diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java
index 1b90dd9a088..ecd74555936 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/xml/XMLConfigBuilder.java
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ private void settingsElement(XNode context) throws Exception {
       configuration.setUseGeneratedKeys(booleanValueOf(props.getProperty("useGeneratedKeys"), false));
       configuration.setDefaultExecutorType(ExecutorType.valueOf(props.getProperty("defaultExecutorType", "SIMPLE")));
       configuration.setDefaultStatementTimeout(integerValueOf(props.getProperty("defaultStatementTimeout"), null));
+      configuration.setDefaultFetchSize(integerValueOf(props.getProperty("defaultFetchSize"), null));
       configuration.setMapUnderscoreToCamelCase(booleanValueOf(props.getProperty("mapUnderscoreToCamelCase"), false));
       configuration.setSafeRowBoundsEnabled(booleanValueOf(props.getProperty("safeRowBoundsEnabled"), false));
       configuration.setLocalCacheScope(LocalCacheScope.valueOf(props.getProperty("localCacheScope", "SESSION")));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/statement/BaseStatementHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/statement/BaseStatementHandler.java
index 31629c4efb1..65e75d7ab88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/statement/BaseStatementHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/statement/BaseStatementHandler.java
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ protected void setFetchSize(Statement stmt) throws SQLException {
     Integer fetchSize = mappedStatement.getFetchSize();
     if (fetchSize != null) {
       stmt.setFetchSize(fetchSize);
+      return;
+    }
+    Integer defaultFetchSize = configuration.getDefaultFetchSize();
+    if (defaultFetchSize != null) {
+      stmt.setFetchSize(defaultFetchSize);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java
index fdf87f964e1..e74800f28d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/session/Configuration.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ public class Configuration {
   protected JdbcType jdbcTypeForNull = JdbcType.OTHER;
   protected Set<String> lazyLoadTriggerMethods = new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(new String[] { "equals", "clone", "hashCode", "toString" }));
   protected Integer defaultStatementTimeout;
+  protected Integer defaultFetchSize;
   protected ExecutorType defaultExecutorType = ExecutorType.SIMPLE;
   protected AutoMappingBehavior autoMappingBehavior = AutoMappingBehavior.PARTIAL;
 
@@ -362,6 +363,14 @@ public void setDefaultStatementTimeout(Integer defaultStatementTimeout) {
     this.defaultStatementTimeout = defaultStatementTimeout;
   }
 
+  public Integer getDefaultFetchSize() {
+    return defaultFetchSize;
+  }
+
+  public void setDefaultFetchSize(Integer defaultFetchSize) {
+    this.defaultFetchSize = defaultFetchSize;
+  }
+
   public boolean isUseColumnLabel() {
     return useColumnLabel;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..400c7009621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+
+       Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
+
+       Licensed 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.
+
+-->
+
+<!DOCTYPE configuration
+    PUBLIC "-//mybatis.org//DTD Config 3.0//EN"
+    "http://mybatis.org/dtd/mybatis-3-config.dtd">
+
+<configuration>
+
+  <settings>
+    <setting name="autoMappingBehavior" value="NONE"/>
+    <setting name="cacheEnabled" value="false"/>
+    <setting name="proxyFactory" value="JAVASSIST"/>
+    <setting name="lazyLoadingEnabled" value="true"/>
+    <setting name="aggressiveLazyLoading" value="false"/>
+    <setting name="multipleResultSetsEnabled" value="false"/>
+    <setting name="useColumnLabel" value="false"/>
+    <setting name="useGeneratedKeys" value="true"/>
+    <setting name="defaultExecutorType" value="BATCH"/>
+    <setting name="defaultStatementTimeout" value="10"/>
+    <setting name="defaultFetchSize" value="100"/>
+    <setting name="mapUnderscoreToCamelCase" value="true"/>
+    <setting name="safeRowBoundsEnabled" value="true"/>
+    <setting name="localCacheScope" value="STATEMENT"/>
+    <setting name="jdbcTypeForNull" value="NULL"/>
+    <setting name="lazyLoadTriggerMethods" value="equals,clone,hashCode,toString,xxx"/>
+    <setting name="safeResultHandlerEnabled" value="false"/>
+    <setting name="defaultScriptingLanguage" value="org.apache.ibatis.scripting.defaults.RawLanguageDriver"/>
+    <setting name="callSettersOnNulls" value="true"/>
+    <setting name="logPrefix" value="mybatis_"/>
+    <setting name="logImpl" value="SLF4J"/>
+    <setting name="configurationFactory" value="java.lang.String"/>
+  </settings>
+
+</configuration>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
index f188c1c4cc5..9e07f9ce81f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/builder/XmlConfigBuilderTest.java
@@ -15,26 +15,37 @@
  */
 package org.apache.ibatis.builder;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.sql.CallableStatement;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.ibatis.builder.xml.XMLConfigBuilder;
+import org.apache.ibatis.executor.loader.cglib.CglibProxyFactory;
+import org.apache.ibatis.executor.loader.javassist.JavassistProxyFactory;
 import org.apache.ibatis.io.Resources;
+import org.apache.ibatis.logging.slf4j.Slf4jImpl;
+import org.apache.ibatis.scripting.defaults.RawLanguageDriver;
+import org.apache.ibatis.scripting.xmltags.XMLLanguageDriver;
+import org.apache.ibatis.session.AutoMappingBehavior;
 import org.apache.ibatis.session.Configuration;
+import org.apache.ibatis.session.ExecutorType;
+import org.apache.ibatis.session.LocalCacheScope;
 import org.apache.ibatis.type.BaseTypeHandler;
 import org.apache.ibatis.type.JdbcType;
 import org.apache.ibatis.type.TypeHandler;
 import org.apache.ibatis.type.TypeHandlerRegistry;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsInstanceOf.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 public class XmlConfigBuilderTest {
 
   @Test
@@ -44,6 +55,28 @@ public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadMinimalXMLConfigFile() throws Exception {
     XMLConfigBuilder builder = new XMLConfigBuilder(inputStream);
     Configuration config = builder.parse();
     assertNotNull(config);
+    assertThat(config.getAutoMappingBehavior(), is(AutoMappingBehavior.PARTIAL));
+    assertThat(config.isCacheEnabled(), is(true));
+    assertThat(config.getProxyFactory(), is(instanceOf(CglibProxyFactory.class)));
+    assertThat(config.isLazyLoadingEnabled(), is(false));
+    assertThat(config.isAggressiveLazyLoading(), is(true));
+    assertThat(config.isMultipleResultSetsEnabled(), is(true));
+    assertThat(config.isUseColumnLabel(), is(true));
+    assertThat(config.isUseGeneratedKeys(), is(false));
+    assertThat(config.getDefaultExecutorType(), is(ExecutorType.SIMPLE));
+    assertNull(config.getDefaultStatementTimeout());
+    assertNull(config.getDefaultFetchSize());
+    assertThat(config.isMapUnderscoreToCamelCase(), is(false));
+    assertThat(config.isSafeRowBoundsEnabled(), is(false));
+    assertThat(config.getLocalCacheScope(), is(LocalCacheScope.SESSION));
+    assertThat(config.getJdbcTypeForNull(), is(JdbcType.OTHER));
+    assertThat(config.getLazyLoadTriggerMethods(), is((Set<String>) new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("equals", "clone", "hashCode", "toString"))));
+    assertThat(config.isSafeResultHandlerEnabled(), is(true));
+      assertThat(config.getDefaultScriptingLanuageInstance(), is(instanceOf(XMLLanguageDriver.class)));
+    assertThat(config.isCallSettersOnNulls(), is(false));
+    assertNull(config.getLogPrefix());
+    assertNull(config.getLogImpl());
+    assertNull(config.getConfigurationFactory());
   }
 
   enum MyEnum {
@@ -102,4 +135,37 @@ public void registerJavaTypeInitializingTypeHandler() {
     assertTrue(typeHandler instanceof EnumOrderTypeHandler);
     assertArrayEquals(MyEnum.values(), ((EnumOrderTypeHandler) typeHandler).constants);
   }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSuccessfullyLoadXMLConfigFile() throws Exception {
+      String resource = "org/apache/ibatis/builder/CustomizedSettingsMapperConfig.xml";
+      InputStream inputStream = Resources.getResourceAsStream(resource);
+      XMLConfigBuilder builder = new XMLConfigBuilder(inputStream);
+      Configuration config = builder.parse();
+
+      assertThat(config.getAutoMappingBehavior(), is(AutoMappingBehavior.NONE));
+      assertThat(config.isCacheEnabled(), is(false));
+      assertThat(config.getProxyFactory(), is(instanceOf(JavassistProxyFactory.class)));
+      assertThat(config.isLazyLoadingEnabled(), is(true));
+      assertThat(config.isAggressiveLazyLoading(), is(false));
+      assertThat(config.isMultipleResultSetsEnabled(), is(false));
+      assertThat(config.isUseColumnLabel(), is(false));
+      assertThat(config.isUseGeneratedKeys(), is(true));
+      assertThat(config.getDefaultExecutorType(), is(ExecutorType.BATCH));
+      assertThat(config.getDefaultStatementTimeout(), is(10));
+      assertThat(config.getDefaultFetchSize(), is(100));
+      assertThat(config.isMapUnderscoreToCamelCase(), is(true));
+      assertThat(config.isSafeRowBoundsEnabled(), is(true));
+      assertThat(config.getLocalCacheScope(), is(LocalCacheScope.STATEMENT));
+      assertThat(config.getJdbcTypeForNull(), is(JdbcType.NULL));
+      assertThat(config.getLazyLoadTriggerMethods(), is((Set<String>) new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList("equals", "clone", "hashCode", "toString", "xxx"))));
+      assertThat(config.isSafeResultHandlerEnabled(), is(false));
+      assertThat(config.getDefaultScriptingLanuageInstance(), is(instanceOf(RawLanguageDriver.class)));
+      assertThat(config.isCallSettersOnNulls(), is(true));
+      assertThat(config.getLogPrefix(), is("mybatis_"));
+      assertThat(config.getLogImpl().getName(), is(Slf4jImpl.class.getName()));
+      assertThat(config.getConfigurationFactory().getName(), is(String.class.getName()));
+
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/BaseExecutorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/BaseExecutorTest.java
index 33e82971b41..9c491e08f1c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/BaseExecutorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/BaseExecutorTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public BaseExecutorTest() {
     config.setMultipleResultSetsEnabled(true);
     config.setUseColumnLabel(true);
     config.setDefaultStatementTimeout(5000);
+    config.setDefaultFetchSize(100);
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/ExecutorTestHelper.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/ExecutorTestHelper.java
index b812fdc7c68..0b596cac835 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/ExecutorTestHelper.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/executor/ExecutorTestHelper.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public static MappedStatement prepareSelectAllAuthorsAutoMappedStatement(final C
               }
             }).build());
           }
-        }).build();
+        }).fetchSize(1000).build();
   }
 
   public static MappedStatement prepareSelectOneAuthorMappedStatementWithConstructorResults(final Configuration config) {