public StatefulComponentDescription(final String componentName, final String componentClassName, final EjbJarDescription ejbJarDescription,
                                         final ServiceName deploymentUnitServiceName) {
         super(componentName, componentClassName, ejbJarDescription, deploymentUnitServiceName);
+
+        // add the session synchronization interceptor
+        this.addSessionSynchronizationInterceptor();
     }

     @Override
@@ -135,4 +144,17 @@ public class StatefulComponentDescription extends SessionBeanComponentDescriptio
         }

     }
+
+    private void addSessionSynchronizationInterceptor() {
+        this.getConfigurators().add(new ComponentConfigurator() {
+            @Override
+            public void configure(DeploymentPhaseContext context, ComponentDescription description, ComponentConfiguration configuration) throws DeploymentUnitProcessingException {
+                Set<Method> methods = configuration.getDefinedComponentMethods();
+                for (Method method : methods) {
+                    Deque<InterceptorFactory> interceptors = configuration.getComponentInterceptorDeque(method);
+                    interceptors.add(new ImmediateInterceptorFactory(new StatefulSessionSynchronizationInterceptor()));
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }