diff --git a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/repository/config/CouchbaseRepositoriesRegistrar.java b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/repository/config/CouchbaseRepositoriesRegistrar.java
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+package com.couchbase.spring.repository.config;
+
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+
+
+public class CouchbaseRepositoriesRegistrar extends RepositoryBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport {
+
+  @Override
+  protected Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotation() {
+    return EnableCouchbaseRepositories.class;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected RepositoryConfigurationExtension getExtension() {
+    return new CouchbaseRepositoryConfigurationExtension();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/repository/config/CouchbaseRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/repository/config/CouchbaseRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
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+package com.couchbase.spring.repository.config;
+
+
+import com.couchbase.spring.repository.support.CouchbaseRepositoryFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
+import org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.XmlRepositoryConfigurationSource;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+public class CouchbaseRepositoryConfigurationExtension extends RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport {
+
+  private static final String COUCHBASE_TEMPLATE_REF = "couchbase-template-ref";
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getModulePrefix() {
+    return "couchbase";
+  }
+
+  public String getRepositoryFactoryClassName() {
+    return CouchbaseRepositoryFactoryBean.class.getName();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void postProcess(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, XmlRepositoryConfigurationSource config) {
+    Element element = config.getElement();
+    ParsingUtils.setPropertyReference(builder, element, COUCHBASE_TEMPLATE_REF, "couchbaseOperations");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void postProcess(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource config) {
+    AnnotationAttributes attributes = config.getAttributes();
+    builder.addPropertyReference("couchbaseOperations", attributes.getString("couchbaseTemplateRef"));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/repository/config/EnableCouchbaseRepositories.java b/src/main/java/com/couchbase/spring/repository/config/EnableCouchbaseRepositories.java
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+package com.couchbase.spring.repository.config;
+
+
+import com.couchbase.spring.repository.support.CouchbaseRepositoryFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan.Filter;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation to activate Couchbase repositories. If no base package is configured through either {@link #value()},
+ * {@link #basePackages()} or {@link #basePackageClasses()} it will trigger scanning of the package of annotated class.
+ */
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+@Inherited
+@Import(CouchbaseRepositoriesRegistrar.class)
+public @interface EnableCouchbaseRepositories {
+
+  /**
+   * Alias for the {@link #basePackages()} attribute. Allows for more concise annotation declarations e.g.:
+   * {@code @EnableCouchbaseRepositories("org.my.pkg")} instead of {@code @EnableCouchbaseRepositories(basePackages="org.my.pkg")}.
+   */
+  String[] value() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * Base packages to scan for annotated components. {@link #value()} is an alias for (and mutually exclusive with) this
+   * attribute. Use {@link #basePackageClasses()} for a type-safe alternative to String-based package names.
+   */
+  String[] basePackages() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * Type-safe alternative to {@link #basePackages()} for specifying the packages to scan for annotated components. The
+   * package of each class specified will be scanned. Consider creating a special no-op marker class or interface in
+   * each package that serves no purpose other than being referenced by this attribute.
+   */
+  Class<?>[] basePackageClasses() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * Specifies which types are eligible for component scanning. Further narrows the set of candidate components from
+   * everything in {@link #basePackages()} to everything in the base packages that matches the given filter or filters.
+   */
+  Filter[] includeFilters() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * Specifies which types are not eligible for component scanning.
+   */
+  Filter[] excludeFilters() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the postfix to be used when looking up custom repository implementations. Defaults to {@literal Impl}. So
+   * for a repository named {@code PersonRepository} the corresponding implementation class will be looked up scanning
+   * for {@code PersonRepositoryImpl}.
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  String repositoryImplementationPostfix() default "";
+
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the {@link FactoryBean} class to be used for each repository instance. Defaults to
+   * {@link CouchbaseRepositoryFactoryBean}.
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  Class<?> repositoryFactoryBeanClass() default CouchbaseRepositoryFactoryBean.class;
+
+  /**
+   * Configures the name of the {@link CouchbaseTemplate} bean to be used with the repositories detected.
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  String couchbaseTemplateRef() default "couchbaseTemplate";
+
+}