diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
index c230a53e20..7998dd162d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
 			<xsd:complexContent>
 				<xsd:extension base="inputEndpointType">
 					<xsd:attribute name="output-channel" type="xsd:string"
-						use="required">
+						use="optional">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:appinfo>
 								<tool:annotation kind="ref">
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
index 0986d63437..4726dfa9a7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
@@ -1,32 +1,38 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
-			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd">
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd">
 
+	<!-- pollable to subscribable -->
 	<channel id="pollableChannel">
-		<queue/>
-	</channel>
-
-	<channel id="output1">
-		<queue/>
-	</channel>
-
-	<channel id="subscribableChannel"/>
-
-	<channel id="output2">
-		<queue/>
+		<queue />
 	</channel>
 
 	<bridge input-channel="pollableChannel" output-channel="output1">
 		<poller max-messages-per-poll="2">
-			<interval-trigger interval="3000"/>
+			<interval-trigger interval="3000" />
 		</poller>
 	</bridge>
 
-	<bridge input-channel="subscribableChannel" output-channel="output2"/>
+	<channel id="output1">
+		<queue />
+	</channel>
+
+	<!-- subscribable to pollable -->
+	<channel id="subscribableChannel" />
+
+	<bridge input-channel="subscribableChannel" output-channel="output2" />
+
+	<channel id="output2">
+		<queue />
+	</channel>
+
+	<!-- stopper (uses reply channel header) -->
+	<channel id="stopperChannel" />
+	<bridge input-channel="stopperChannel" />
+
 
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
index 0671d85124..de698ef91b 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
@@ -23,14 +23,18 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingException;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Iwein Fuld
  */
 @ContextConfiguration
 public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 	@Qualifier("subscribableChannel")
 	private MessageChannel subscribableChannel;
 
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("stopperChannel")
+	private MessageChannel stopperChannel;
+
 	@Autowired
 	@Qualifier("output1")
 	private PollableChannel output1;
@@ -51,7 +59,6 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 	@Qualifier("output2")
 	private PollableChannel output2;
 
-
 	@Test
 	public void pollableChannel() {
 		Message<?> message = new StringMessage("test1");
@@ -68,4 +75,19 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 		assertEquals(message, reply);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void stopperWithReplyHeader() {
+		PollableChannel replyChannel = new QueueChannel();
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("test3").setReplyChannel(replyChannel).build();
+		this.stopperChannel.send(message);
+		Message<?> reply = replyChannel.receive(0);
+		assertEquals(message, reply);
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = MessagingException.class)
+	public void stopperWithoutReplyHeader() {
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("test3").build();
+		this.stopperChannel.send(message);
+	}
+
 }