diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderHeaders.java b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderHeaders.java
index 0d844f521..515b4147a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderHeaders.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderHeaders.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.stream.binder;
 
+import org.springframework.cloud.stream.function.StreamBridge;
 import org.springframework.integration.IntegrationMessageHeaderAccessor;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,18 @@ public final class BinderHeaders {
 
 	private static final String PREFIX = "scst_";
 
+	/**
+	 * Indicates the name of the target destination the binder should use if they
+	 * choose (or have capabilities) to optimize sending output messages to
+	 * dynamic destinations.
+	 * <br>
+	 * <br>
+	 * NOTE: The core framework only defines this header, but does nothing else.
+	 * So it is up to binders to choose to support it or not. One can always rely on {@link StreamBridge}
+	 * for general cases of sending output messages to dynamic destinations.
+	 */
+	public static final String TARGET_DESTINATION = PREFIX + "targetDestination";
+
 	/**
 	 * Indicates the target partition of an outbound message. Binders must observe this
 	 * value when sending data on the transport. This header is internally set by the