diff --git a/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/main/java/org/geotools/sld/bindings/SLDFillBinding.java b/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/main/java/org/geotools/sld/bindings/SLDFillBinding.java
index 5abccff7ec9..1b373806b72 100644
--- a/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/main/java/org/geotools/sld/bindings/SLDFillBinding.java
+++ b/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/main/java/org/geotools/sld/bindings/SLDFillBinding.java
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ public Object parse(ElementInstance instance, Node node, Object value)
         if (opacity != null) {
             fill.setOpacity(opacity);
         }
+        if(graphicFill != null) {
+            fill.setGraphicFill(graphicFill);
+        }
 
         return fill;
     }
diff --git a/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/java/org/geotools/sld/v1_1/SLDExampleTest.java b/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/java/org/geotools/sld/v1_1/SLDExampleTest.java
index e4224faaa3e..f0d3e08a199 100644
--- a/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/java/org/geotools/sld/v1_1/SLDExampleTest.java
+++ b/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/java/org/geotools/sld/v1_1/SLDExampleTest.java
@@ -16,15 +16,20 @@
  */
 package org.geotools.sld.v1_1;
 
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.geotools.styling.FeatureTypeStyle;
+import org.geotools.styling.Graphic;
 import org.geotools.styling.NamedLayer;
 import org.geotools.styling.PolygonSymbolizer;
 import org.geotools.styling.Rule;
 import org.geotools.styling.Style;
 import org.geotools.styling.StyledLayerDescriptor;
 import org.geotools.xml.Parser;
+import org.opengis.style.ExternalGraphic;
 
 /**
  * 
@@ -89,8 +94,20 @@ public void testParseSLD() throws Exception {
         PolygonSymbolizer sym = (PolygonSymbolizer) r.symbolizers().get(0);
     }
     
+    public void testParseGraphicFill() throws Exception {
+        StyledLayerDescriptor sld = (StyledLayerDescriptor) parse("../graphicFill.xml");
+        NamedLayer layer = (NamedLayer) sld.getStyledLayers()[0];
+        PolygonSymbolizer ps = (PolygonSymbolizer) layer.getStyles()[0].featureTypeStyles().get(0).rules().get(0).symbolizers().get(0);
+        Graphic graphicFill = ps.getFill().getGraphicFill();
+        assertNotNull(graphicFill);
+        ExternalGraphic eg = (ExternalGraphic) graphicFill.graphicalSymbols().get(0);
+        assertEquals(new URI("http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal2/icon4.png"), eg.getOnlineResource().getLinkage());
+        
+    }
+    
     Object parse(String filename) throws Exception {
         SLDConfiguration sld = new SLDConfiguration();
-        return new Parser(sld).parse(getClass().getResourceAsStream(filename));
+        InputStream location = getClass().getResourceAsStream(filename);
+        return new Parser(sld).parse(location);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/resources/org/geotools/sld/graphicFill.xml b/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/resources/org/geotools/sld/graphicFill.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b42a1f3e66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/test/resources/org/geotools/sld/graphicFill.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<StyledLayerDescriptor version="1.1.0"
+xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd"
+xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld"
+xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
+xmlns:se="http://www.opengis.net/se"
+xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <NamedLayer>
+    <se:Name>oge:natural</se:Name>
+    <UserStyle>
+      <se:FeatureTypeStyle>
+        <se:Rule>
+          <se:PolygonSymbolizer>
+            <se:Fill>
+              <se:GraphicFill>
+                <se:Graphic>
+                  <se:ExternalGraphic>
+                    <se:OnlineResource xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pal2/icon4.png"/>
+                    <se:Format>image/png</se:Format>
+                  </se:ExternalGraphic>
+                  <se:Size>20</se:Size>
+                </se:Graphic>
+              </se:GraphicFill>
+            </se:Fill>
+          </se:PolygonSymbolizer>
+        </se:Rule>
+      </se:FeatureTypeStyle>
+    </UserStyle>
+  </NamedLayer>
+</StyledLayerDescriptor>