diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC/v1.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC/v1.js
index 7d7db7b873..08b1274dd0 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC/v1.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WMC/v1.js
@@ -167,9 +167,10 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMC.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         var layerInfo = {
             params: {},
             options: {
-                visibility: (node.getAttribute("hidden") != "1")
+                visibility: (node.getAttribute("hidden") != "1"),
+                queryable: (node.getAttribute("queryable") == "1")
+                
             },
-            queryable: (node.getAttribute("queryable") == "1"),
             formats: [],
             styles: []
         };
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WMC.v1 = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
     write_wmc_Layer: function(layer) {
         var node = this.createElementDefaultNS(
             "Layer", null, {
-                queryable: "1",
+                queryable: layer.queryable ? "1" : "0",
                 hidden: layer.visibility ? "0" : "1"
             }
         );
diff --git a/tests/Format/WMC.html b/tests/Format/WMC.html
index 27487f450f..92a239f18c 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WMC.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WMC.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     var v1_1_0 = '<ViewContext xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/context" version="1.1.0" id="OpenLayers_Context_232" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/context http://schemas.opengis.net/context/1.1.0/context.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><General><Window width="512" height="256"/><BoundingBox minx="-109.9709708" miny="27.01451459" maxx="-80.02902918" maxy="41.98548541" SRS="EPSG:4326"/><Title/><Extension><ol:maxExtent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context" minx="-130.0000000" miny="14.00000000" maxx="-60.00000000" maxy="55.00000000"/></Extension></General><LayerList><Layer queryable="1" hidden="0"><Server service="OGC:WMS" version="1.1.1"><OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://t1.hypercube.telascience.org/cgi-bin/landsat7"/></Server><Name>landsat7</Name><Title>NASA Global Mosaic</Title><sld:MinScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">6299645.760</sld:MinScaleDenominator><sld:MaxScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">31498228.80</sld:MaxScaleDenominator><FormatList><Format current="1">image/jpeg</Format></FormatList><StyleList><Style current="1"><Name/><Title>Default</Title></Style></StyleList><Extension><ol:maxExtent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context" minx="-130.0000000" miny="14.00000000" maxx="-60.00000000" maxy="55.00000000"/><ol:numZoomLevels xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">4</ol:numZoomLevels><ol:units xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">degrees</ol:units><ol:isBaseLayer xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">true</ol:isBaseLayer><ol:displayInLayerSwitcher xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">true</ol:displayInLayerSwitcher><ol:singleTile xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">false</ol:singleTile></Extension></Layer><Layer queryable="1" hidden="1"><Server service="OGC:WMS" version="1.1.1"><OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0"/></Server><Name>basic</Name><Title>OpenLayers WMS</Title><sld:MinScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">6299645.760</sld:MinScaleDenominator><sld:MaxScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">31498228.80</sld:MaxScaleDenominator><FormatList><Format current="1">image/jpeg</Format></FormatList><StyleList><Style current="1"><Name/><Title>Default</Title></Style></StyleList><Extension><ol:maxExtent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context" minx="-130.0000000" miny="14.00000000" maxx="-60.00000000" maxy="55.00000000"/><ol:numZoomLevels xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">4</ol:numZoomLevels><ol:units xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">degrees</ol:units><ol:isBaseLayer xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">true</ol:isBaseLayer><ol:displayInLayerSwitcher xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">true</ol:displayInLayerSwitcher><ol:singleTile xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">false</ol:singleTile></Extension></Layer><Layer queryable="1" hidden="0"><Server service="OGC:WMS" version="1.1.1"><OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://lioapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/cubeserv/cubeserv.pl"/></Server><Name>na_road:CCRS</Name><Title>Transportation Network</Title><sld:MinScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">6200000.000</sld:MinScaleDenominator><sld:MaxScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">32000000.00</sld:MaxScaleDenominator><FormatList><Format current="1">image/png</Format></FormatList><StyleList><Style current="1"><Name/><Title>Default</Title></Style></StyleList><Extension><ol:maxExtent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context" minx="-166.5320000" miny="4.050460000" maxx="-0.2068180000" maxy="70.28700000"/><ol:transparent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">TRUE</ol:transparent><ol:numZoomLevels xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">4</ol:numZoomLevels><ol:units xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">degrees</ol:units><ol:isBaseLayer xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">false</ol:isBaseLayer><ol:opacity xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">0.6</ol:opacity><ol:displayInLayerSwitcher xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">false</ol:displayInLayerSwitcher><ol:singleTile xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">false</ol:singleTile></Extension></Layer><Layer queryable="1" hidden="0"><Server service="OGC:WMS" version="1.1.1"><OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://columbo.nrlssc.navy.mil/ogcwms/servlet/WMSServlet/AccuWeather_Maps.wms"/></Server><Name>3:1</Name><Title>Radar 3:1</Title><sld:MinScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">6299645.760</sld:MinScaleDenominator><sld:MaxScaleDenominator xmlns:sld="http://www.opengis.net/sld">31498228.80</sld:MaxScaleDenominator><FormatList><Format current="1">image/png</Format></FormatList><StyleList><Style current="1"><Name/><Title>Default</Title></Style></StyleList><Extension><ol:maxExtent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context" minx="-131.0294952" miny="14.56289673" maxx="-61.02950287" maxy="54.56289673"/><ol:transparent xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">TRUE</ol:transparent><ol:numZoomLevels xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">4</ol:numZoomLevels><ol:units xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">degrees</ol:units><ol:isBaseLayer xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">false</ol:isBaseLayer><ol:opacity xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">0.8</ol:opacity><ol:displayInLayerSwitcher xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">true</ol:displayInLayerSwitcher><ol:singleTile xmlns:ol="http://openlayers.org/context">true</ol:singleTile></Extension></Layer></LayerList></ViewContext>';
 
     function test_Format_WMC_read(t) {
-        t.plan(32);
+        t.plan(33);
 
         var format = new OpenLayers.Format.WMC();        
         var map, layer;
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         t.eq(map.projection, "EPSG:4326", "(v1.0.0) map projection set correctly");
         // check out first base layer
         layer = map.layers[0];
+        t.eq(layer.queryable, true, "(1.0.0) Layer is queryable");    
         t.ok(layer instanceof OpenLayers.Layer.WMS,
              "(v1.0.0) wms layer correctly instantiated");
         t.eq(layer.url, "http://t1.hypercube.telascience.org/cgi-bin/landsat7",