diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 74eadf6f..74e81e56 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Package org.springframework.oxm.castor
 * CastorMarshaller uses a XMLClassDescriptorResolver instead of a Mapping (#SWS-54)
 * CastorMarshaller marshals to DOM trees correctly (#SWS-59)
 
+Package org.springframework.oxm.jibx
+* added indent property to pretty print JiBX output (#SWS-72)
+
 Package org.springframework.ws.context
 * Refactored MessageContextFactory, SoapMessageContextFactory and implementations into WebServiceMessageFactory
 
diff --git a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
index 05708a77..912abec2 100644
--- a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
+++ b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshaller.java
@@ -82,20 +82,23 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
     private TransformerFactory transfomerFactory;
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the optional binding name for this instance.
-     */
+    private int indent = -1;
+
+    /** Sets the optional binding name for this instance. */
     public void setBindingName(String bindingName) {
         this.bindingName = bindingName;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Sets the target class for this instance. This property is required.
-     */
+    /** Sets the target class for this instance. This property is required. */
     public void setTargetClass(Class targetClass) {
         this.targetClass = targetClass;
     }
 
+    /** Sets the number of nesting indent spaces. Default is <code>-1</code>, i.e. no indentation. */
+    public void setIndent(int indent) {
+        this.indent = indent;
+    }
+
     public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
         Assert.notNull(targetClass, "targetClass is required");
         if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
      * @param marshalling indicates whether the exception occurs during marshalling (<code>true</code>), or
      *                    unmarshalling (<code>false</code>)
      * @return the corresponding <code>XmlMappingException</code> instance
-     * @see JibxUtils#convertJibxException(org.jibx.runtime.JiBXException, boolean)
+     * @see JibxUtils#convertJibxException(org.jibx.runtime.JiBXException,boolean)
      */
     public XmlMappingException convertJibxException(JiBXException ex, boolean marshalling) {
         return JibxUtils.convertJibxException(ex, marshalling);
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
     protected void marshalOutputStream(Object graph, OutputStream outputStream)
             throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
         try {
-            IMarshallingContext marshallingContext = bindingFactory.createMarshallingContext();
+            IMarshallingContext marshallingContext = createMarshallingContext();
             marshallingContext.marshalDocument(graph, null, null, outputStream);
         }
         catch (JiBXException ex) {
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
     protected void marshalWriter(Object graph, Writer writer) throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
         try {
-            IMarshallingContext marshallingContext = bindingFactory.createMarshallingContext();
+            IMarshallingContext marshallingContext = createMarshallingContext();
             marshallingContext.marshalDocument(graph, null, null, writer);
         }
         catch (JiBXException ex) {
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
     protected void marshalXmlStreamWriter(Object graph, XMLStreamWriter streamWriter) throws XmlMappingException {
         try {
-            MarshallingContext marshallingContext = (MarshallingContext) bindingFactory.createMarshallingContext();
+            MarshallingContext marshallingContext = (MarshallingContext) createMarshallingContext();
             IXMLWriter xmlWriter = new StAXWriter(marshallingContext.getNamespaces(), streamWriter);
             marshallingContext.setXmlWriter(xmlWriter);
             marshallingContext.marshalDocument(graph);
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
     protected Object unmarshalInputStream(InputStream inputStream) throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
         try {
-            IUnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext = bindingFactory.createUnmarshallingContext();
+            IUnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext = createUnmarshallingContext();
             return unmarshallingContext.unmarshalDocument(inputStream, null);
         }
         catch (JiBXException ex) {
@@ -239,7 +242,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
     protected Object unmarshalReader(Reader reader) throws XmlMappingException, IOException {
         try {
-            IUnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext = bindingFactory.createUnmarshallingContext();
+            IUnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext = createUnmarshallingContext();
             return unmarshallingContext.unmarshalDocument(reader);
         }
         catch (JiBXException ex) {
@@ -276,8 +279,7 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
 
     protected Object unmarshalXmlStreamReader(XMLStreamReader streamReader) {
         try {
-            UnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext =
-                    (UnmarshallingContext) bindingFactory.createUnmarshallingContext();
+            UnmarshallingContext unmarshallingContext = (UnmarshallingContext) createUnmarshallingContext();
             IXMLReader xmlReader = new StAXReaderWrapper(streamReader, null, true);
             unmarshallingContext.setDocument(xmlReader);
             return unmarshallingContext.unmarshalElement();
@@ -286,4 +288,28 @@ public class JibxMarshaller extends AbstractMarshaller implements InitializingBe
             throw convertJibxException(ex, false);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new <code>IMarshallingContext</code>, set with the correct indentation.
+     *
+     * @return the created marshalling context
+     * @throws JiBXException in case of errors
+     */
+    protected IMarshallingContext createMarshallingContext() throws JiBXException {
+        IMarshallingContext marshallingContext = bindingFactory.createMarshallingContext();
+        marshallingContext.setIndent(indent);
+        return marshallingContext;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new <code>IUnmarshallingContext</code>, set with the correct indentation.
+     *
+     * @return the created unmarshalling context
+     * @throws JiBXException in case of errors
+     */
+    protected IUnmarshallingContext createUnmarshallingContext() throws JiBXException {
+        return bindingFactory.createUnmarshallingContext();
+    }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshallerTest.java b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshallerTest.java
index 8b8b774c..199cfdf1 100644
--- a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshallerTest.java
+++ b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jibx/JibxMarshallerTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.oxm.jibx;
 
 import org.springframework.oxm.AbstractMarshallerTestCase;
 import org.springframework.oxm.Marshaller;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringResult;
+import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLUnit;
 
 public class JibxMarshallerTest extends AbstractMarshallerTestCase {
 
@@ -46,4 +48,18 @@ public class JibxMarshallerTest extends AbstractMarshallerTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testIndentation() throws Exception {
+        ((JibxMarshaller) marshaller).setIndent(4);
+        StringResult result = new StringResult();
+        marshaller.marshal(flights, result);
+        XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(false);
+        String expected = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n" +
+                "<flights xmlns=\"http://samples.springframework.org/flight\">\n" +
+                "    <flight>\n" +
+                "        <number>42</number>\n" +
+                "    </flight>\n" +
+                "</flights>";
+        assertXMLEqual(expected, result.toString());
+    }
+
 }