diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests-context.xml
index afd3ab665f..8492d66259 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests-context.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,18 @@
 		<beans:property name="user" value="oleg"/>
 	</beans:bean>
 
+	<sftp:inbound-channel-adapter id="defaultAdapter"
+			session-factory="sftpSessionFactory"
+			channel="requestChannel"
+			remote-directory="/foo"
+			local-directory="file:local-test-dir"
+			auto-startup="false">
+		<poller fixed-rate="1000"/>
+	</sftp:inbound-channel-adapter>
+
 	<sftp:inbound-channel-adapter id="cachingAdapter"
 			session-factory="sftpSessionFactory"
+			cache-sessions="true"
 			channel="requestChannel"
 			remote-directory="/foo"
 			local-directory="file:local-test-dir"
diff --git a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests.java b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests.java
index 16953ad2af..bf13d89f53 100644
--- a/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-sftp/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/sftp/config/InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests.java
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 public class InboundChannelAdapterParserCachingTests {
 
+	@Autowired private Object defaultAdapter;
+
 	@Autowired private Object cachingAdapter;
 
 	@Autowired private Object nonCachingAdapter;
 
 
+	@Test
+	public void defaultAdapter() {
+		Object sessionFactory = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(defaultAdapter, "source.synchronizer.sessionFactory");
+		assertEquals(CachingSessionFactory.class, sessionFactory.getClass());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void cachingAdapter() {
 		Object sessionFactory = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(cachingAdapter, "source.synchronizer.sessionFactory");