diff --git a/spring-integration-file/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/file/config/spring-integration-file-4.3.xsd b/spring-integration-file/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/file/config/spring-integration-file-4.3.xsd
index 90e862007d..ca261bca72 100644
--- a/spring-integration-file/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/file/config/spring-integration-file-4.3.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-file/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/file/config/spring-integration-file-4.3.xsd
@@ -234,6 +234,17 @@ Only files matching this regular expression will be picked up by this adapter.
                     </xsd:documentation>
                 </xsd:annotation>
             </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="enable-status-reader" default="true">
+                <xsd:annotation>
+                    <xsd:documentation>
+                        Configure the adapter to either start a thread for capturing stderr or not.
+                        Default: True
+                    </xsd:documentation>
+                </xsd:annotation>
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string"/>
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
             <xsd:attribute name="file" type="xsd:string">
                 <xsd:annotation>
                     <xsd:documentation>