diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/JaxWsPortClientInterceptor.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/JaxWsPortClientInterceptor.java
index 87611e725d6..0a1ba6930ee 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/JaxWsPortClientInterceptor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/JaxWsPortClientInterceptor.java
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ package org.springframework.remoting.jaxws;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import javax.jws.WebService;
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider;
 import javax.xml.ws.ProtocolException;
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.remoting.RemoteLookupFailureException;
 import org.springframework.remoting.RemoteProxyFailureException;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor} for accessing a specific
@@ -317,9 +321,14 @@ public class JaxWsPortClientInterceptor extends LocalJaxWsServiceFactory
 	 * Initialize the JAX-WS port for this interceptor.
 	 */
 	public void prepare() {
-		if (getServiceInterface() == null) {
+		Class<?> ifc = getServiceInterface();
+		if (ifc == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property 'serviceInterface' is required");
 		}
+		WebService ann = ifc.getAnnotation(WebService.class);
+		if (ann != null) {
+			applyDefaultsFromAnnotation(ann);
+		}
 		Service serviceToUse = getJaxWsService();
 		if (serviceToUse == null) {
 			serviceToUse = createJaxWsService();
@@ -330,6 +339,52 @@ public class JaxWsPortClientInterceptor extends LocalJaxWsServiceFactory
 		this.portStub = stub;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Initialize this client interceptor's properties from the given WebService annotation,
+	 * if necessary and possible (i.e. if "wsdlDocumentUrl", "namespaceUri", "serviceName"
+	 * and "portName" haven't been set but corresponding values are declared at the
+	 * annotation level of the specified service interface).
+	 * @param ann the WebService annotation found on the specified service interface
+	 */
+	protected void applyDefaultsFromAnnotation(WebService ann) {
+		if (getWsdlDocumentUrl() == null) {
+			String wsdl = ann.wsdlLocation();
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(wsdl)) {
+				try {
+					setWsdlDocumentUrl(new URL(wsdl));
+				}
+				catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException(
+							"Encountered invalid @Service wsdlLocation value [" + wsdl + "]", ex);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (getNamespaceUri() == null) {
+			String ns = ann.targetNamespace();
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(ns)) {
+				setNamespaceUri(ns);
+			}
+		}
+		if (getServiceName() == null) {
+			String sn = ann.serviceName();
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(sn)) {
+				setServiceName(sn);
+			}
+		}
+		if (getPortName() == null) {
+			String pn = ann.portName();
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(pn)) {
+				setPortName(pn);
+			}
+			else {
+				String nm = ann.name();
+				if (StringUtils.hasText(nm)) {
+					setPortName(nm);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return whether this client interceptor has already been prepared,
 	 * i.e. has already looked up the JAX-WS service and port.
@@ -478,7 +533,6 @@ public class JaxWsPortClientInterceptor extends LocalJaxWsServiceFactory
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Inner class in order to avoid a hard-coded JAX-WS 2.1 dependency.
 	 * JAX-WS 2.0, as used in Java EE 5, didn't have WebServiceFeatures yet...
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/LocalJaxWsServiceFactory.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/LocalJaxWsServiceFactory.java
index 36d5562e20f..3e8cf74b902 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/LocalJaxWsServiceFactory.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/remoting/jaxws/LocalJaxWsServiceFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import javax.xml.ws.Service;
 import javax.xml.ws.handler.HandlerResolver;
 
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
 /**
  * Factory for locally defined JAX-WS {@link javax.xml.ws.Service} references.
  * Uses the JAX-WS {@link javax.xml.ws.Service#create} factory API underneath.
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ public class LocalJaxWsServiceFactory {
 	 * @see #setWsdlDocumentUrl
 	 */
 	public Service createJaxWsService() {
+		Assert.notNull(this.serviceName, "No service name specified");
 		Service service = (this.wsdlDocumentUrl != null ?
 				Service.create(this.wsdlDocumentUrl, getQName(this.serviceName)) :
 				Service.create(getQName(this.serviceName)));