diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/AnnotationAwareRetryOperationsInterceptor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/AnnotationAwareRetryOperationsInterceptor.java
index c4cbde5..2f906de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/AnnotationAwareRetryOperationsInterceptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/AnnotationAwareRetryOperationsInterceptor.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Artem Bilan
  * @author Gary Russell
+ * @author Roman Akentev
  * @since 1.1
  */
 public class AnnotationAwareRetryOperationsInterceptor implements IntroductionInterceptor, BeanFactoryAware {
@@ -323,6 +324,9 @@ public class AnnotationAwareRetryOperationsInterceptor implements IntroductionIn
 	}
 
 	private RetryListener[] getListenersBeans(String[] listenersBeanNames) {
+		if (listenersBeanNames.length == 1 && "".equals(listenersBeanNames[0].trim())) {
+			return new RetryListener[0];
+		}
 		RetryListener[] listeners = new RetryListener[listenersBeanNames.length];
 		for (int i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
 			listeners[i] = this.beanFactory.getBean(listenersBeanNames[i], RetryListener.class);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/Retryable.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/Retryable.java
index d148f7c..d470b8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/Retryable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/Retryable.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * @author Artem Bilan
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Maksim Kita
+ * @author Roman Akentev
  * @since 1.1
  *
  */
@@ -165,7 +166,9 @@ public @interface Retryable {
 
 	/**
 	 * Bean names of retry listeners to use instead of default ones defined in Spring
-	 * context
+	 * context. If this attribute is set to an empty string {@code ""}, it will
+	 * effectively exclude all retry listeners, including with the default listener beans,
+	 * from being used.
 	 * @return retry listeners bean names
 	 */
 	String[] listeners() default {};
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/EnableRetryWithListenersTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/EnableRetryWithListenersTests.java
index aeccb68..39ddfd2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/EnableRetryWithListenersTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/EnableRetryWithListenersTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Gary Russell
  * @author Henning Pöttker
+ * @author Roman Akentev
  *
  */
 public class EnableRetryWithListenersTests {
@@ -55,6 +56,16 @@ public class EnableRetryWithListenersTests {
 		context.close();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void excludedListeners() {
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
+				TestConfigurationExcludedListeners.class);
+		ServiceWithExcludedListeners service = context.getBean(ServiceWithExcludedListeners.class);
+		service.service();
+		assertThat(context.getBean(TestConfigurationExcludedListeners.class).count).isEqualTo(0);
+		context.close();
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableRetry(proxyTargetClass = true)
 	protected static class TestConfiguration {
@@ -116,6 +127,41 @@ public class EnableRetryWithListenersTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableRetry(proxyTargetClass = true)
+	protected static class TestConfigurationExcludedListeners {
+
+		private int count = 0;
+
+		@Bean
+		public ServiceWithExcludedListeners service() {
+			return new ServiceWithExcludedListeners();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public RetryListener listener1() {
+			return new RetryListener() {
+				@Override
+				public <T, E extends Throwable> void close(RetryContext context, RetryCallback<T, E> callback,
+						Throwable throwable) {
+					count++;
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public RetryListener listener2() {
+			return new RetryListener() {
+				@Override
+				public <T, E extends Throwable> void close(RetryContext context, RetryCallback<T, E> callback,
+						Throwable throwable) {
+					count++;
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	protected static class Service {
 
 		private int count = 0;
@@ -150,4 +196,21 @@ public class EnableRetryWithListenersTests {
 
 	}
 
+	protected static class ServiceWithExcludedListeners {
+
+		private int count = 0;
+
+		@Retryable(backoff = @Backoff(delay = 1000), listeners = "")
+		public void service() {
+			if (count++ < 2) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Planned");
+			}
+		}
+
+		public int getCount() {
+			return count;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }