diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java
index ad81a243..d9ac8591 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/src/main/java/io/fabric8/spring/cloud/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java
@@ -19,18 +19,15 @@ package io.fabric8.spring.cloud.discovery;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 @Configuration
+@EnableConfigurationProperties(KubernetesDiscoveryProperties.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(value = "spring.cloud.kubernetes.discovery.enabled", matchIfMissing = true)
 public class KubernetesDiscoveryClientConfiguration {
 
-    @Bean
-    public KubernetesDiscoveryProperties kubernetesDiscoveryProperties() {
-        return new KubernetesDiscoveryProperties();
-    }
-
     @Bean
     @ConditionalOnMissingBean
     public KubernetesDiscoveryClient kubernetesDiscoveryClient(KubernetesClient client, KubernetesDiscoveryProperties properties) {