diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
index fe90bb87c08..d1befb40902 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class JmsAnnotationDrivenConfiguration {
 		if (this.transactionManager != null) {
 			factory.setTransactionManager(this.transactionManager);
 		}
+		else {
+			factory.setSessionTransacted(true);
+		}
 		if (this.destinationResolver != null) {
 			factory.setDestinationResolver(this.destinationResolver);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 64481f176ac..66cc254ddf5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jms/JmsAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ import org.apache.activemq.pool.PooledConnectionFactory;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jms.activemq.ActiveMQAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.EnvironmentTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.jms.annotation.EnableJms;
 import org.springframework.jms.config.DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.jms.config.JmsListenerConfigUtils;
@@ -38,10 +40,13 @@ import org.springframework.jms.config.SimpleJmsListenerContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsMessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jms.listener.DefaultMessageListenerContainer;
+import org.springframework.transaction.jta.JtaTransactionManager;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
@@ -137,6 +142,48 @@ public class JmsAutoConfigurationTests {
 				jmsListenerContainerFactory.getClass());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultContainerFactoryWithJtaTransactionManager() {
+		this.context = createContext(TestConfiguration7.class,
+				EnableJmsConfiguration.class);
+		JmsListenerContainerFactory<?> jmsListenerContainerFactory = this.context
+				.getBean("jmsListenerContainerFactory", JmsListenerContainerFactory.class);
+		assertEquals(DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory.class,
+				jmsListenerContainerFactory.getClass());
+		DefaultMessageListenerContainer listenerContainer = ((DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory)
+				jmsListenerContainerFactory).createListenerContainer(mock(JmsListenerEndpoint.class));
+		assertFalse("wrong session transacted flag with JTA transactions", listenerContainer.isSessionTransacted());
+		assertSame(this.context.getBean(JtaTransactionManager.class),
+				new DirectFieldAccessor(listenerContainer).getPropertyValue("transactionManager"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultContainerFactoryNonJtaTransactionManager() {
+		this.context = createContext(TestConfiguration8.class,
+				EnableJmsConfiguration.class);
+		JmsListenerContainerFactory<?> jmsListenerContainerFactory = this.context
+				.getBean("jmsListenerContainerFactory", JmsListenerContainerFactory.class);
+		assertEquals(DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory.class,
+				jmsListenerContainerFactory.getClass());
+		DefaultMessageListenerContainer listenerContainer = ((DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory)
+				jmsListenerContainerFactory).createListenerContainer(mock(JmsListenerEndpoint.class));
+		assertTrue("wrong session transacted flag with no tx manager", listenerContainer.isSessionTransacted());
+		assertNull(new DirectFieldAccessor(listenerContainer).getPropertyValue("transactionManager"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDefaultContainerFactoryNoTransactionManager() {
+		this.context = createContext(EnableJmsConfiguration.class);
+		JmsListenerContainerFactory<?> jmsListenerContainerFactory = this.context
+				.getBean("jmsListenerContainerFactory", JmsListenerContainerFactory.class);
+		assertEquals(DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory.class,
+				jmsListenerContainerFactory.getClass());
+		DefaultMessageListenerContainer listenerContainer = ((DefaultJmsListenerContainerFactory)
+				jmsListenerContainerFactory).createListenerContainer(mock(JmsListenerEndpoint.class));
+		assertTrue("wrong session transacted flag with no tx manager", listenerContainer.isSessionTransacted());
+		assertNull(new DirectFieldAccessor(listenerContainer).getPropertyValue("transactionManager"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testPubSubDisabledByDefault() {
 		load(TestConfiguration.class);
@@ -350,6 +397,26 @@ public class JmsAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	protected static class TestConfiguration7 {
+
+		@Bean
+		JtaTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+			return mock(JtaTransactionManager.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	protected static class TestConfiguration8 {
+
+		@Bean
+		DataSourceTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+			return mock(DataSourceTransactionManager.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableJms
 	protected static class EnableJmsConfiguration {