diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterReceivingMessageSourceParser.java b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterReceivingMessageSourceParser.java
index 8f6a377586..0d2615f166 100644
--- a/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterReceivingMessageSourceParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-twitter/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/config/TwitterReceivingMessageSourceParser.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.IntegrationNamespaceUtils;
-import org.springframework.integration.twitter.core.Twitter4jTemplate;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TestReceivingUsingNamespace-context.xml b/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TestReceivingUsingNamespace-context.xml
index 3867d94ffe..1a2f60b89f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TestReceivingUsingNamespace-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TestReceivingUsingNamespace-context.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <channel id="inbound_dm"/>
     <channel id="inbound_mentions"/>
     <channel id="inbound_updates"/>
+    <channel id="inbound_search"/>
 
 	<beans:bean id="twitterTemplate" class="org.springframework.integration.twitter.core.Twitter4jTemplate">
 		<beans:constructor-arg value="${twitter.oauth.consumerKey}"/>
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@
     	<poller fixed-rate="5000" max-messages-per-poll="3"/>
     </twitter:dm-inbound-channel-adapter>
     <service-activator input-channel="inbound_dm" ref="twitterAnnouncer" method="dm"/>
+    
+    <twitter:search-inbound-channel-adapter  channel="inbound_search" query="#springintegration">
+    	<poller fixed-rate="5000" max-messages-per-poll="5"/>
+    </twitter:search-inbound-channel-adapter>
+    <service-activator input-channel="inbound_search" ref="twitterAnnouncer" method="search"/>
 
     <twitter:inbound-channel-adapter id="twitterInbound" twitter-template="twitterTemplate" channel="inbound_updates">
     	<poller fixed-rate="5000" max-messages-per-poll="3"/>
diff --git a/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TwitterAnnouncer.java b/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TwitterAnnouncer.java
index df10888fcd..bacb9b92e9 100644
--- a/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TwitterAnnouncer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-twitter/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/twitter/ignored/TwitterAnnouncer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ public class TwitterAnnouncer {
 		System.out.println("A direct message has been received from " +
 				directMessage.getFromUser() + " with text " + directMessage.getText());
 	}
+	
+	public void search(Tweet search) {
+		System.out.println("A search item was received " +
+				search.getCreatedAt() + " with text " + search.getText());
+	}
 
 	public void mention(Tweet s) {
 		System.out.println("A tweet mentioning (or replying) to " + "you was received having text " + s.getFromUser() + "-" +  s.getText() + " from " + s.getSource());