diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index a0237aaae0..abd81f2114 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaProperties.Listener;
 import org.springframework.kafka.config.ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.ConsumerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
 import org.springframework.kafka.listener.config.ContainerProperties;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.converter.RecordMessageConverter;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 
 	private RecordMessageConverter messageConverter;
 
+	private KafkaTemplate<Object, Object> replyTemplate;
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the {@link KafkaProperties} to use.
 	 * @param properties the properties
@@ -51,6 +54,14 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		this.messageConverter = messageConverter;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the {@link KafkaTemplate} to use to send replies.
+	 * @param replyTemplate the reply template
+	 */
+	void setReplyTemplate(KafkaTemplate<Object, Object> replyTemplate) {
+		this.replyTemplate = replyTemplate;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Configure the specified Kafka listener container factory. The factory can be
 	 * further tuned and default settings can be overridden.
@@ -65,6 +76,9 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		if (this.messageConverter != null) {
 			listenerContainerFactory.setMessageConverter(this.messageConverter);
 		}
+		if (this.replyTemplate != null) {
+			listenerContainerFactory.setReplyTemplate(this.replyTemplate);
+		}
 		Listener container = this.properties.getListener();
 		ContainerProperties containerProperties = listenerContainerFactory
 				.getContainerProperties();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
index 96040a592b..d52f8a5fa7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.EnableKafka;
 import org.springframework.kafka.config.ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerConfigUtils;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.ConsumerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.converter.RecordMessageConverter;
 
 /**
@@ -42,10 +43,14 @@ class KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration {
 
 	private final RecordMessageConverter messageConverter;
 
+	private final KafkaTemplate<Object, Object> kafkaTemplate;
+
 	KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration(KafkaProperties properties,
-			ObjectProvider<RecordMessageConverter> messageConverter) {
+			ObjectProvider<RecordMessageConverter> messageConverter,
+			ObjectProvider<KafkaTemplate<Object, Object>> kafkaTemplate) {
 		this.properties = properties;
 		this.messageConverter = messageConverter.getIfUnique();
+		this.kafkaTemplate = kafkaTemplate.getIfUnique();
 	}
 
 	@Bean
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ class KafkaAnnotationDrivenConfiguration {
 		ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer configurer = new ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer();
 		configurer.setKafkaProperties(this.properties);
 		configurer.setMessageConverter(this.messageConverter);
+		configurer.setReplyTemplate(this.kafkaTemplate);
 		return configurer;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
index da34aacec2..a58d02ce17 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -326,6 +326,19 @@ public class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 				});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryWithKafkaTemplate() {
+		this.contextRunner
+				.run((context) -> {
+					ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?> kafkaListenerContainerFactory = context
+							.getBean(ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
+					DirectFieldAccessor dfa = new DirectFieldAccessor(
+							kafkaListenerContainerFactory);
+					assertThat(dfa.getPropertyValue("replyTemplate"))
+							.isSameAs(context.getBean(KafkaTemplate.class));
+				});
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	protected static class TestConfiguration {