diff --git a/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper.java b/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper.java
index 5ebb5c120f..e11b388ef4 100644
--- a/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper.java
+++ b/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper.java
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ public class ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper implements XAResource, SessionFailureList
             } else {
                serverLocator = ActiveMQClient.createServerLocator(false, xaRecoveryConfig.getTransportConfig());
             }
+            serverLocator.setLocatorConfig(xaRecoveryConfig.getLocatorConfig());
             serverLocator.disableFinalizeCheck();
             serverLocator.setProtocolManagerFactory(xaRecoveryConfig.getClientProtocolManager());
             csf = serverLocator.createSessionFactory();
diff --git a/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/XARecoveryConfig.java b/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/XARecoveryConfig.java
index 3da77de497..f10dfc3190 100644
--- a/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/XARecoveryConfig.java
+++ b/artemis-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/service/extensions/xa/recovery/XARecoveryConfig.java
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ public class XARecoveryConfig {
                            final String password,
                            final Map<String, String> properties,
                            final ClientProtocolManagerFactory clientProtocolManager) {
+      this(ha, transportConfiguration, username, password, properties, clientProtocolManager, null);
+   }
+
+   public XARecoveryConfig(final boolean ha,
+                           final TransportConfiguration[] transportConfiguration,
+                           final String username,
+                           final String password,
+                           final Map<String, String> properties,
+                           final ClientProtocolManagerFactory clientProtocolManager,
+                           ServerLocatorConfig locatorConfig) {
       TransportConfiguration[] newTransportConfiguration = new TransportConfiguration[transportConfiguration.length];
       for (int i = 0; i < transportConfiguration.length; i++) {
          if (clientProtocolManager != null) {
@@ -76,6 +86,7 @@ public class XARecoveryConfig {
       this.ha = ha;
       this.properties = properties == null ? new HashMap<>() : properties;
       this.clientProtocolManager = clientProtocolManager;
+      this.locatorConfig = locatorConfig;
    }
 
    public XARecoveryConfig(final boolean ha,
@@ -187,6 +198,10 @@ public class XARecoveryConfig {
       return serverLocator;
    }
 
+   public ServerLocatorConfig getLocatorConfig() {
+      return locatorConfig;
+   }
+
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
       final int prime = 31;
diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/unit/ra/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapperTest.java b/tests/unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/unit/ra/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f344c2c80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/tests/unit/ra/ActiveMQXAResourceWrapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.unit.ra;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.api.core.client.ClientSession;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server.ActiveMQServer;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.ra.ActiveMQResourceAdapter;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.service.extensions.xa.recovery.ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.service.extensions.xa.recovery.XARecoveryConfig;
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.util.ActiveMQTestBase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.transaction.xa.XAResource;
+
+public class ActiveMQXAResourceWrapperTest extends ActiveMQTestBase {
+
+   @Test
+   public void testMe() throws Exception {
+      ActiveMQServer server = createServer(false, true);
+      ActiveMQResourceAdapter ra = null;
+      ClientSession cs = null;
+
+      try {
+         server.getConfiguration().setSecurityEnabled(false);
+         server.start();
+
+         ra = new ActiveMQResourceAdapter();
+
+         ra.setConnectorClassName(NETTY_CONNECTOR_FACTORY);
+         ra.setConnectionTTL(4000L);
+         ra.start(new BootstrapContext());
+
+
+         TestActiveMQXAResourceWrapper wrapper = new TestActiveMQXAResourceWrapper(ra.getRecoveryManager().getResources().toArray(new XARecoveryConfig[]{}));
+
+         XAResource res = wrapper.connect();
+         if (!(res instanceof ClientSession)) {
+            fail("Unexpected XAResource type");
+         }
+         cs = (ClientSession) res;
+         assertEquals(4000L, cs.getSessionFactory().getServerLocator().getConnectionTTL());
+
+      } finally {
+         if (cs != null)
+            cs.close();
+         if (ra != null)
+            ra.stop();
+         server.stop();
+      }
+   }
+
+   class TestActiveMQXAResourceWrapper extends ActiveMQXAResourceWrapper {
+
+      TestActiveMQXAResourceWrapper(XARecoveryConfig[] configs) {
+         super(configs);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      protected XAResource connect() throws Exception {
+         return super.connect();
+      }
+   }
+}