diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java
index 668f8c9d839..950316c44ed 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsListenerContainerParser.java
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ class JmsListenerContainerParser extends AbstractListenerContainerParser {
 
 	private static final String ERROR_HANDLER_ATTRIBUTE = "error-handler";
 
+	private static final String PHASE_ATTRIBUTE = "phase";
+
 	private static final String CACHE_ATTRIBUTE = "cache";
 
 
@@ -107,6 +109,11 @@ class JmsListenerContainerParser extends AbstractListenerContainerParser {
 					new RuntimeBeanReference(destinationResolverBeanName));
 		}
 
+		String phase = containerEle.getAttribute(PHASE_ATTRIBUTE);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(phase)) {
+			containerDef.getPropertyValues().add("phase", phase);
+		}
+
 		String cache = containerEle.getAttribute(CACHE_ATTRIBUTE);
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(cache)) {
 			if (containerType.startsWith("simple")) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd
index 1ba1f277702..4ee34a8d003 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/main/resources/org/springframework/jms/config/spring-jms-3.0.xsd
@@ -233,6 +233,16 @@
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="phase" type="xsd:string">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+	The lifecycle phase within which this container should start and stop. The lower
+	the value the earlier this container will start and the later it will stop. The
+	default is Integer.MAX_VALUE meaning the container will start as late as possible
+	and stop as soon as possible.
+					]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 	
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java
index 67a46459ba2..0480804277c 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/JmsNamespaceHandlerTests.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.EmptyReaderEventListener;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.PassThroughSourceExtractor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ReaderEventListener;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.context.Phased;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.jca.endpoint.GenericMessageEndpointManager;
 import org.springframework.jms.listener.DefaultMessageListenerContainer;
@@ -144,6 +145,19 @@ public class JmsNamespaceHandlerTests extends TestCase {
 		assertNull(defaultErrorHandler);
 	}
 
+	public void testPhases() {
+		int phase1 = getPhase("listener1");
+		int phase2 = getPhase("listener2");
+		int phase3 = getPhase("listener3");
+		int phase4 = getPhase("listener4");
+		int defaultPhase = getPhase(DefaultMessageListenerContainer.class.getName() + "#0");
+		assertEquals(99, phase1);
+		assertEquals(99, phase2);
+		assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, phase3);
+		assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, phase4);
+		assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, defaultPhase);
+	}
+
 	private MessageListener getListener(String containerBeanName) {
 		DefaultMessageListenerContainer container = this.context.getBean(containerBeanName, DefaultMessageListenerContainer.class);
 		return (MessageListener) container.getMessageListener();
@@ -154,6 +168,14 @@ public class JmsNamespaceHandlerTests extends TestCase {
 		return (ErrorHandler) new DirectFieldAccessor(container).getPropertyValue("errorHandler");
 	}
 
+	public int getPhase(String containerBeanName) {
+		Object container = this.context.getBean(containerBeanName);
+		if (!(container instanceof Phased)) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Container '" + containerBeanName + "' does not implement Phased.");
+		}
+		return ((Phased) container).getPhase();
+	}
+
 	public void testComponentRegistration() {
 		assertTrue("Parser should have registered a component named 'listener1'", context.containsComponentDefinition("listener1"));
 		assertTrue("Parser should have registered a component named 'listener2'", context.containsComponentDefinition("listener2"));
diff --git a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
index 275eb3a561e..0aa40c42265 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
+++ b/org.springframework.jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/jms/config/jmsNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 
 	<jms:listener-container connection-factory="testConnectionFactory" task-executor="testTaskExecutor"
 			destination-resolver="testDestinationResolver" message-converter="testMessageConverter"
-			transaction-manager="testTransactionManager" error-handler="testErrorHandler">
+			transaction-manager="testTransactionManager" error-handler="testErrorHandler" phase="99">
 		<jms:listener id="listener1" destination="testDestination" ref="testBean1" method="setName"/>
 		<jms:listener id="listener2" destination="testDestination" ref="testBean2" method="setName" response-destination="responseDestination"/>
 	</jms:listener-container>
 
-	<jms:listener-container>
+	<!-- TODO: remove the task-executor reference once issue with blocking on stop is resolved -->
+	<jms:listener-container task-executor="testTaskExecutor">
 		<jms:listener destination="testDestination" ref="testBean3"/>
 	</jms:listener-container>
 
@@ -54,4 +55,9 @@
 
 	<bean id="testBean3" class="org.springframework.jms.config.JmsNamespaceHandlerTests$TestMessageListener"/>
 
+	<!-- TODO: remove this once issue with blocking on stop is resolved -->
+	<bean id="lifecycleProcessor" class="org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor">
+		<property name="timeoutPerShutdownPhase" value="0"/>
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>