diff --git a/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/Message.java b/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/Message.java
index 4c57feb7c8..b2640b35c3 100755
--- a/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/Message.java
+++ b/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/command/Message.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.command;
 
+import java.beans.Transient;
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -628,6 +629,7 @@ public abstract class Message extends BaseCommand implements MarshallAware, Mess
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Transient
 	public MessageDestination getRegionDestination() {
         return regionDestination;
     }
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessageTest.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessageTest.java
index 28fc307c5e..174e20bea1 100755
--- a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessageTest.java
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/command/ActiveMQTextMessageTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.command;
 
+import java.beans.Transient;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 import javax.jms.JMSException;
 import javax.jms.MessageNotReadableException;
@@ -148,6 +150,11 @@ public class ActiveMQTextMessageTest extends TestCase {
     	setContent(nullMessage, null);
     	assertTrue(nullMessage.toString().contains("text = null"));
     }
+
+    public void testTransient() throws Exception {
+        Method method = ActiveMQTextMessage.class.getMethod("getRegionDestination", null);
+        assertTrue(method.isAnnotationPresent(Transient.class));
+    }
     
     protected void setContent(Message message, String text) throws Exception {
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();