diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.js
index dfb40c3107..a4b1bf3d0d 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.js
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFST.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
      * {String} WFS version number.
      */
     version: "1.0.0",
+
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: srsNameInQuery
+     * {Boolean} If true the reference system is passed in Query requests
+     *     via the "srsName" attribute to the "wfs:Query" element, this
+     *     property defaults to false as it isn't WFS 1.0.0 compliant.
+     */
+    srsNameInQuery: false,
     
     /**
      * Property: schemaLocations
@@ -97,7 +105,8 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFST.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
                     featureNS: this.featureNS,
                     featurePrefix: this.featurePrefix,
                     featureType: this.featureType,
-                    srsName: this.srsName
+                    srsName: this.srsName,
+                    srsNameInQuery: this.srsNameInQuery
                 }, options);
                 var node = this.createElementNSPlus("wfs:Query", {
                     attributes: {
@@ -105,6 +114,9 @@ OpenLayers.Format.WFST.v1_0_0 = OpenLayers.Class(
                             options.featureType
                     }
                 });
+                if(options.srsNameInQuery && options.srsName) {
+                    node.setAttribute("srsName", options.srsName);
+                }
                 if(options.featureNS) {
                     node.setAttribute("xmlns:" + options.featurePrefix, options.featureNS);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.html b/tests/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.html
index a3f176e77a..6f807fd93f 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WFST/v1_0_0.html
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
                     value: new OpenLayers.Bounds (1,2,3,4)
                 })
             }
+        }, {
+            id: "query1",
+            writer: "wfs:Query",
+            arg: {
+                srsNameInQuery: true,
+                srsName: "EPSG:900913"
+            }
         }, {
             id: "getfeature0",
             writer: "wfs:GetFeature",
@@ -94,6 +101,10 @@
     </ogc:Filter>
 </wfs:Query>
 --></div>
+<div id="query1"><!--
+<wfs:Query xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" typeName="topp:states" srsName="EPSG:900913" xmlns:topp="http://www.openplans.org/topp">
+</wfs:Query>
+--></div>
 <div id="getfeature0"><!--
 <wfs:GetFeature service="WFS" version="1.0.0" xmlns:topp="http://www.openplans.org/topp"
                 xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs"