diff --git a/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger.java b/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e1d3201c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * 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.service.extensions;
+
+import org.jboss.logging.BasicLogger;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.LogMessage;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.Message;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.MessageLogger;
+
+/**
+ * @author mtaylor
+ *
+ * Logger Code 34
+ *
+ * each message id must be 6 digits long starting with 20, the 3rd digit donates the level so
+ *
+ * INF0  1
+ * WARN  2
+ * DEBUG 3
+ * ERROR 4
+ * TRACE 5
+ * FATAL 6
+ *
+ * so an INFO message would be 341000 to 341999
+ */
+
+@MessageLogger(projectCode = "AMQ")
+public interface ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger extends BasicLogger
+{
+   /**
+    * The default logger.
+    */
+   ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger LOGGER = Logger.getMessageLogger(ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger.class, ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger.class.getPackage().getName());
+
+   @LogMessage(level = Logger.Level.WARN)
+   @Message(id = 342000, value = "Attempted to locate a Transaction Manager but none found.", format = Message.Format.MESSAGE_FORMAT)
+   void transactionManagerNotFound();
+}
diff --git a/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ServiceUtils.java b/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ServiceUtils.java
index 240916ccf0..635163aa0b 100644
--- a/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ServiceUtils.java
+++ b/activemq-service-extensions/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/service/extensions/ServiceUtils.java
@@ -58,11 +58,19 @@ public class ServiceUtils
       if (!transactionManagerLoaded)
       {
          Iterator<TransactionManagerLocator> it = ServiceLoader.load(TransactionManagerLocator.class).iterator();
-         if (it.hasNext())
+         while (it.hasNext() && transactionManager == null)
          {
             transactionManager = it.next().getTransactionManager();
          }
-         transactionManagerLoaded = true;
+
+         if (transactionManager != null)
+         {
+            transactionManagerLoaded = true;
+         }
+         else
+         {
+            ActiveMQServiceExtensionLogger.LOGGER.transactionManagerNotFound();
+         }
       }
       return transactionManager;
    }