diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParser.java b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParser.java
index a14bf71614..a2c95e35ba 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.AbstractOutboundChannelAdapterParser;
+import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.IntegrationNamespaceUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ public class NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractOutbound
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(
 				"org.springframework.integration.jmx.NotificationPublishingMessageHandler");
 		builder.addConstructorArgValue(element.getAttribute("object-name"));
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "default-notification-type");
 		return builder.getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/spring-integration-jmx-2.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/spring-integration-jmx-2.0.xsd
index 17e867ef00..0f87ddf7c1 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/spring-integration-jmx-2.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/spring-integration-jmx-2.0.xsd
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="channel" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
 			<xsd:attribute name="object-name" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
+			<xsd:attribute name="default-notification-type" type="xsd:string" use="optional"/>
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
index 7d42ff811b..f7b3a5e31f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 	<jmx:notification-publishing-channel-adapter
 			id="adapter" channel="channel"
-			object-name="test.publisher:name=publisher"/>
+			object-name="test.publisher:name=publisher"
+			default-notification-type="default.type"/>
 
 	<bean id="testListener" class="org.springframework.integration.jmx.config.TestListener"/>
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests.java
index f8bdd6b854..643a18fd60 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.jmx/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jmx/config/NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests.java
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ public class NotificationPublishingChannelAdapterParserTests {
 		assertEquals("test.type", notification.getType());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void defaultNotificationType() throws Exception {
+		assertNull(listener.lastNotification);
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("test").build();
+		channel.send(message);
+		assertNotNull(listener.lastNotification);
+		Notification notification = listener.lastNotification;
+		assertEquals("default.type", notification.getType());
+	}
+
+
 
 	private static class TestData {
 	}