diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParser.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 6027fc3c90..4785d16109 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -263,12 +263,15 @@ class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		}
 		else {
 			RuntimeBeanReference handshakeHandler = WebSocketNamespaceUtils.registerHandshakeHandler(element, context, source);
+			Element interceptorsElement = DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(element, "handshake-interceptors");
+			ManagedList<?> interceptors = WebSocketNamespaceUtils.parseBeanSubElements(interceptorsElement, context);
 			ConstructorArgumentValues cavs = new ConstructorArgumentValues();
 			cavs.addIndexedArgumentValue(0, subProtoHandler);
 			if (handshakeHandler != null) {
 				cavs.addIndexedArgumentValue(1, handshakeHandler);
 			}
 			beanDef = new RootBeanDefinition(WebSocketHttpRequestHandler.class, cavs, null);
+			beanDef.getPropertyValues().add("handshakeInterceptors", interceptors);
 		}
 		return new RuntimeBeanReference(registerBeanDef(beanDef, context, source));
 	}
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/WebSocketNamespaceUtils.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/WebSocketNamespaceUtils.java
index bc7d3b804b..bc1763cce1 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/WebSocketNamespaceUtils.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/WebSocketNamespaceUtils.java
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ class WebSocketNamespaceUtils {
 				sockJsServiceDef.getConstructorArgumentValues().addIndexedArgumentValue(1, transportHandler);
 			}
 
-				String attrValue = sockJsElement.getAttribute("name");
+			Element interceptorsElement = DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(element, "handshake-interceptors");
+			ManagedList<?> interceptors = WebSocketNamespaceUtils.parseBeanSubElements(interceptorsElement, context);
+			sockJsServiceDef.getPropertyValues().add("handshakeInterceptors", interceptors);
+
+			String attrValue = sockJsElement.getAttribute("name");
 			if (!attrValue.isEmpty()) {
 				sockJsServiceDef.getPropertyValues().add("name", attrValue);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.0.xsd b/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.0.xsd
index 1c355d1af2..d69f5006a0 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.0.xsd
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@
 					<xsd:complexType>
 						<xsd:sequence>
 							<xsd:element name="handshake-handler" type="handshake-handler" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
+							<xsd:element name="handshake-interceptors" type="handshake-interceptors" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 							<xsd:element name="sockjs" type="sockjs-service" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 						</xsd:sequence>
 						<xsd:attribute name="path" type="xsd:string">
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.1.xsd b/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.1.xsd
index 71a1f76b24..447928b262 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.1.xsd
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/spring-websocket-4.1.xsd
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@
 					<xsd:complexType>
 						<xsd:sequence>
 							<xsd:element name="handshake-handler" type="handshake-handler" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
+							<xsd:element name="handshake-interceptors" type="handshake-interceptors" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 							<xsd:element name="sockjs" type="sockjs-service" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 						</xsd:sequence>
 						<xsd:attribute name="path" type="xsd:string">
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index 163ddcab90..0f4a02e345 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.server.support.DefaultHandshakeHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.server.support.WebSocketHttpRequestHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.SockJsService;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.support.SockJsHttpRequestHandler;
+import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.TransportHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.TransportHandlingSockJsService;
+import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.TransportType;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.handler.DefaultSockJsService;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.handler.EventSourceTransportHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.handler.HtmlFileTransportHandler;
@@ -79,8 +81,8 @@ public class HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		this.appContext = new GenericWebApplicationContext();
 	}
 
-	@Test
 
+	@Test
 	public void webSocketHandlers() {
 		loadBeanDefinitions("websocket-config-handlers.xml");
 
@@ -132,7 +134,6 @@ public class HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertNotNull(handshakeHandler);
 		assertTrue(handshakeHandler instanceof TestHandshakeHandler);
 		List<HandshakeInterceptor> interceptors = handler.getHandshakeInterceptors();
-		assertNotNull(interceptors);
 		assertThat(interceptors, contains(instanceOf(FooTestInterceptor.class), instanceOf(BarTestInterceptor.class)));
 
 		handler = (WebSocketHttpRequestHandler) urlHandlerMapping.getUrlMap().get("/test");
@@ -142,7 +143,6 @@ public class HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertNotNull(handshakeHandler);
 		assertTrue(handshakeHandler instanceof TestHandshakeHandler);
 		interceptors = handler.getHandshakeInterceptors();
-		assertNotNull(interceptors);
 		assertThat(interceptors, contains(instanceOf(FooTestInterceptor.class), instanceOf(BarTestInterceptor.class)));
 
 	}
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ public class HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertThat(sockJsService, instanceOf(DefaultSockJsService.class));
 		DefaultSockJsService defaultSockJsService = (DefaultSockJsService) sockJsService;
 		assertThat(defaultSockJsService.getTaskScheduler(), instanceOf(ThreadPoolTaskScheduler.class));
-		assertThat(defaultSockJsService.getTransportHandlers().values(),
+
+		Map<TransportType, TransportHandler> transportHandlers = defaultSockJsService.getTransportHandlers();
+		assertThat(transportHandlers.values(),
 				containsInAnyOrder(
 						instanceOf(XhrPollingTransportHandler.class),
 						instanceOf(XhrReceivingTransportHandler.class),
@@ -181,6 +183,12 @@ public class HandlersBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 						instanceOf(EventSourceTransportHandler.class),
 						instanceOf(HtmlFileTransportHandler.class),
 						instanceOf(WebSocketTransportHandler.class)));
+
+		WebSocketTransportHandler handler = (WebSocketTransportHandler) transportHandlers.get(TransportType.WEBSOCKET);
+		assertEquals(TestHandshakeHandler.class, handler.getHandshakeHandler().getClass());
+
+		List<HandshakeInterceptor> interceptors = defaultSockJsService.getHandshakeInterceptors();
+		assertThat(interceptors, contains(instanceOf(FooTestInterceptor.class), instanceOf(BarTestInterceptor.class)));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index 8066de2544..3cd52748bb 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -75,16 +75,19 @@ import org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.handler.WebSocketTranspor
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  */
 public class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 
 	private GenericWebApplicationContext appContext;
 
+
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
 		this.appContext = new GenericWebApplicationContext();
 	}
 
+
 	@Test
 	public void simpleBroker() {
 		loadBeanDefinitions("websocket-config-broker-simple.xml");
@@ -103,6 +106,8 @@ public class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		HandshakeHandler handshakeHandler = wsHttpRequestHandler.getHandshakeHandler();
 		assertNotNull(handshakeHandler);
 		assertTrue(handshakeHandler instanceof TestHandshakeHandler);
+		List<HandshakeInterceptor> interceptors = wsHttpRequestHandler.getHandshakeInterceptors();
+		assertThat(interceptors, contains(instanceOf(FooTestInterceptor.class), instanceOf(BarTestInterceptor.class)));
 
 		WebSocketHandler wsHandler = unwrapWebSocketHandler(wsHttpRequestHandler.getWebSocketHandler());
 		assertNotNull(wsHandler);
@@ -140,6 +145,9 @@ public class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertEquals(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors(), scheduler.getScheduledThreadPoolExecutor().getCorePoolSize());
 		assertTrue(scheduler.getScheduledThreadPoolExecutor().getRemoveOnCancelPolicy());
 
+		interceptors = defaultSockJsService.getHandshakeInterceptors();
+		assertThat(interceptors, contains(instanceOf(FooTestInterceptor.class), instanceOf(BarTestInterceptor.class)));
+
 		UserSessionRegistry userSessionRegistry = this.appContext.getBean(UserSessionRegistry.class);
 		assertNotNull(userSessionRegistry);
 
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-broker-simple.xml b/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-broker-simple.xml
index d89a7f4223..4f700be019 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-broker-simple.xml
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-broker-simple.xml
@@ -13,10 +13,18 @@
 
 		<websocket:stomp-endpoint path=" /foo,/bar">
 			<websocket:handshake-handler ref="myHandler"/>
+			<websocket:handshake-interceptors>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.FooTestInterceptor"/>
+				<ref bean="barTestInterceptor"/>
+			</websocket:handshake-interceptors>
 		</websocket:stomp-endpoint>
 
 		<websocket:stomp-endpoint path="/test,/sockjs">
 			<websocket:handshake-handler ref="myHandler"/>
+			<websocket:handshake-interceptors>
+				<bean class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.FooTestInterceptor"/>
+				<ref bean="barTestInterceptor"/>
+			</websocket:handshake-interceptors>
 			<websocket:sockjs/>
 		</websocket:stomp-endpoint>
 
@@ -29,5 +37,6 @@
 	</bean>
 
 	<bean id="myHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestHandshakeHandler"/>
+	<bean id="barTestInterceptor" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.BarTestInterceptor"/>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs-attributes.xml b/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs-attributes.xml
index 8e7ab6cd45..4a2476c45c 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs-attributes.xml
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs-attributes.xml
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@
 		</websocket:sockjs>
 	</websocket:handlers>
 
-	<bean id="testHandler"
-		  class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestWebSocketHandler"/>
-
-	<bean id="xhrStreamingTransportHandler"
-		  class="org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.handler.XhrStreamingTransportHandler"/>
-
-	<bean id="testTaskScheduler"
-		  class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestTaskScheduler"/>
+	<bean id="testHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestWebSocketHandler"/>
+	<bean id="testTaskScheduler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestTaskScheduler"/>
+	<bean id="xhrStreamingTransportHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.sockjs.transport.handler.XhrStreamingTransportHandler"/>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs.xml b/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs.xml
index 689cddd19b..92c167772b 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs.xml
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/socket/config/websocket-config-handlers-sockjs.xml
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@
 	<websocket:handlers>
 		<websocket:mapping path="/test" handler="testHandler"/>
 		<websocket:mapping path="/foo/" handler="fooHandler"/>
+		<websocket:handshake-handler ref="testHandshakeHandler"/>
+		<websocket:handshake-interceptors>
+			<bean class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.FooTestInterceptor"/>
+			<ref bean="barTestInterceptor"/>
+		</websocket:handshake-interceptors>
 		<websocket:sockjs/>
 	</websocket:handlers>
 
 	<bean id="testHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestWebSocketHandler"/>
 	<bean id="fooHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.FooWebSocketHandler"/>
+	<bean id="testHandshakeHandler" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.TestHandshakeHandler"/>
+	<bean id="barTestInterceptor" class="org.springframework.web.socket.config.BarTestInterceptor"/>
 
 </beans>