diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapMessage.java b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapMessage.java
index 0b991129..cdf30cfd 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapMessage.java
+++ b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/saaj/SaajSoapMessage.java
@@ -114,11 +114,14 @@ public class SaajSoapMessage extends AbstractSoapMessage {
 		Assert.notNull(soapMessage, "soapMessage must not be null");
 		saajMessage = soapMessage;
 		this.langAttributeOnSoap11FaultString = langAttributeOnSoap11FaultString;
-		MimeHeaders headers = soapMessage.getMimeHeaders();
-		if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(headers.getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION))) {
-			headers.addHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION, "\"\"");
-		}
 		this.messageFactory = messageFactory;
+		if (SoapVersion.SOAP_11.equals(getVersion()))
+		{
+			MimeHeaders headers = soapMessage.getMimeHeaders();
+			if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(headers.getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION))) {
+				headers.addHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION, "\"\"");
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	/** Return the SAAJ {@code SOAPMessage} that this {@code SaajSoapMessage} is based on. */
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/client/core/SaajSoapActionCallbackTest.java b/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/client/core/SaajSoapActionCallbackTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6955b978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/soap/client/core/SaajSoapActionCallbackTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+package org.springframework.ws.soap.client.core;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.xml.soap.MessageFactory;
+import javax.xml.soap.SOAPConstants;
+import javax.xml.soap.SOAPException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapVersion;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.SaajSoapMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.saaj.SaajSoapMessageFactory;
+import org.springframework.ws.soap.support.SoapUtils;
+import org.springframework.ws.transport.TransportConstants;
+
+public class SaajSoapActionCallbackTest {
+	
+	private SaajSoapMessageFactory saaj11Factory = new SaajSoapMessageFactory();
+	
+	private SaajSoapMessageFactory saaj12Factory = new SaajSoapMessageFactory();
+	
+	@Before
+	public void init() throws SOAPException
+	{
+		MessageFactory messageFactory11 = MessageFactory.newInstance(SOAPConstants.SOAP_1_1_PROTOCOL);
+		
+		saaj11Factory.setSoapVersion(SoapVersion.SOAP_11);
+		saaj11Factory.setMessageFactory(messageFactory11);
+		saaj11Factory.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		MessageFactory messageFactory12 = MessageFactory.newInstance(SOAPConstants.SOAP_1_2_PROTOCOL);
+		saaj12Factory.setSoapVersion(SoapVersion.SOAP_12);
+		saaj12Factory.setMessageFactory(messageFactory12);
+		saaj12Factory.afterPropertiesSet();
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void noSoapAction11() throws IOException
+	{
+		SaajSoapMessage message = saaj11Factory.createWebServiceMessage();
+		String[] soapActionHeaders = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
+		Assert.assertEquals("\"\"", soapActionHeaders[0]);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void soapAction11() throws IOException
+	{
+		SaajSoapMessage message = saaj11Factory.createWebServiceMessage();
+		SoapActionCallback callback = new SoapActionCallback("testAction");
+		callback.doWithMessage(message);
+		String[] soapActionHeaders = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
+		Assert.assertEquals("\"testAction\"", soapActionHeaders[0]);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void emptySoapAction11() throws IOException
+	{
+		SaajSoapMessage message = saaj11Factory.createWebServiceMessage();
+		SoapActionCallback callback = new SoapActionCallback(null);
+		callback.doWithMessage(message);
+		String[] soapActionHeaders = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
+		Assert.assertEquals("\"\"", soapActionHeaders[0]);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void noSoapAction12() throws IOException
+	{
+		SaajSoapMessage message = saaj12Factory.createWebServiceMessage();
+		String[] soapActionHeaders = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
+		Assert.assertNull(soapActionHeaders);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void soapAction12() throws IOException
+	{
+		SaajSoapMessage message = saaj12Factory.createWebServiceMessage();
+		SoapActionCallback callback = new SoapActionCallback("testAction");
+		callback.doWithMessage(message);
+		String[] soapActionHeaders = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
+		Assert.assertNull(soapActionHeaders);
+		String[] contentTypes = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
+		Assert.assertEquals("\"testAction\"", SoapUtils.extractActionFromContentType(contentTypes[0]));
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void emptySoapAction12() throws IOException
+	{
+		SaajSoapMessage message = saaj12Factory.createWebServiceMessage();
+		SoapActionCallback callback = new SoapActionCallback(null);
+		callback.doWithMessage(message);
+		String[] soapActionHeaders = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_SOAP_ACTION);
+		Assert.assertNull(soapActionHeaders);
+		String[] contentTypes = message.getSaajMessage().getMimeHeaders().getHeader(TransportConstants.HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE);
+		Assert.assertEquals("\"\"", SoapUtils.extractActionFromContentType(contentTypes[0]));
+	}
+
+}