diff --git a/nakadi-producer-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/NakadiProducerAutoConfiguration.java b/nakadi-producer-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/NakadiProducerAutoConfiguration.java
index 0ad70345..87af2c5f 100644
--- a/nakadi-producer-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/NakadiProducerAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/nakadi-producer-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/zalando/nakadiproducer/NakadiProducerAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 import org.zalando.fahrschein.NakadiClient;
 import org.zalando.nakadiproducer.eventlog.EventLogWriter;
 import org.zalando.nakadiproducer.eventlog.impl.EventLogRepository;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 
 @Configuration
 @AutoConfigureAfter(name="org.zalando.tracer.spring.TracerAutoConfiguration")
+@EnableScheduling
 public class NakadiProducerAutoConfiguration {
 
     @ConditionalOnMissingBean({NakadiPublishingClient.class, NakadiClient.class})