diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java
index ad2a01d0c4..7329727968 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ public class BridgeParser extends AbstractConsumerEndpointParser {
 
 	@Override
 	protected BeanDefinitionBuilder parseHandler(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
-		return BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
 				IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".handler.BridgeHandler");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "send-timeout");
+		return builder;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
index aee679e7a1..1a1ca7d811 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests-context.xml
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@
 	<channel id="stopperChannel" />
 	<bridge input-channel="stopperChannel" />
 
+	<bridge id="bridgeWithSendTimeout" input-channel="bridgeWithSendTimeoutChannel" send-timeout="1234"/>
 
 </beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
index 7dc4c3465b..518058a094 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/BridgeParserTests.java
@@ -16,19 +16,24 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Factory;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessagingException;
 import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.BridgeHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageMatcher;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
@@ -62,6 +67,10 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 	@Qualifier("output2")
 	private PollableChannel output2;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private EventDrivenConsumer bridgeWithSendTimeout;
+
+
 	@Factory
     public static Matcher<Message<?>> sameExceptImmutableHeaders(Message<?> expected) {
         return new MessageMatcher(expected);
@@ -98,4 +107,11 @@ public class BridgeParserTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
 		this.stopperChannel.send(message);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void bridgeWithSendTimeout() {
+		BridgeHandler handler = (BridgeHandler) new DirectFieldAccessor(bridgeWithSendTimeout).getPropertyValue("handler");
+		MessagingTemplate template = (MessagingTemplate) new DirectFieldAccessor(handler).getPropertyValue("messagingTemplate");
+		assertEquals(new Long(1234), new DirectFieldAccessor(template).getPropertyValue("sendTimeout"));
+	}
+
 }