diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JndiConnectionFactoryAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JndiConnectionFactoryAutoConfiguration.java
index 9bb79bc3898..7244eb09efb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JndiConnectionFactoryAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JndiConnectionFactoryAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jms;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
 import javax.naming.NamingException;
 
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnJndi;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.jndi.JndiLocatorDelegate;
 
 /**
@@ -36,12 +39,26 @@ import org.springframework.jndi.JndiLocatorDelegate;
 @Configuration
 @AutoConfigureBefore(JmsAutoConfiguration.class)
 @ConditionalOnMissingBean(ConnectionFactory.class)
-@ConditionalOnJndi("java:/JmsXA")
+@ConditionalOnJndi({ "java:/JmsXA", "java:/XAConnectionFactory" })
 public class JndiConnectionFactoryAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
 	public ConnectionFactory connectionFactory() throws NamingException {
-		return new JndiLocatorDelegate().lookup("java:/JmsXA", ConnectionFactory.class);
+		for (String name : getJndiLocations()) {
+			try {
+				return new JndiLocatorDelegate().lookup(name, ConnectionFactory.class);
+			}
+			catch (NamingException ex) {
+				// Swallow and continue
+			}
+		}
+		throw new IllegalStateException(
+				"Unable to find ConnectionFactory in JNDI locations "
+						+ Arrays.asList(getJndiLocations()));
+	}
+
+	private String[] getJndiLocations() {
+		return AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(getClass(), ConditionalOnJndi.class).value();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jta/BitronixJtaConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jta/BitronixJtaConfiguration.java
index 6a3407a5e49..eff02e143a1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jta/BitronixJtaConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jta/BitronixJtaConfiguration.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class BitronixJtaConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = JtaProperties.PREFIX)
-	public bitronix.tm.Configuration bitronixConfiguration(JtaProperties xxx) {
+	public bitronix.tm.Configuration bitronixConfiguration() {
 		bitronix.tm.Configuration config = TransactionManagerServices.getConfiguration();
 		config.setServerId("spring-boot-jta-bitronix");
 		File logBaseDir = getLogBaseDir();
diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 18be92c8c1a..3dc77dd1b4e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
 		<jolokia.version>1.2.2</jolokia.version>
 		<json-path.version>0.9.1</json-path.version>
 		<jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
-		<jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
 		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 		<liquibase.version>3.0.8</liquibase.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
@@ -521,11 +520,6 @@
 				<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
 				<version>${jstl.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
-				<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-				<version>${jta.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>jaxen</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index e79ad9b97a3..39fe27b13f4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -1929,8 +1929,9 @@ looking at common JNDI locations (`java:comp/UserTransaction`,
 `java:comp/TransactionManager` etc). If you are using a transaction service provided by
 your application server, you will generally also want to ensure that all resources are
 managed by the server and exposed over JNDI.  Spring Boot will attempt to auto-configure
-JMS by looking for a `ConnectionFactory` at the JNDI path `java:/JmsXA` and you can use
-the <<boot-features-connecting-to-a-jndi-datasource, `spring.datasource.jndi-name` property>>
+JMS by looking for a `ConnectionFactory` at the JNDI path `java:/JmsXA` or
+`java:/XAConnectionFactory` and you can use the
+<<boot-features-connecting-to-a-jndi-datasource, `spring.datasource.jndi-name` property>>
 to configure your `DataSource`.
 
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-bitronix/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-bitronix/pom.xml
index ced6f76870b..024f9e404d4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-bitronix/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jta-bitronix/pom.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@
 			<groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jms-api</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jta</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.btm</groupId>
 			<artifactId>btm</artifactId>