diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfiguration.java
index 3e9d06f180..1ad3d6fbda 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ public class QuartzAutoConfiguration {
 		SchedulerFactoryBean schedulerFactoryBean = new SchedulerFactoryBean();
 		schedulerFactoryBean.setJobFactory(new AutowireCapableBeanJobFactory(
 				this.applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory()));
+		schedulerFactoryBean
+				.setOverwriteExistingJobs(this.properties.isOverwriteExistingJobs());
 		if (!this.properties.getProperties().isEmpty()) {
 			schedulerFactoryBean
 					.setQuartzProperties(asProperties(this.properties.getProperties()));
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzProperties.java
index de33c0e8e5..1151a480ae 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzProperties.java
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public class QuartzProperties {
 	 */
 	private JobStoreType jobStoreType = JobStoreType.MEMORY;
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether configured jobs should overwrite existing job definitions.
+	 */
+	private boolean overwriteExistingJobs = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * Additional Quartz Scheduler properties.
 	 */
@@ -52,6 +57,14 @@ public class QuartzProperties {
 		this.jobStoreType = jobStoreType;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isOverwriteExistingJobs() {
+		return this.overwriteExistingJobs;
+	}
+
+	public void setOverwriteExistingJobs(boolean overwriteExistingJobs) {
+		this.overwriteExistingJobs = overwriteExistingJobs;
+	}
+
 	public Map<String, String> getProperties() {
 		return this.properties;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 1d65a888de..3052eac929 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/quartz/QuartzAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
 import org.quartz.JobKey;
 import org.quartz.Scheduler;
 import org.quartz.SimpleScheduleBuilder;
+import org.quartz.SimpleTrigger;
 import org.quartz.Trigger;
 import org.quartz.TriggerBuilder;
 import org.quartz.TriggerKey;
@@ -158,6 +159,21 @@ public class QuartzAutoConfigurationTests {
 				});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void withOverwriteExistingJobs() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(OverwriteTriggerConfiguration.class)
+				.withPropertyValues("spring.quartz.overwrite-existing-jobs=true")
+				.run((context) -> {
+					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(Scheduler.class);
+					Scheduler scheduler = context.getBean(Scheduler.class);
+					Trigger fooTrigger = scheduler
+							.getTrigger(TriggerKey.triggerKey("fooTrigger"));
+					assertThat(fooTrigger).isNotNull();
+					assertThat(((SimpleTrigger) fooTrigger).getRepeatInterval())
+							.isEqualTo(30000);
+				});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void withConfiguredJobAndTrigger() {
 		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(QuartzFullConfiguration.class)
@@ -251,6 +267,21 @@ public class QuartzAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	@Import(QuartzFullConfiguration.class)
+	protected static class OverwriteTriggerConfiguration extends BaseQuartzConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public Trigger anotherFooTrigger(JobDetail fooJob) {
+			SimpleScheduleBuilder scheduleBuilder = SimpleScheduleBuilder.simpleSchedule()
+					.withIntervalInSeconds(30).repeatForever();
+
+			return TriggerBuilder.newTrigger().forJob(fooJob).withIdentity("fooTrigger")
+					.withSchedule(scheduleBuilder).build();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	protected static class QuartzCalendarsConfiguration extends BaseQuartzConfiguration {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index be06a22a28..9882fcf46d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ content into your application. Rather, pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.quartz.jdbc.schema=classpath:org/quartz/impl/jdbcjobstore/tables_@@platform@@.sql # Path to the SQL file to use to initialize the database schema.
 	spring.quartz.job-store-type=memory # Quartz job store type.
 	spring.quartz.properties.*= # Additional Quartz Scheduler properties.
+	spring.quartz.overwrite-existing-jobs=false # Whether configured jobs should overwrite existing job definitions.
 
 	# REACTOR ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/reactor/core/ReactorCoreProperties.{sc-ext}[ReactorCoreProperties])
 	spring.reactor.stacktrace-mode.enabled=false # Whether Reactor should collect stacktrace information at runtime.
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 82411c5f2f..bd75661aab 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -5996,8 +5996,12 @@ NOTE: By default, the database is detected and initialized by using the standard
 provided with the Quartz library. It is also possible to provide a custom script by
 setting the `spring.quartz.jdbc.schema` property.
 
+By default, jobs created by configuration will not overwrite already registered jobs that
+have been read from a persistent job store. To enable overwriting existing job definitions
+set the `spring.quartz.overwrite-existing-jobs` property.
+
 Quartz Scheduler configuration can be customized by using Quartz configuration properties
-()`spring.quartz.properties.*`) and `SchedulerFactoryBeanCustomizer` beans, which allow
+(`spring.quartz.properties.*`) and `SchedulerFactoryBeanCustomizer` beans, which allow
 programmatic `SchedulerFactoryBean` customization.
 
 NOTE: In particular, an `Executor` bean is not associated with the scheduler as Quartz