diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration.java
index bec07e3ec..d42f678f6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ class SleuthKafkaAspect {
 	private void anyCreateListenerContainer() {
 	} // NOSONAR
 
+	@Pointcut("execution(public * org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerContainerFactory.createContainer(..))")
+	private void anyCreateContainer() {
+	} // NOSONAR
+
 	@Around("anyProducerFactory()")
 	public Object wrapProducerFactory(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable {
 		Producer producer = (Producer) pjp.proceed();
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ class SleuthKafkaAspect {
 		return this.kafkaTracing.consumer(consumer);
 	}
 
-	@Around("anyCreateListenerContainer()")
+	@Around("anyCreateListenerContainer() || anyCreateContainer()")
 	public Object wrapListenerContainerCreation(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp)
 			throws Throwable {
 		MessageListenerContainer listener = (MessageListenerContainer) pjp.proceed();
diff --git a/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-messaging-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration1664Tests.java b/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-messaging-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration1664Tests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a45e6880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spring-cloud-sleuth-instrumentation-messaging-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/messaging/TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration1664Tests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2019 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.sleuth.instrument.messaging;
+
+import brave.Tracer;
+import brave.handler.SpanHandler;
+import brave.kafka.clients.KafkaTracing;
+import brave.sampler.Sampler;
+import brave.test.TestSpanHandler;
+import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.kafka.config.KafkaListenerContainerFactory;
+import org.springframework.kafka.listener.MessageListenerContainer;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.then;
+
+/**
+ * @author Roberto Tassi
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration1664Tests.Config.class,
+		webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.NONE)
+public class TraceMessagingAutoConfiguration1664Tests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	MySleuthKafka1664Aspect mySleuthKafka1664Aspect;
+
+	@Autowired
+	KafkaListenerContainerFactory<?> kafkaListenerContainerFactory;
+
+	@Test
+	public void should_wrap_kafka() {
+		kafkaListenerContainerFactory.createContainer("backend");
+		then(this.mySleuthKafka1664Aspect.adapterWrapped).isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableAutoConfiguration
+	protected static class Config {
+
+		@Bean
+		Sampler sampler() {
+			return Sampler.ALWAYS_SAMPLE;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		SpanHandler testSpanHandler() {
+			return new TestSpanHandler();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		SleuthKafkaAspect sleuthKafkaAspect(KafkaTracing kafkaTracing, Tracer tracer) {
+			return new MySleuthKafka1664Aspect(kafkaTracing, tracer);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
+
+class MySleuthKafka1664Aspect extends SleuthKafkaAspect {
+
+	boolean adapterWrapped;
+
+	MySleuthKafka1664Aspect(KafkaTracing kafkaTracing, Tracer tracer) {
+		super(kafkaTracing, tracer);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object wrapListenerContainerCreation(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp)
+			throws Throwable {
+		this.adapterWrapped = true;
+		return Mockito.mock(MessageListenerContainer.class);
+	}
+
+}