diff --git a/spring-integration-ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.1.xsd b/spring-integration-ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.1.xsd
index ddb951fa93..f3775c8108 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.1.xsd
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ this list can also be simple patterns to be matched against the header names (e.
 					</xsd:appinfo>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="reply-timeout" type="xsd:string">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+	Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for a reply from the downstream message flow initiated by this gateway.
+	This attribute is only relevant if at least some part of the downstream flow is asynchronous.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="error-channel" type="xsd:string">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:appinfo>
diff --git a/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
index b744082a69..aebf275d39 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests-context.xml
@@ -46,4 +46,11 @@
 
 	<bean id="testHeaderMapper" class="org.springframework.integration.ws.config.WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests$TestHeaderMapper"/>
 
+	<si:channel id="replyTimeoutRequests">
+		<si:queue/>
+	</si:channel>
+
+	<ws:inbound-gateway id="replyTimeoutGateway" request-channel="replyTimeoutRequests"
+			reply-timeout="1234"/>
+
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests.java b/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests.java
index 489c6df523..549fd69680 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests.java
@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@ public class WebServiceInboundGatewayParserTests {
 		assertEquals(testHeaderMapper, headerMapper);
 	}
 
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("replyTimeoutGateway")
+	private SimpleWebServiceInboundGateway replyTimeoutGateway;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReplyTimeout() throws Exception {
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(replyTimeoutGateway);
+		Object replyTimeout = accessor.getPropertyValue("replyTimeout");
+		assertEquals(1234L, replyTimeout);
+	}
+
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	private static class TestHeaderMapper implements SoapHeaderMapper {