				}
+
+			};
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public PollableChannel adviceChannel() {
+			return new QueueChannel();
+		}
+
 		@Bean
 		public PollableChannel subFlowTestReplyChannel() {
 			return new QueueChannel();