diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParser.java
index 96b430f9c0..2278c23cd4 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParser.java
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public class AggregatorParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
 	public static final String TRACKED_CORRELATION_ID_CAPACITY_ATTRIBUTE = "tracked-correlation-id-capacity";
 
+	public static final String TIMEOUT_ATTRIBUTE = "timeout";
+
 	private static final String COMPLETION_STRATEGY_PROPERTY = "completionStrategy";
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_REPLY_CHANNEL_PROPERTY = "defaultReplyChannel";
@@ -71,12 +73,13 @@ public class AggregatorParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
 	public static final String TRACKED_CORRELATION_ID_CAPACITY_PROPERTY = "trackedCorrelationIdCapacity";
 
+	public static final String TIMEOUT = "timeout";
+
 
 	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		return parseAggregatorElement(element, parserContext, true);
 	}
 
-
 	private BeanDefinition parseAggregatorElement(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, boolean topLevel) {
 		final RootBeanDefinition aggregatorDef = new RootBeanDefinition(AggregatingMessageHandler.class);
 		aggregatorDef.setSource(parserContext.extractSource(element));
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@ public class AggregatorParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 				REAPER_INTERVAL_ATTRIBUTE);
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(aggregatorDef, TRACKED_CORRELATION_ID_CAPACITY_PROPERTY,
 				element, TRACKED_CORRELATION_ID_CAPACITY_ATTRIBUTE);
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(aggregatorDef, TIMEOUT, element, TIMEOUT_ATTRIBUTE);
 		String beanName = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : parserContext.getReaderContext().generateBeanName(
 				aggregatorDef);
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(aggregatorDef, beanName));
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
index 5975357374..371d1e3c8d 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
 					<xsd:attribute name="send-partial-result-on-timeout"  type="xsd:boolean" use="optional"/>
 					<xsd:attribute name="tracked-correlation-id-capacity" type="xsd:int" use="optional"/>
 					<xsd:attribute name="reaper-interval" type="xsd:long" use="optional"/>
+					<xsd:attribute name="timeout" type="xsd:long" use="optional"/>
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParserTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParserTests.java
index 7af5e824c4..afb6d62672 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/AggregatorParserTests.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public class AggregatorParserTests {
 		Assert.assertEquals(
 				"The AggregatingMessageHandler is not configured with the appropriate tracked correlationId capacity",
 				99, getPropertyValue(completeAggregatingMessageHandler, "trackedCorrelationIdCapacity", int.class));
+		Assert.assertEquals("The AggregatingMessageHandler is not configured with the appropriate timeout",
+				42l, getPropertyValue(completeAggregatingMessageHandler, "timeout", long.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/aggregatorParserTests.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/aggregatorParserTests.xml
index 76ecb3c554..49c6e08a6a 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/aggregatorParserTests.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/aggregatorParserTests.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
-			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd">
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd">
 
 	<aggregator id="aggregatorWithReference" ref="aggregatorBean"/>
 
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 				send-timeout="86420000"
 				send-partial-result-on-timeout="true"
 				reaper-interval="135"
-				tracked-correlation-id-capacity="99"/>
+				tracked-correlation-id-capacity="99"
+				timeout="42"/>
 				
 	<aggregator id="aggregatorWithReferenceAndMethod" ref="adderBean" method="add" default-reply-channel="replyChannel"/>
 
@@ -29,6 +30,6 @@
 	
 	<beans:bean id="adderBean" class="org.springframework.integration.config.Adder"/>
 
-	<beans:bean id="completionStrategy" class="org.springframework.integration.config.TestCompletionStrategy"/>
+	<beans:bean id="completionStrategy" class="org.springframework.integration.config.TestCompletionStrategy"/>
 
 </beans:beans>