diff --git a/oxm/pom.xml b/oxm/pom.xml
index 42e28aae..73eea56b 100644
--- a/oxm/pom.xml
+++ b/oxm/pom.xml
@@ -180,5 +180,11 @@
             <version>1.2_Java1.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-RC2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>        
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java
index 714fd99a..34e34884 100644
--- a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java
+++ b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverter;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamDriver;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamReader;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamWriter;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.CompactWriter;
@@ -45,12 +46,6 @@ import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.SaxWriter;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.StaxReader;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.StaxWriter;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.XppReader;
-import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor;
-import org.springframework.oxm.AbstractMarshaller;
-import org.springframework.oxm.XmlMappingException;
-import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
-import org.springframework.xml.stream.StaxEventContentHandler;
-import org.springframework.xml.stream.XmlEventStreamReader;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
@@ -59,6 +54,13 @@ import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
 import org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ClassEditor;
+import org.springframework.oxm.AbstractMarshaller;
+import org.springframework.oxm.XmlMappingException;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.xml.stream.StaxEventContentHandler;
+import org.springframework.xml.stream.XmlEventStreamReader;
+
 /**
  * Implementation of the <code>Marshaller</code> interface for XStream. By default, XStream does not require any further
  * configuration, though class aliases can be used to have more control over the behavior of XStream.
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
 
     private Class[] supportedClasses;
 
+    /** Specialized driver to be used with stream readers and writers */
+    private HierarchicalStreamDriver streamDriver;
+
     /**
      * Returns the encoding to be used for stream access. If this property is not set, the default encoding is used.
      *
@@ -153,6 +158,11 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Sets the XStream hierarchical stream driver to be used with stream readers and writers */
+    public void setStreamDriver(HierarchicalStreamDriver streamDriver) {
+        this.streamDriver = streamDriver;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set a alias/type map, consisting of string aliases mapped to <code>Class</code> instances (or Strings to be
      * converted to <code>Class</code> instances).
@@ -302,7 +312,12 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
     }
 
     protected void marshalWriter(Object graph, Writer writer) throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
-        marshal(graph, new CompactWriter(writer));
+        if (streamDriver != null) {
+            marshal(graph, streamDriver.createWriter(writer));
+        }
+        else {
+            marshal(graph, new CompactWriter(writer));
+        }
     }
 
     private Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader streamReader) {
@@ -347,7 +362,12 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
     }
 
     protected Object unmarshalReader(Reader reader) throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
-        return unmarshal(new XppReader(reader));
+        if (streamDriver != null) {
+            return unmarshal(streamDriver.createReader(reader));
+        }
+        else {
+            return unmarshal(new XppReader(reader));
+        }
     }
 
     protected Object unmarshalSaxReader(XMLReader xmlReader, InputSource inputSource)
@@ -355,4 +375,6 @@ public class XStreamMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
                 "XStreamMarshaller does not support unmarshalling using SAX XMLReaders");
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java
index e42b86ee..fba1597a 100644
--- a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java
+++ b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshallerTest.java
@@ -32,16 +32,18 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter;
 import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.extended.EncodedByteArrayConverter;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.json.JettisonMappedXmlDriver;
 import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLTestCase;
 import org.easymock.MockControl;
-import org.springframework.xml.transform.StaxResult;
-import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringResult;
-import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Text;
 import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
 
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StaxResult;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringResult;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
+
 public class XStreamMarshallerTest extends XMLTestCase {
 
     private static final String EXPECTED_STRING = "<flight><flightNumber>42</flightNumber></flight>";
@@ -161,5 +163,16 @@ public class XStreamMarshallerTest extends XMLTestCase {
         assertXMLEqual("Marshaller does not use attributes", expected, result.toString());
     }
 
+    public void testDriver() throws Exception {
+        marshaller.setStreamDriver(new JettisonMappedXmlDriver());
+        StringResult result = new StringResult();
+        marshaller.marshal(flight, result);
+        assertEquals("Invalid result", "{\"flight\":{\"flightNumber\":\"42\"}}", result.toString());
+        Object o = marshaller.unmarshal(new StringSource(result.toString()));
+        assertTrue("Unmarshalled object is not Flights", o instanceof Flight);
+        Flight unflight = (Flight) o;
+        assertNotNull("Flight is null", unflight);
+        assertEquals("Number is invalid", 42L, unflight.getFlightNumber());
+    }
 
 }