diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/DynamicJmsTemplate.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/DynamicJmsTemplate.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25fde9075d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/DynamicJmsTemplate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.jms;
+
+import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0.2
+ */
+public class DynamicJmsTemplate extends JmsTemplate {
+
+	@Override
+	public int getPriority() {
+		Integer priority = DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.getPriority();
+		if (priority == null) {
+			return super.getPriority();
+		}
+		Assert.isTrue(priority >=0 && priority <= 9, "JMS priority must be in the range of 0-9");
+		return priority.intValue();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public long getReceiveTimeout() {
+		Long receiveTimeout = DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.getReceiveTimeout();
+		return (receiveTimeout != null) ? receiveTimeout.longValue() : super.getReceiveTimeout();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c656047112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.jms;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0.2
+ */
+abstract class DynamicJmsTemplateProperties {
+
+	private static final ThreadLocal<Integer> priorityHolder = new ThreadLocal<Integer>();
+
+	private static final ThreadLocal<Long> receiveTimeoutHolder = new ThreadLocal<Long>();
+
+
+	public static Integer getPriority() {
+		return priorityHolder.get();
+	}
+
+	public static void setPriority(Integer priority) {
+		priorityHolder.set(priority);
+	}
+
+	public static void clearPriority() {
+		priorityHolder.remove();
+	}
+
+	public static Long getReceiveTimeout() {
+		return receiveTimeoutHolder.get();
+	}
+
+	public static void setReceiveTimeout(Long receiveTimeout) {
+		receiveTimeoutHolder.set(receiveTimeout);
+	}
+
+	public static void clearReceiveTimeout() {
+		receiveTimeoutHolder.remove();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
index 3c1fe617a5..d7bed290f1 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/JmsSendingMessageHandler.java
@@ -85,6 +85,16 @@ public class JmsSendingMessageHandler extends AbstractMessageHandler {
 		}
 		Object objectToSend = (this.extractPayload) ? message.getPayload() : message;
 		MessagePostProcessor messagePostProcessor = new HeaderMappingMessagePostProcessor(message, this.headerMapper);
+		try {
+			DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.setPriority(message.getHeaders().getPriority());
+			this.send(objectToSend, messagePostProcessor);
+		}
+		finally {
+			DynamicJmsTemplateProperties.clearPriority();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void send(Object objectToSend, MessagePostProcessor messagePostProcessor) {
 		if (this.destination != null) {
 			this.jmsTemplate.convertAndSend(this.destination, objectToSend, messagePostProcessor);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java
index e2f466ca42..6f3d819df6 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsAdapterParserUtils.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ abstract class JmsAdapterParserUtils {
 
 	static BeanDefinition parseJmsTemplateBeanDefinition(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-				"org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate");
+				"org.springframework.integration.jms.DynamicJmsTemplate");
 		builder.addPropertyReference(JmsAdapterParserUtils.CONNECTION_FACTORY_PROPERTY,
 				JmsAdapterParserUtils.determineConnectionFactoryBeanName(element, parserContext));
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "message-converter");
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsPriorityTests.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsPriorityTests.java
index a5618f8e3e..0af1f4ffc9 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsPriorityTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsPriorityTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ public class JmsPriorityTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@Ignore
 	public void verifyPriorityHeaderUsedAsJmsPriority() throws Exception {
 		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("test").setPriority(7).build();
 		outbound.send(message);