diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
index fda6fa4ba0..9a3c2e8319 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
@@ -23,7 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
  * Parser for the <outbound-channel-adapter/> element.
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ public class MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutbound
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseConsumer(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder invokerBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
 				IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".handler.MethodInvokingMessageHandler");
+		
+		invokerBuilder.addPropertyValue("componentType", "outbound-channel-adapter");
 		BeanComponentDefinition innerHandlerDefinition = 
 					IntegrationNamespaceUtils.parseInnerHandlerDefinition(element, parserContext);
 		if (innerHandlerDefinition == null){
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageHandler.java
index 8eff4b1682..d38536b89b 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/handler/MethodInvokingMessageHandler.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 public class MethodInvokingMessageHandler extends AbstractMessageHandler {
 
 	private volatile MethodInvokingMessageProcessor<Object> processor;
+	
+	private volatile String componentType;
 
 	public MethodInvokingMessageHandler(Object object, Method method) {
 		Assert.isTrue(method.getReturnType().equals(void.class),
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ public class MethodInvokingMessageHandler extends AbstractMessageHandler {
 	public MethodInvokingMessageHandler(Object object, String methodName) {
 		processor = new MethodInvokingMessageProcessor<Object>(object, methodName);
 	}
+	
+	public void setComponentType(String componentType) {
+		this.componentType = componentType;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected void handleMessageInternal(Message<?> message) throws Exception {
@@ -52,7 +58,8 @@ public class MethodInvokingMessageHandler extends AbstractMessageHandler {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	
 	public String getComponentType() {
-		return "outbound-channel-adapter";
+		return this.componentType;
 	}
 }