diff --git a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/AbstractJaxbMarshaller.java b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/AbstractJaxbMarshaller.java
index 914cabbb..2212f327 100644
--- a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/AbstractJaxbMarshaller.java
+++ b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/AbstractJaxbMarshaller.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.oxm.XmlMappingException;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Abstract base class for implementations of the <code>Marshaller</code> and <code>Unmarshaller</code> interfaces that
@@ -64,9 +66,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractJaxbMarshaller
 
     /** Sets the JAXB Context path. */
     public void setContextPath(String contextPath) {
+        Assert.notNull(contextPath, "'contextPath' must not be null");
         this.contextPath = contextPath;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets multiple JAXB Context paths. The given array of context paths is converted to a colon-delimited string, as
+     * supported by JAXB.
+     */
+    public void setContextPaths(String[] contextPaths) {
+        Assert.notEmpty(contextPaths, "'contextPaths' must not be empty");
+        this.contextPath = StringUtils.arrayToDelimitedString(contextPaths, ":");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the JAXB <code>Marshaller</code> properties. These properties will be set on the underlying JAXB
      * <code>Marshaller</code>, and allow for features such as indentation.
diff --git a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1Marshaller.java b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1Marshaller.java
index 388b5c78..f403d0d9 100644
--- a/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1Marshaller.java
+++ b/oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1Marshaller.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
 import javax.xml.transform.Result;
 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @see #setValidating(boolean)
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-public class Jaxb1Marshaller extends AbstractJaxbMarshaller implements InitializingBean {
+public class Jaxb1Marshaller extends AbstractJaxbMarshaller {
 
     private boolean validating = false;
 
@@ -48,7 +48,26 @@ public class Jaxb1Marshaller extends AbstractJaxbMarshaller implements Initializ
     }
 
     public boolean supports(Class clazz) {
-        return Element.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz);
+        if (!Element.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (StringUtils.hasLength(getContextPath())) {
+            String className = ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(clazz);
+            int lastDotIndex = className.lastIndexOf('.');
+            if (lastDotIndex == -1) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            String packageName = className.substring(0, lastDotIndex);
+            String[] contextPaths = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(getContextPath(), ":");
+            for (int i = 0; i < contextPaths.length; i++) {
+                if (contextPaths[i].equals(packageName)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+        return false;
+
     }
 
     protected final JAXBContext createJaxbContext() throws JAXBException {
diff --git a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1MarshallerTest.java b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1MarshallerTest.java
index 063ae1f5..74e3018a 100644
--- a/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1MarshallerTest.java
+++ b/oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb1MarshallerTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class Jaxb1MarshallerTest extends AbstractJaxbMarshallerTestCase {
 
     protected final Marshaller createMarshaller() throws Exception {
         Jaxb1Marshaller marshaller = new Jaxb1Marshaller();
-        marshaller.setContextPath(CONTEXT_PATH);
+        marshaller.setContextPaths(new String[]{CONTEXT_PATH});
         marshaller.afterPropertiesSet();
         return marshaller;
     }