diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c67825cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.ws.config;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.HeaderEnricherParserSupport;
+import org.springframework.integration.ws.WebServiceHeaders;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public class WebServiceHeaderEnricherParser extends HeaderEnricherParserSupport {
+
+	public WebServiceHeaderEnricherParser() {
+		this.addElementToHeaderMapping("soap-action", WebServiceHeaders.SOAP_ACTION);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WsNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WsNamespaceHandler.java
index 2d2b2cc0a0..76fd6b7533 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WsNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WsNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class WsNamespaceHandler extends AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler {
 	public void init() {
 		this.registerBeanDefinitionParser("outbound-gateway", new WebServiceOutboundGatewayParser());
 		this.registerBeanDefinitionParser("inbound-gateway", new WebServiceInboundGatewayParser());
+		this.registerBeanDefinitionParser("header-enricher", new WebServiceHeaderEnricherParser());
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.0.xsd
index dd0d67e93a..0e4cf06350 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/spring-integration-ws-2.0.xsd
@@ -223,4 +223,49 @@
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
+	<xsd:element name="header-enricher">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines a Transformer for adding a SOAP Action value.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:complexContent>
+				<xsd:extension base="transformerType">
+					<xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1">
+						<xsd:element name="soap-action" type="headerType"/>
+					</xsd:choice>
+				</xsd:extension>
+			</xsd:complexContent>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="headerType">
+		<xsd:attribute name="value" type="xsd:string" />
+		<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string" />
+		<xsd:attribute name="expression" type="xsd:string" />
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="transformerType">
+		<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string"/>
+		<xsd:attribute name="input-channel" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:appinfo>
+					<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+						<tool:expected-type type="org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel"/>
+					</tool:annotation>
+				</xsd:appinfo>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="output-channel" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:appinfo>
+					<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+						<tool:expected-type type="org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel"/>
+					</tool:annotation>
+				</xsd:appinfo>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
 </xsd:schema>
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diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e30d44bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/ws"
+	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.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/ws
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/ws/spring-integration-ws.xsd">
+
+	<header-enricher input-channel="literalValueInput">
+		<soap-action value="http://test"/>
+	</header-enricher>
+
+	<header-enricher input-channel="expressionInput">
+		<soap-action expression="'http://' + payload"/>
+	</header-enricher>
+
+</beans:beans>
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diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e15f3fe04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.ws/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/ws/config/WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.ws.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannelTemplate;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.ws.WebServiceHeaders;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class WebServiceHeaderEnricherTests {
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("literalValueInput")
+	private MessageChannel literalValueInput;
+
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("expressionInput")
+	private MessageChannel expressionInput;
+
+	@Test
+	public void literalValue() {
+		MessageChannelTemplate template = new MessageChannelTemplate(literalValueInput);
+		Message<?> result = template.sendAndReceive(new StringMessage("foo"));
+		Map<String, Object> headers = result.getHeaders();
+		assertEquals("http://test", headers.get(WebServiceHeaders.SOAP_ACTION));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void expression() {
+		MessageChannelTemplate template = new MessageChannelTemplate(expressionInput);
+		Message<?> result = template.sendAndReceive(new StringMessage("foo"));
+		Map<String, Object> headers = result.getHeaders();
+		assertEquals("http://foo", headers.get(WebServiceHeaders.SOAP_ACTION));
+	}
+
+}