diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser.java
index f7bca1e7a3..0e9a66f7de 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.IntegrationNamespaceUtils;
+import org.springframework.integration.jms.JmsMessageDrivenEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Parser for the <message-driven-channel-adapter> element and the
  * <inbound-gateway> element of the 'jms' namespace.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Michael Bannister
  */
 public class JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public class JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinition
 		"receive-timeout", "recovery-interval",
 		"idle-consumer-limit", "idle-task-execution-limit",
 		"cache-level", "subscription-durable", "durable-subscription-name",
-		"client-id"
+		"client-id", "task-executor"
 	};
 
 
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ public class JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinition
 
 	@Override
 	protected String getBeanClassName(Element element) {
-		return "org.springframework.integration.jms.JmsMessageDrivenEndpoint";
+		return JmsMessageDrivenEndpoint.class.getName();
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ public class JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinition
 		}
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "destination-resolver");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "transaction-manager");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "task-executor");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "selector", "messageSelector");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "concurrent-consumers");
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "max-concurrent-consumers");
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@ public class JmsMessageDrivenEndpointParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinition
 		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "header-mapper");
 		BeanDefinition beanDefinition = builder.getBeanDefinition();
 		String beanName = BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.generateBeanName(beanDefinition, parserContext.getRegistry());
-		BeanComponentDefinition component = new BeanComponentDefinition(beanDefinition, beanName); 
+		BeanComponentDefinition component = new BeanComponentDefinition(beanDefinition, beanName);
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(component);
 		return beanName;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-3.0.xsd b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-3.0.xsd
index 21b5f39459..10c1ff8a21 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-3.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/spring-integration-jms-3.0.xsd
@@ -441,6 +441,19 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="task-executor" type="xsd:string">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	A reference to a Spring TaskExecutor (or standard JDK 1.5+ Executor) for running the listener threads.
+	Default for the message listener container is a SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+							<xsd:appinfo>
+								<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+									<tool:expected-type type="java.util.concurrent.Executor"/>
+								</tool:annotation>
+							</xsd:appinfo>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 					<xsd:attribute name="channel" type="xsd:string">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:appinfo>
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index f7a172af13..6c4d094a33 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/JmsMessageDrivenChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.integration.jms.config;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.jms.support.destination.JmsDestinationAccessor;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Michael Bannister
  */
 public class JmsMessageDrivenChannelAdapterParserTests {
 
@@ -81,6 +83,17 @@ public class JmsMessageDrivenChannelAdapterParserTests {
 		endpoint.stop();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void adapterWithTaskExecutor() {
+		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
+				"jmsInboundWithTaskExecutor.xml", this.getClass());
+		JmsMessageDrivenEndpoint endpoint = context.getBean("messageDrivenAdapter", JmsMessageDrivenEndpoint.class);
+		DefaultMessageListenerContainer container = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(endpoint, "listenerContainer",
+				DefaultMessageListenerContainer.class);
+		assertSame(context.getBean("exec"), TestUtils.getPropertyValue(container, "taskExecutor"));
+		endpoint.stop();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testGatewayWithReceiveTimeout() {
 		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
diff --git a/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsInboundWithTaskExecutor.xml b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsInboundWithTaskExecutor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..165f3d1c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/config/jmsInboundWithTaskExecutor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+				xmlns:si="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+				xmlns:jms="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms"
+				xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+				xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms/spring-integration-jms.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<jms:message-driven-channel-adapter id="messageDrivenAdapter"
+						connection-factory="testConnectionFactory"
+						destination-name="testQueue"
+						task-executor="exec"
+						auto-startup="false"/>
+
+	<task:executor id="exec"/>
+
+	<bean id="testConnectionFactory" class="org.springframework.jms.connection.SingleConnectionFactory">
+		<constructor-arg>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.integration.jms.StubConnection">
+				<constructor-arg value="message-driven-test"/>
+			</bean>
+		</constructor-arg>
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml b/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml
index 478e0ef08f..fd05f895ae 100644
--- a/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml
+++ b/src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml
@@ -191,6 +191,16 @@
 				For more information see <xref linkend="chain"/>.
 			</para>
 		</section>
+		<section id="3.0-jms-mdca-te">
+			<title>JMS Message Driven Channel Adapter</title>
+			<para>
+				Previously, when configuring a <code>&lt;message-driven-channel-adapter/&gt;</code>, if you wished to
+				use a specific <interfacename>TaskExecutor</interfacename>, it was necessary to declare a container
+				bean and provide it to the adapter using the <code>container</code> attribute. The
+				<code>task-executor</code> is now provided, allowing it to be set directly on the adapter. This is
+				in addition to several other container attributes that were already available.
+			</para>
+		</section>
 		<section id="3.0-stored-proc-sql-return-type">
 			<title>SqlReturnType support for Stored Procedure components</title>
 			<para>