diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index 550e3f424df..c0ae97f999e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		PropertyMapper map = PropertyMapper.get().alwaysApplyingWhenNonNull();
 		Listener properties = this.properties.getListener();
 		map.from(properties::getConcurrency).to(factory::setConcurrency);
+		map.from(properties::isAutoStartup).to(factory::setAutoStartup);
 		map.from(this.messageConverter).to(factory::setMessageConverter);
 		map.from(this.recordFilterStrategy).to(factory::setRecordFilterStrategy);
 		map.from(this.replyTemplate).to(factory::setReplyTemplate);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
index d87e6b051cc..bfa7cf1631b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
@@ -1012,6 +1012,11 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 		 */
 		private boolean immediateStop = false;
 
+		/**
+		 * Whether to auto start the container.
+		 */
+		private boolean autoStartup = true;
+
 		public Type getType() {
 			return this.type;
 		}
@@ -1140,6 +1145,14 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 			this.immediateStop = immediateStop;
 		}
 
+		public boolean isAutoStartup() {
+			return this.autoStartup;
+		}
+
+		public void setAutoStartup(boolean autoStartup) {
+			this.autoStartup = autoStartup;
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	public static class Ssl {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 7f8970aa394..fee655bcd62 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsBuilder;
 import org.apache.kafka.streams.StreamsConfig;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.assertj.AssertableApplicationContext;
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 					assertThat(containerProperties.isStopImmediate()).isTrue();
 					assertThat(kafkaListenerContainerFactory).extracting("concurrency").isEqualTo(3);
 					assertThat(kafkaListenerContainerFactory.isBatchListener()).isTrue();
+					assertThat(kafkaListenerContainerFactory).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoStartup", true);
 					assertThat(context.getBeansOfType(KafkaJaasLoginModuleInitializer.class)).hasSize(1);
 					KafkaJaasLoginModuleInitializer jaas = context.getBean(KafkaJaasLoginModuleInitializer.class);
 					assertThat(jaas).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("loginModule", "foo");
@@ -672,6 +675,16 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+	@ValueSource(booleans = { true, false })
+	void testConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryAutoStartup(boolean autoStartup) {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.kafka.listener.auto-startup=" + autoStartup).run((context) -> {
+			ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<?, ?> kafkaListenerContainerFactory = context
+					.getBean(ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory.class);
+			assertThat(kafkaListenerContainerFactory).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("autoStartup", autoStartup);
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void specificSecurityProtocolOverridesCommonSecurityProtocol() {
 		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.kafka.security.protocol=SSL",