diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java
index 501e8481..a9105e5d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ public class GatewayAutoConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
 		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-		public HttpClient httpClient(HttpClientProperties properties) {
+		public HttpClient gatewayHttpClient(HttpClientProperties properties) {
 
 			// configure pool resources
 			HttpClientProperties.Pool pool = properties.getPool();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 465556aa..5ed4f8a6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public class GatewayAutoConfigurationTests {
 						GatewayAutoConfiguration.class))
 				.withPropertyValues("debug=true").run(context -> {
 					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(HttpClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).hasBean("gatewayHttpClient");
 					HttpClient httpClient = context.getBean(HttpClient.class);
 					/*
 					 * FIXME: 2.1.0 HttpClientOptions options = httpClient.options();