diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd
index a835171d16..47bc601db8 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-1.0.xsd
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 		xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
 		xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 		xmlns:tool="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool"
+		xmlns:integration="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 		targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/ws"
 		elementFormDefault="qualified"
 		attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
 
 	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"/>
 	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool"/>
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"/>
 
 	<xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@
 	Defines a Web Service based Service Activator endpoint.
 				</xsd:documentation>
 			</xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:all>
+					<xsd:element ref="integration:poller" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+			</xsd:all>
 			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="input-channel" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="output-channel" type="xsd:string"/>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java
index acd01b426c..829867a65b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHandlerParserTests.java
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.MessageEndpoint;
+import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.PollingConsumerEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.SubscribingConsumerEndpoint;
+import org.springframework.integration.scheduling.IntervalTrigger;
 import org.springframework.integration.ws.handler.MarshallingWebServiceHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.ws.handler.SimpleWebServiceHandler;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
@@ -150,6 +152,23 @@ public class WebServiceHandlerParserTests {
 		assertEquals(messageSender, ((WebServiceMessageSender[])accessor.getPropertyValue("messageSenders"))[0]);
 		assertEquals("Wrong number of message senders " ,2 , ((WebServiceMessageSender[])accessor.getPropertyValue("messageSenders")).length);
 	}
+	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testSimpleWebServiceHandlerWithPoller() {
+		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml", this.getClass());
+		MessageEndpoint endpoint = (MessageEndpoint) context.getBean("handlerWithPoller");
+		assertEquals(PollingConsumerEndpoint.class, endpoint.getClass());
+		Object obj = new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("trigger");
+		assertEquals(IntervalTrigger.class, obj.getClass());
+		
+		IntervalTrigger trigger = (IntervalTrigger)obj;
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(trigger);
+		accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(trigger);
+		
+		assertEquals("IntervalTrigger had wrong itnerval" , 5000, ((Long)accessor.getPropertyValue("interval")).longValue());
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testWebServiceHandlerWithAllInOneMarshaller() {
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
index 91f96c8a11..b8a569d505 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/simpleWebServiceHandlerParserTests.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
 
 	<si:channel id="inputChannel"/>
+	
+	<si:channel id="pollableInputChannel">
+		<si:queue capacity="10"/>
+	</si:channel>
 
 	<ws:service-activator id="handlerWithDefaultSourceExtractor"
 		                  input-channel="inputChannel"
@@ -53,7 +57,14 @@
 	<ws:service-activator id="handlerWithCustomMessageSenderList"
 	                      input-channel="inputChannel"
 	                      uri="http://example.org"
-	                      message-senders="messageSenders"/>
+	                      message-senders="messageSenders">
+	</ws:service-activator>
+	                      
+	<ws:service-activator id="handlerWithPoller"
+		                  input-channel="pollableInputChannel"
+	                      uri="http://example.org">
+			<si:poller interval="5000"/>
+	</ws:service-activator>
 
 	<bean id="sourceExtractor" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.StubSourceExtractor"/>