diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingProperties.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingProperties.java
index 3d00769e3..f66fac736 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingProperties.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ public class ChannelBindingProperties {
 
 	public static final String PATH = "path";
 
+	@Value("${spring.application.name:}")
+	private String springApplicationName;
+
 	private Properties consumerProperties = new Properties();
 
 	private Properties producerProperties = new Properties();
@@ -81,7 +86,8 @@ public class ChannelBindingProperties {
 			}
 		}
 		// the default path of the binding is the channel name itself
-		return channelName;
+		return (StringUtils.hasText(springApplicationName)? springApplicationName + "." : "")
+				+  channelName;
 	}
 
 	public String getTapChannelName(String channelName) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingAdapterConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingAdapterConfigurationTests.java
index b0f0903d6..1ac5f893b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingAdapterConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/config/ChannelBindingAdapterConfigurationTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.adapter.ChannelBinding;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.adapter.ChannelBindingAdapter;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.stream.adapter.OutputChannelBinding;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder.local.LocalMessageChannelBinder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.config.ChannelBindingAdapterConfigurationTests.Empty;
 import org.springframework.cloud.stream.utils.MessageChannelBeanDefinitionRegistryUtils;
+import org.springframework.cloud.stream.utils.MockBinderConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ public class ChannelBindingAdapterConfigurationTests {
 
 	@Configuration
 	@Import({ChannelBindingAdapterConfiguration.class})
+	@EnableAutoConfiguration
 	protected static class Empty {
 		@Bean
 		public LocalMessageChannelBinder binder() {