diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/AbstractJtaPlatform.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/AbstractJtaPlatform.java
index c05e261b3d..fdef6043de 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/AbstractJtaPlatform.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/AbstractJtaPlatform.java
@@ -67,8 +67,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractJtaPlatform
 	protected abstract UserTransaction locateUserTransaction();
 
 	public void configure(Map configValues) {
-		cacheTransactionManager = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean( AvailableSettings.JTA_CACHE_TM, configValues, true );
-		cacheUserTransaction = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean( AvailableSettings.JTA_CACHE_UT, configValues, false );
+		cacheTransactionManager = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean(
+				AvailableSettings.JTA_CACHE_TM,
+				configValues,
+				canCacheTransactionManagerByDefault()
+		);
+		cacheUserTransaction = ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean(
+				AvailableSettings.JTA_CACHE_UT,
+				configValues,
+				canCacheUserTransactionByDefault()
+		);
+	}
+
+	protected boolean canCacheTransactionManagerByDefault() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	protected boolean canCacheUserTransactionByDefault() {
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	protected boolean canCacheTransactionManager() {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/JBossAppServerJtaPlatform.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/JBossAppServerJtaPlatform.java
index 92bef427a8..8ea39a1649 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/JBossAppServerJtaPlatform.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/service/jta/platform/internal/JBossAppServerJtaPlatform.java
@@ -36,25 +36,46 @@ import org.hibernate.service.jndi.JndiException;
 public class JBossAppServerJtaPlatform extends AbstractJtaPlatform {
 	public static final String AS7_TM_NAME = "java:jboss/TransactionManager";
 	public static final String AS4_TM_NAME = "java:/TransactionManager";
-	public static final String UT_NAME = "java:comp/UserTransaction";  // should work with AS7 and earlier
+	public static final String JBOSS__UT_NAME = "java:jboss/UserTransaction";
+	public static final String UT_NAME = "java:comp/UserTransaction";
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean canCacheUserTransactionByDefault() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean canCacheTransactionManagerByDefault() {
+		return true;
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected TransactionManager locateTransactionManager() {
 		try {
-			return (TransactionManager) jndiService().locate(AS7_TM_NAME);
+			return (TransactionManager) jndiService().locate( AS7_TM_NAME );
 		}
-		catch(JndiException jndiException) {
+		catch (JndiException jndiException) {
 			try {
-				return (TransactionManager) jndiService().locate(AS4_TM_NAME);
+				return (TransactionManager) jndiService().locate( AS4_TM_NAME );
 			}
-			catch(JndiException jndiExceptionInner) {
-				throw new JndiException("unable to find transaction manager", jndiException);
+			catch (JndiException jndiExceptionInner) {
+				throw new JndiException( "unable to find transaction manager", jndiException );
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected UserTransaction locateUserTransaction() {
-		return (UserTransaction) jndiService().locate( UT_NAME );
+		try {
+			return (UserTransaction) jndiService().locate( JBOSS__UT_NAME );
+		}
+		catch (JndiException jndiException) {
+			try {
+				return (UserTransaction) jndiService().locate( UT_NAME );
+			}
+			catch (JndiException jndiExceptionInner) {
+				throw new JndiException( "unable to find UserTransaction", jndiException );
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }