diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchema.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchema.java
index ecf6ed4d..cc2e2bcf 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchema.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchema.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
 import org.apache.ws.commons.schema.XmlSchema;
+import org.apache.ws.commons.schema.XmlSchemaCollection;
 import org.apache.ws.commons.schema.XmlSchemaSerializer;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchema implements XsdSchema {
 
     private final XmlSchema schema;
 
+    private final XmlSchemaCollection collection;
+
     /**
      * Create a new instance of the  {@link CommonsXsdSchema} class with the specified {@link XmlSchema} reference.
      *
@@ -58,8 +61,21 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchema implements XsdSchema {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the supplied <code>schema</code> is <code>null</code>
      */
     protected CommonsXsdSchema(XmlSchema schema) {
+        this(schema, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance of the  {@link CommonsXsdSchema} class with the specified {@link XmlSchema} and {@link
+     * XmlSchemaCollection} reference.
+     *
+     * @param schema     the Commons <code>XmlSchema</code> object; must not be <code>null</code>
+     * @param collection the Commons <code>XmlSchemaCollection</code> object; can be <code>null</code>
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the supplied <code>schema</code> is <code>null</code>
+     */
+    protected CommonsXsdSchema(XmlSchema schema, XmlSchemaCollection collection) {
         Assert.notNull(schema, "'schema' must not be null");
         this.schema = schema;
+        this.collection = collection;
     }
 
     public String getTargetNamespace() {
@@ -79,10 +95,13 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchema implements XsdSchema {
     public Source getSource() {
         // try to use the the package-friendly XmlSchemaSerializer first, fall back to slower stream-based version
         try {
-            XmlSchemaSerializer serializer =
-                    (XmlSchemaSerializer) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(XmlSchemaSerializer.class);
-            Document[] serializesSchemas = serializer.serializeSchema(schema, false);
-            return new DOMSource(serializesSchemas[0]);
+            XmlSchemaSerializer serializer = (XmlSchemaSerializer) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(XmlSchemaSerializer.class)
+                    ;
+            if (collection != null) {
+                serializer.setExtReg(collection.getExtReg());
+            }
+            Document[] serializedSchemas = serializer.serializeSchema(schema, false);
+            return new DOMSource(serializedSchemas[0]);
         }
         catch (BeanInstantiationException ex) {
             // ignore
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java
index 8856b7ad..e43a984d 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/commons/CommonsXsdSchemaCollection.java
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchemaCollection implements XsdSchemaCollection, Initiali
             Resource xsdResource = xsdResources[i];
             Assert.isTrue(xsdResource.exists(), xsdResource + " does not exit");
             try {
-                XmlSchema xmlSchema = schemaCollection
-                        .read(SaxUtils.createInputSource(xsdResource), validationEventHandler);
+                XmlSchema xmlSchema =
+                        schemaCollection.read(SaxUtils.createInputSource(xsdResource), validationEventHandler);
                 xmlSchemas.add(xmlSchema);
 
                 if (inline) {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchemaCollection implements XsdSchemaCollection, Initiali
         XsdSchema[] result = new XsdSchema[xmlSchemas.size()];
         for (int i = 0; i < xmlSchemas.size(); i++) {
             XmlSchema xmlSchema = (XmlSchema) xmlSchemas.get(i);
-            result[i] = new CommonsXsdSchema(xmlSchema);
+            result[i] = new CommonsXsdSchema(xmlSchema, schemaCollection);
         }
         return result;
     }
@@ -185,16 +185,14 @@ public class CommonsXsdSchemaCollection implements XsdSchemaCollection, Initiali
         processedIncludes.add(schema);
         XmlSchemaObjectCollection includes = schema.getIncludes();
         for (int i = 0; i < includes.getCount(); i++) {
-            XmlSchemaExternal external = (XmlSchemaExternal) includes
-                    .getItem(i);
+            XmlSchemaExternal external = (XmlSchemaExternal) includes.getItem(i);
             if (external instanceof XmlSchemaInclude) {
                 XmlSchema includedSchema = external.getSchema();
                 XmlSchemaObjectCollection items = schema.getItems();
                 if (!processedIncludes.contains(includedSchema)) {
                     inlineIncludes(includedSchema, processedIncludes, processedImports);
                     findImports(includedSchema, processedImports, processedIncludes);
-                    XmlSchemaObjectCollection includeItems = includedSchema
-                            .getItems();
+                    XmlSchemaObjectCollection includeItems = includedSchema.getItems();
                     for (int j = 0; j < includeItems.getCount(); j++) {
                         XmlSchemaObject includedItem = includeItems.getItem(j);
                         items.add(includedItem);
diff --git a/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.java b/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.java
index 65fc3e79..abe36745 100644
--- a/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.java
+++ b/xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/xml/xsd/AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.java
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
 import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
 import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMResult;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
 
 import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLTestCase;
 import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLUnit;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
@@ -98,6 +100,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase extends XMLTestCase {
         assertXMLEqual("Invalid Source returned", expected, result);
     }
 
+    public void testXmime() throws Exception {
+        Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("xmime.xsd", AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.class);
+        XsdSchema schema = createSchema(resource);
+        String namespace = "urn:test";
+        assertEquals("Invalid target namespace", namespace, schema.getTargetNamespace());
+        Document result = (Document) ((DOMSource) schema.getSource()).getNode();
+        Element schemaElement = result.getDocumentElement();
+        Element elementElement = (Element) schemaElement.getFirstChild();
+        assertNotNull("No expectedContentTypes found",
+                elementElement.getAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/2005/05/xmlmime", "expectedContentTypes"));
+    }
+
     public void testCreateValidator() throws Exception {
         Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("single.xsd", AbstractXsdSchemaTestCase.class);
         XsdSchema single = createSchema(resource);
diff --git a/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmime.xsd b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmime.xsd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..394b4871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xml/src/test/resources/org/springframework/xml/xsd/xmime.xsd
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+           targetNamespace="urn:test"
+           xmlns="urn:test"
+           elementFormDefault="qualified"
+           attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
+
+           xmlns:xmime="http://www.w3.org/2005/05/xmlmime">
+    <xs:element name="BinaryData" type="xs:base64Binary" xmime:expectedContentTypes="application/octet-stream"/>
+</xs:schema>
+