diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
index ad33bb544..4e4bfc3d1 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/overview.adoc
@@ -443,6 +443,13 @@ Timeout in number of seconds to wait for when closing the producer.
 +
 Default: `30`
 
+allowNonTransactional::
+Normally, all output bindings associated with a transactional binder will publish in a new transaction, if one is not already in process.
+This property allows you to override that behavior.
+If set to true, records published to this output binding will not be run in a transaction, unless one is already in process.
++
+Default: `false`
+
 ==== Usage examples
 
 In this section, we show the use of the preceding properties for specific scenarios.
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaProducerProperties.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaProducerProperties.java
index 5d0ff6eb7..3653c5f61 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaProducerProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/properties/KafkaProducerProperties.java
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ public class KafkaProducerProperties {
 	 */
 	private int closeTimeout;
 
+	/**
+	 * Set to true to disable transactions.
+	 */
+	private boolean allowNonTransactional;
+
 	/**
 	 * @return buffer size
 	 *
@@ -279,6 +284,14 @@ public class KafkaProducerProperties {
 		this.closeTimeout = closeTimeout;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isAllowNonTransactional() {
+		return this.allowNonTransactional;
+	}
+
+	public void setAllowNonTransactional(boolean allowNonTransactional) {
+		this.allowNonTransactional = allowNonTransactional;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Enumeration for compression types.
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaMessageChannelBinder.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaMessageChannelBinder.java
index 6e2b86429..dc871c7bf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaMessageChannelBinder.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaMessageChannelBinder.java
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ public class KafkaMessageChannelBinder extends
 		if (transMan != null) {
 			kafkaTemplate.setTransactionIdPrefix(configurationProperties.getTransaction().getTransactionIdPrefix());
 		}
+		final boolean allowNonTransactional = producerProperties.getExtension().isAllowNonTransactional();
+		if (allowNonTransactional) {
+			kafkaTemplate.setAllowNonTransactional(allowNonTransactional);
+		}
 		ProducerConfigurationMessageHandler handler = new ProducerConfigurationMessageHandler(
 				kafkaTemplate, destination.getName(), producerProperties, producerFB);
 		if (errorChannel != null) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaBinderTests.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaBinderTests.java
index edab415b5..0a3d66dd8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaBinderTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/KafkaBinderTests.java
@@ -2274,6 +2274,28 @@ public class KafkaBinderTests extends
 		consumerBinding.unbind();
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+	@Test
+	public void testAllowNonTransactionalProducerSetting() throws Exception {
+		AbstractKafkaTestBinder binder = getBinder();
+		DirectChannel moduleOutputChannel = createBindableChannel("output",
+				new BindingProperties());
+		ExtendedProducerProperties<KafkaProducerProperties> producerProps = new ExtendedProducerProperties<>(
+				new KafkaProducerProperties());
+		producerProps.getExtension().setAllowNonTransactional(true);
+		Binding<MessageChannel> producerBinding = binder.bindProducer("allwNonTrans.0",
+				moduleOutputChannel, producerProps);
+
+		KafkaProducerMessageHandler endpoint = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(producerBinding,
+				"lifecycle", KafkaProducerMessageHandler.class);
+
+		final KafkaTemplate kafkaTemplate = (KafkaTemplate) new DirectFieldAccessor(endpoint).getPropertyValue("kafkaTemplate");
+
+		assertThat(kafkaTemplate.isAllowNonTransactional()).isTrue();
+
+		producerBinding.unbind();
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
 	@Test
 	public void testProducerErrorChannel() throws Exception {