diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/DelayerEndpointSpec.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/DelayerEndpointSpec.java
index 8f89a508c3..f3c3dfa614 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/DelayerEndpointSpec.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/DelayerEndpointSpec.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.store.MessageGroupStore;
 import org.springframework.integration.transaction.TransactionInterceptorBuilder;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -243,4 +244,16 @@ public class DelayerEndpointSpec extends ConsumerEndpointSpec<DelayerEndpointSpe
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set a provided {@link TaskScheduler} into the {@link DelayHandler},
+	 * as well as call {@code super} to set it into an endpoint for this handler (if necessary).
+	 * @param taskScheduler the {@link TaskScheduler} to use.
+	 * @return the spec
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DelayerEndpointSpec taskScheduler(TaskScheduler taskScheduler) {
+		this.handler.setTaskScheduler(taskScheduler);
+		return super.taskScheduler(taskScheduler);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/flows/IntegrationFlowTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/flows/IntegrationFlowTests.java
index 0e57f95fe7..d35e7113ae 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/flows/IntegrationFlowTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/dsl/flows/IntegrationFlowTests.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.AbstractEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
 import org.springframework.integration.gateway.GatewayProxyFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.DelayHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.LoggingHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.advice.ErrorMessageSendingRecoverer;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.advice.ExpressionEvaluatingRequestHandlerAdvice;
@@ -161,6 +162,10 @@ public class IntegrationFlowTests {
 	@Qualifier("bridgeFlow2Input")
 	private MessageChannel bridgeFlow2Input;
 
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("delayer.handler")
+	DelayHandler delayHandler;
+
 	@Autowired
 	@Qualifier("bridgeFlow2Output")
 	private PollableChannel bridgeFlow2Output;
@@ -259,6 +264,8 @@ public class IntegrationFlowTests {
 		assertThat(reply).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(reply.getPayload()).isEqualTo("test");
 		assertThat(this.delayedAdvice.getInvoked()).isTrue();
+
+		assertThat(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(this.delayHandler, "taskScheduler")).isSameAs(this.customScheduler);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -812,7 +819,7 @@ public class IntegrationFlowTests {
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		public IntegrationFlow bridgeFlow2() {
+		public IntegrationFlow bridgeFlow2(TaskScheduler customScheduler) {
 			return IntegrationFlow.from("bridgeFlow2Input")
 					.bridge(c -> c.autoStartup(false).id("bridge"))
 					.fixedSubscriberChannel()
@@ -820,7 +827,9 @@ public class IntegrationFlowTests {
 							.messageGroupId("delayer")
 							.delayExpression("200")
 							.advice(this.delayedAdvice)
-							.messageStore(this.messageStore()))
+							.messageStore(messageStore())
+							.taskScheduler(customScheduler)
+							.id("delayer"))
 					.channel(MessageChannels.queue("bridgeFlow2Output"))
 					.get();
 		}
@@ -833,8 +842,8 @@ public class IntegrationFlowTests {
 		@Bean
 		public IntegrationFlow claimCheckFlow() {
 			return IntegrationFlow.from("claimCheckInput")
-					.claimCheckIn(this.messageStore())
-					.claimCheckOut(this.messageStore())
+					.claimCheckIn(messageStore())
+					.claimCheckOut(messageStore())
 					.get();
 		}