diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java
index f7a175409..9c78e45de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/client/TransportClientFactoryBean.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public class TransportClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<TransportClient>,
     private String clusterNodes;
     private String clusterName;
     private Boolean clientTransportSniff;
+    private Boolean clientIgnoreClusterName;
+    private String clientPingTimeout;
+    private String clientNodesSamplerInterval;
     private TransportClient client;
     private Properties properties;
     static final String COLON = ":";
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ public class TransportClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<TransportClient>,
         return settingsBuilder()
                 .put("cluster.name", clusterName)
                 .put("client.transport.sniff", clientTransportSniff)
+                .put("client.transport.ignore_cluster_name", clientIgnoreClusterName)
+                .put("client.transport.ping_timeout", clientPingTimeout)
+                .put("client.transport.nodes_sampler_interval", clientNodesSamplerInterval)
                 .build();
     }
 
@@ -116,6 +122,30 @@ public class TransportClientFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<TransportClient>,
         this.clientTransportSniff = clientTransportSniff;
     }
 
+    public String getClientNodesSamplerInterval() {
+        return clientNodesSamplerInterval;
+    }
+
+    public void setClientNodesSamplerInterval(String clientNodesSamplerInterval) {
+        this.clientNodesSamplerInterval = clientNodesSamplerInterval;
+    }
+
+    public String getClientPingTimeout() {
+        return clientPingTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public void setClientPingTimeout(String clientPingTimeout) {
+        this.clientPingTimeout = clientPingTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public Boolean getClientIgnoreClusterName() {
+        return clientIgnoreClusterName;
+    }
+
+    public void setClientIgnoreClusterName(Boolean clientIgnoreClusterName) {
+        this.clientIgnoreClusterName = clientIgnoreClusterName;
+    }
+
     public void setProperties(Properties properties) {
         this.properties = properties;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 5b0475c40..b00451637 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -36,14 +36,17 @@ public class TransportClientBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionP
 	@Override
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(TransportClientFactoryBean.class);
-		setClusterNodes(element, builder);
+		setConfigurations(element, builder);
 		return getSourcedBeanDefinition(builder, element, parserContext);
 	}
 
-	private void setClusterNodes(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+	private void setConfigurations(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		builder.addPropertyValue("clusterNodes", element.getAttribute("cluster-nodes"));
         builder.addPropertyValue("clusterName", element.getAttribute("cluster-name"));
         builder.addPropertyValue("clientTransportSniff", Boolean.valueOf(element.getAttribute("client-transport-sniff")));
+        builder.addPropertyValue("clientIgnoreClusterName", Boolean.valueOf(element.getAttribute("client-transport-ignore-cluster-name")));
+        builder.addPropertyValue("clientPingTimeout", element.getAttribute("client-transport-ping-timeout"));
+        builder.addPropertyValue("clientNodesSamplerInterval", element.getAttribute("client-transport-nodes-sampler-interval"));
 	}
 
 	private AbstractBeanDefinition getSourcedBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, Element source,
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
index 22b9d2f0f..4f472c2c6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
@@ -89,6 +89,21 @@
                             <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[The client allows to sniff the rest of the cluster, and add those into its list of machines to use.]]> </xsd:documentation>
                         </xsd:annotation>
                     </xsd:attribute>
+                    <xsd:attribute name="client-transport-ignore-cluster-name" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
+                        <xsd:annotation>
+                            <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[Set to true to ignore cluster name validation of connected nodes. (since 0.19.4)]]> </xsd:documentation>
+                        </xsd:annotation>
+                    </xsd:attribute>
+                    <xsd:attribute name="client-transport-ping-timeout" type="xsd:string" default="5s">
+                        <xsd:annotation>
+                            <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[The time to wait for a ping response from a node. Defaults to 5s.]]> </xsd:documentation>
+                        </xsd:annotation>
+                    </xsd:attribute>
+                    <xsd:attribute name="client-transport-nodes-sampler-interval" type="xsd:string" default="5s">
+                        <xsd:annotation>
+                            <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[How often to sample / ping the nodes listed and connected. Defaults to 5s.]]> </xsd:documentation>
+                        </xsd:annotation>
+                    </xsd:attribute>
                 </xsd:extension>
             </xsd:complexContent>
         </xsd:complexType>