diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueGatewaySupport.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueGatewaySupport.cs
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index 00000000..1bc68813
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+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Messaging/Core/MessageQueueGatewaySupport.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#region License
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.
+ */
+
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using Spring.Context;
+using Spring.Objects.Factory;
+
+namespace Spring.Messaging.Core
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Convenient super class for application classes that need MSMQ access.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Override the InitGateway method to perform custom startup tasks.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <author>Mark Pollack</author>
+    public class MessageQueueGatewaySupport : IInitializingObject
+    {
+        private MessageQueueTemplate messageQueueTemplate;
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the message queue template. <see cref="messageQueueTemplate"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The message queue template.</value>
+        public MessageQueueTemplate MessageQueueTemplate
+        {
+            get { return messageQueueTemplate; }
+            set { messageQueueTemplate = value; }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the message queue factory, a convenience method.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The message queue factory.</value>
+        protected IMessageQueueFactory MessageQueueFactory
+        {
+            get { return MessageQueueTemplate.MessageQueueFactory;  }
+        }
+
+
+        public void AfterPropertiesSet()
+        {
+            if (this.MessageQueueTemplate == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("MessageQueueTemplate is required");
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                InitGateway();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new ObjectInitializationException("Initialization of the MessageQueue gateway failed: " + e.Message, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Subclasses can override this for custom initialization behavior.
+        /// Gets called after population of this instance's properties.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected virtual void InitGateway()
+        {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Spring.Messaging.2005.csproj b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Spring.Messaging.2005.csproj
index e5dc190b..110b5da1 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Spring.Messaging.2005.csproj
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Messaging/Spring.Messaging.2005.csproj
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Messaging\Core\DefaultMessageQueueFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messaging\Core\IMessageQueueFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messaging\Core\MessagePostProcessorDelegate.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Messaging\Core\MessageQueueGatewaySupport.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messaging\Listener\AbstractSendToQueueExceptionHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messaging\Listener\AbstractTransactionalMessageListenerContainer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messaging\Listener\DistributedTxMessageListenerContainer.cs" />