diff --git a/org.springframework.oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java b/org.springframework.oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java
index 890ce18c679..2d23572100d 100644
--- a/org.springframework.oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java
+++ b/org.springframework.oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ public class Jaxb2Marshaller
 
 	private boolean lazyInit = false;
 
+	private boolean supportJaxbElementClass = false;
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Set multiple JAXB context paths. The given array of context paths is converted to a
@@ -301,6 +303,22 @@ public class Jaxb2Marshaller
 		this.lazyInit = lazyInit;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify whether the {@link #supports(Class)} returns {@code true} for the {@link JAXBElement} class.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code false}, meaning that {@code supports(Class)} always returns {@code false} for
+	 * {@code JAXBElement} classes (though {@link #supports(Type)} can return {@code true}, since it can obtain the
+	 * type parameters of {@code JAXBElement}).
+	 * <p>This property is typically enabled in combination with usage of classes like
+	 * {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView MarshallingView}, since the {@code ModelAndView}
+	 * does not offer type parameter information at runtime.
+	 *
+	 * @see #supports(Class)
+	 * @see #supports(Type)
+	 */
+	public void setSupportJaxbElementClass(boolean supportJaxbElementClass) {
+		this.supportJaxbElementClass = supportJaxbElementClass;
+	}
+
 	public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
 		this.beanClassLoader = classLoader;
 	}
@@ -394,6 +412,9 @@ public class Jaxb2Marshaller
 
 
 	public boolean supports(Class<?> clazz) {
+		if (supportJaxbElementClass && JAXBElement.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+			return true;
+		}
 		return supportsInternal(clazz, true);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2MarshallerTests.java b/org.springframework.oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2MarshallerTests.java
index 96094c8a480..8e743037072 100644
--- a/org.springframework.oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2MarshallerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.oxm/src/test/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2MarshallerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -27,15 +27,11 @@ import javax.activation.FileDataSource;
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import javax.xml.transform.Result;
 import javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXResult;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
 
-import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.assertFalse;
-import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.*;
-import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.fail;
-import static org.easymock.EasyMock.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
@@ -54,6 +50,12 @@ import org.springframework.oxm.mime.MimeContainer;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
+import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.assertFalse;
+import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.*;
+import static org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLAssert.fail;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 public class Jaxb2MarshallerTests extends AbstractMarshallerTests {
 
 	private static final String CONTEXT_PATH = "org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.test";
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ public class Jaxb2MarshallerTests extends AbstractMarshallerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void laxyInit() throws Exception {
+	public void lazyInit() throws Exception {
 		marshaller = new Jaxb2Marshaller();
 		marshaller.setContextPath(CONTEXT_PATH);
 		marshaller.setLazyInit(true);
@@ -152,7 +154,6 @@ public class Jaxb2MarshallerTests extends AbstractMarshallerTests {
 	@Test
 	public void supportsContextPath() throws Exception {
 		testSupports();
-
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@ public class Jaxb2MarshallerTests extends AbstractMarshallerTests {
 		assertTrue("Jaxb2Marshaller does not support JAXBElement<FlightsType>",
 				marshaller.supports(method.getGenericReturnType()));
 
+		marshaller.setSupportJaxbElementClass(true);
+		JAXBElement<FlightType> flightTypeJAXBElement = new JAXBElement<FlightType>(new QName("http://springframework.org", "flight"), FlightType.class,
+				new FlightType());
+		assertTrue("Jaxb2Marshaller does not support JAXBElement<FlightsType>", marshaller.supports(flightTypeJAXBElement.getClass()));
+
 		assertFalse("Jaxb2Marshaller supports class not in context path", marshaller.supports(DummyRootElement.class));
 		assertFalse("Jaxb2Marshaller supports type not in context path", marshaller.supports((Type)DummyRootElement.class));
 		method = getClass().getDeclaredMethod("createDummyRootElement");