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 5cf06444..faf05b52 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
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ public class Wss4jSecurityInterceptor extends AbstractWsSecurityInterceptor impl
         if (soapMessage instanceof AxiomSoapMessage) {
             // construct a new Axiom message with the processed envelope
             AxiomSoapMessage axiomMessage = (AxiomSoapMessage) soapMessage;
+            // save the Soap Action
+            String soapAction = axiomMessage.getSoapAction();
             SOAPEnvelope envelopeFromDOMDocument = AxiomUtils.toEnvelope(envelope);
             SOAPFactory factory = (SOAPFactory) axiomMessage.getAxiomMessage().getOMFactory();
             SOAPMessage newMessage = factory.createSOAPMessage();
@@ -640,6 +642,8 @@ public class Wss4jSecurityInterceptor extends AbstractWsSecurityInterceptor impl
 
             // replace the Axiom message
             axiomMessage.setAxiomMessage(newMessage);
+            // restore the Soap Action
+            axiomMessage.setSoapAction(soapAction);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/AxiomWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest.java b/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/AxiomWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20539692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/AxiomWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.security.wss4j;
+
+public class AxiomWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest extends Wss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTestCase {
+
+}
diff --git a/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/SaajWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest.java b/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/SaajWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21de82d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/SaajWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.security.wss4j;
+
+public class SaajWss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTest extends Wss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTestCase {
+
+}
diff --git a/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTestCase.java b/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee6ade1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/security/wss4j/Wss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.security.wss4j;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.ws.security.WSConstants;
+
+import org.springframework.ws.context.DefaultMessageContext;
+import org.springframework.ws.context.MessageContext;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.security.wss4j.callback.SimplePasswordValidationCallbackHandler;
+
+public abstract class Wss4jMessageInterceptorSoapActionTestCase extends Wss4jTestCase {
+
+    private static final String SOAP_ACTION = "\"http://test\"";
+
+    private Properties users = new Properties();
+
+    private Wss4jSecurityInterceptor interceptor;
+
+    protected void onSetup() throws Exception {
+        users.setProperty("Bert", "Ernie");
+        interceptor = new Wss4jSecurityInterceptor();
+        interceptor.setValidationActions("UsernameToken");
+        interceptor.setSecurementActions("UsernameToken");
+        interceptor.setSecurementPasswordType(WSConstants.PW_TEXT);
+        SimplePasswordValidationCallbackHandler callbackHandler = new SimplePasswordValidationCallbackHandler();
+        callbackHandler.setUsers(users);
+        interceptor.setValidationCallbackHandler(callbackHandler);
+
+        interceptor.afterPropertiesSet();
+    }
+
+    public void testPreserveSoapActionOnValidation() throws Exception {
+        SoapMessage message = loadMessage("usernameTokenPlainText-soap.xml");
+        message.setSoapAction(SOAP_ACTION);
+        MessageContext messageContext = new DefaultMessageContext(message, getMessageFactory());
+        interceptor.validateMessage(message, messageContext);
+
+        assertNotNull("Soap Action must not be null", message.getSoapAction());
+        assertEquals("Soap Action is different from expected", SOAP_ACTION, message.getSoapAction());
+    }
+
+    public void testPreserveSoapActionOnSecurement() throws Exception {
+        SoapMessage message = loadMessage("empty-soap.xml");
+        message.setSoapAction(SOAP_ACTION);
+        interceptor.setSecurementUsername("Bert");
+        interceptor.setSecurementPassword("Ernie");
+        MessageContext messageContext = getMessageContext(message);
+        interceptor.secureMessage(message, messageContext);
+
+        assertNotNull("Soap Action must not be null", message.getSoapAction());
+        assertEquals("Soap Action is different from expected", SOAP_ACTION, message.getSoapAction());
+
+    }
+}