diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
index 2f61abcca..2271ec037 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-integration-kafka</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>