diff --git a/security/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jSecurityInterceptor.java b/security/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jSecurityInterceptor.java
index 64ab0c5e..7a27a7aa 100755
--- a/security/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jSecurityInterceptor.java
+++ b/security/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jSecurityInterceptor.java
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ public class Wss4jSecurityInterceptor extends AbstractWsSecurityInterceptor impl
      * Set the WS-I Basic Security Profile compliance mode. Default is {@code true}.
      */
     public void setBspCompliant(boolean bspCompliant) {
+	    this.handler.setOption(WSHandlerConstants.IS_BSP_COMPLIANT, true);
         this.bspCompliant = bspCompliant;
     }