diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java
index d0f9cfdf59..d1be29d3d7 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsOutboundGateway.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 
 import javax.jms.Connection;
 import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
+import javax.jms.DeliveryMode;
 import javax.jms.Destination;
 import javax.jms.JMSException;
 import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
@@ -93,6 +94,18 @@ public class JmsOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 
 	private final Object initializationMonitor = new Object();
 
+	/**
+	 * Set whether message delivery should be persistent or non-persistent,
+	 * specified as boolean value ("true" or "false"). This will set the delivery
+	 * mode accordingly, to either "PERSISTENT" (1) or "NON_PERSISTENT" (2).
+	 * <p>Default it "true" aka delivery mode "PERSISTENT".
+	 * @see #setDeliveryMode(int)
+	 * @see javax.jms.DeliveryMode#PERSISTENT
+	 * @see javax.jms.DeliveryMode#NON_PERSISTENT
+	 */
+	public void setDeliveryPersistent(boolean deliveryPersistent) {
+		this.deliveryMode = (deliveryPersistent ? DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT : DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the JMS ConnectionFactory that this gateway should use.
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java
index c52101c27c..a4ce6d0d2e 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsOutboundGatewayParser.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.jms.config;
 
-import javax.jms.DeliveryMode;
-
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -87,13 +85,7 @@ public class JmsOutboundGatewayParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 			builder.addPropertyValue("deliveryMode", deliveryMode);
 		}
 		else if (StringUtils.hasText(deliveryPersistent)){
-			boolean persistentValue = Boolean.parseBoolean(deliveryPersistent);
-			if (persistentValue){
-				builder.addPropertyValue("deliveryMode", DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT);
-			}
-			else {
-				builder.addPropertyValue("deliveryMode", DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT);
-			}
+			builder.addPropertyValue("deliveryPersistent", deliveryPersistent);
 		}
 		return builder;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd
index 260ecc8a40..d8f547644d 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-2.0.xsd
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
-			<xsd:attribute name="delivery-persistent" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
+			<xsd:attribute name="delivery-persistent" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation>
 	Specify a boolean value indicating whether the delivery mode should be