diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnection.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnection.java
index a9c607ac75..aea6794e63 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnection.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnection.java
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public class ActiveMQConnection implements Connection, TopicConnection, QueueCon
     private boolean optimizeAcknowledge = false;
     private boolean nestedMapAndListEnabled = true;
     private boolean useRetroactiveConsumer;
+    private boolean alwaysSyncSend;
     private int closeTimeout = 15000;
     
     private final Transport transport;
@@ -1301,6 +1302,22 @@ public class ActiveMQConnection implements Connection, TopicConnection, QueueCon
     public void setUseAsyncSend(boolean useAsyncSend) {
         this.useAsyncSend = useAsyncSend;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return true if always sync send messages
+     */
+    public boolean isAlwaysSyncSend(){
+        return this.alwaysSyncSend;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set true if always require messages to be sync sent
+     * @param alwaysSyncSend
+     */
+    public void setAlwaysSyncSend(boolean alwaysSyncSend){
+        this.alwaysSyncSend=alwaysSyncSend;
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Cleans up this connection so that it's state is as if the connection was
@@ -1929,8 +1946,5 @@ public class ActiveMQConnection implements Connection, TopicConnection, QueueCon
     
     public String toString() {
         return "ActiveMQConnection {id="+info.getConnectionId()+",clientId="+info.getClientId()+",started="+started.get()+"}";
-    }
-
-
-    
+    }    
 }
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java
index f561e9ccb9..cef01052db 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQConnectionFactory.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public class ActiveMQConnectionFactory extends JNDIBaseStorable implements Conne
     private boolean useRetroactiveConsumer;
     private boolean nestedMapAndListEnabled = true;
     JMSStatsImpl factoryStats = new JMSStatsImpl();
+    private boolean alwaysSyncSend;
 
     static protected final Executor DEFAULT_CONNECTION_EXECUTOR = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(5, new ThreadFactory() {
             public Thread newThread(Runnable run) {
@@ -425,6 +426,21 @@ public class ActiveMQConnectionFactory extends JNDIBaseStorable implements Conne
     public void setUseAsyncSend(boolean useAsyncSend) {
         this.useAsyncSend = useAsyncSend;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @return true if always sync send messages
+     */
+    public boolean isAlwaysSyncSend(){
+        return this.alwaysSyncSend;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set true if always require messages to be sync sent
+     * @param alwaysSyncSend
+     */
+    public void setAlwaysSyncSend(boolean alwaysSyncSend){
+        this.alwaysSyncSend=alwaysSyncSend;
+    }
 
     public String getUserName() {
         return userName;
@@ -553,6 +569,7 @@ public class ActiveMQConnectionFactory extends JNDIBaseStorable implements Conne
         props.setProperty("alwaysSessionAsync", Boolean.toString(isAlwaysSessionAsync()));
         props.setProperty("optimizeAcknowledge", Boolean.toString(isOptimizeAcknowledge()));
         props.setProperty("statsEnabled",Boolean.toString(isStatsEnabled()));
+        props.setProperty("alwaysSyncSend",Boolean.toString(isAlwaysSyncSend()));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQSession.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQSession.java
index b3142dd84a..b6a16e381b 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQSession.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQSession.java
@@ -1594,11 +1594,11 @@ public class ActiveMQSession implements Session, QueueSession, TopicSession, Sta
 			if(this.debug){
 				log.debug("Sending message: "+msg);
 			}
-			if(!msg.isPersistent()||connection.isUseAsyncSend()||txid!=null){
-				this.connection.asyncSendPacket(msg);
-			}else{
-				this.connection.syncSendPacket(msg);
-			}
+			if(!connection.isAlwaysSyncSend()&&(!msg.isPersistent()||connection.isUseAsyncSend()||txid!=null)){
+                this.connection.asyncSendPacket(msg);
+            }else{
+                this.connection.syncSendPacket(msg);
+            }
 		}
 	}