diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java
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+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2015 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+/**
+ * Auto configuration for Ribbon (client side load balancing).
+ *
+ * @author Spencer Gibb
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ */
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnClass(RestTemplate.class)
+@ConditionalOnBean(LoadBalancerClient.class)
+public class LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration {
+
+	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(RestTemplate.class)
+	public RestTemplate restTemplate(LoadBalancerInterceptor loadBalancerInterceptor) {
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+		List<ClientHttpRequestInterceptor> list = new ArrayList<>();
+		list.add(loadBalancerInterceptor);
+		restTemplate.setInterceptors(list);
+		return restTemplate;
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public LoadBalancerInterceptor ribbonInterceptor(LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient) {
+		return new LoadBalancerInterceptor(loadBalancerClient);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerInterceptor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerInterceptor.java
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+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/client/loadbalancer/LoadBalancerInterceptor.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2015 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestExecution;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
+import org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpRequestWrapper;
+
+/**
+ * @author Spencer Gibb
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ */
+public class LoadBalancerInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestInterceptor {
+
+	private LoadBalancerClient loadBalancer;
+
+	public LoadBalancerInterceptor(LoadBalancerClient loadBalancer) {
+		this.loadBalancer = loadBalancer;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ClientHttpResponse intercept(final HttpRequest request, final byte[] body,
+			final ClientHttpRequestExecution execution) throws IOException {
+		final URI originalUri = request.getURI();
+		String serviceName = originalUri.getHost();
+		return this.loadBalancer.execute(serviceName,
+				new LoadBalancerRequest<ClientHttpResponse>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public ClientHttpResponse apply(final ServiceInstance instance)
+							throws Exception {
+						HttpRequest serviceRequest = new ServiceRequestWrapper(request,
+								instance);
+						return execution.execute(serviceRequest, body);
+					}
+
+				});
+	}
+
+	private class ServiceRequestWrapper extends HttpRequestWrapper {
+
+		private final ServiceInstance instance;
+
+		public ServiceRequestWrapper(HttpRequest request, ServiceInstance instance) {
+			super(request);
+			this.instance = instance;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public URI getURI() {
+			URI uri = LoadBalancerInterceptor.this.loadBalancer.reconstructURI(
+					this.instance, getRequest().getURI());
+			return uri;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index 9d369afe..0345563f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # AutoConfiguration
 org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=\
 org.springframework.cloud.client.CommonsClientAutoConfiguration,\
-org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.noop.NoopDiscoveryClientAutoConfiguration
+org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.noop.NoopDiscoveryClientAutoConfiguration,\
+org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration