diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
index 31b6d208..141f986a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-netflix.adoc
@@ -790,7 +790,12 @@ In the `@FeignClient` annotation the String value ("stores" above) is
 an arbitrary client name, which is used to create a Ribbon load
 balancer (see <<spring-cloud-ribbon,below for details of Ribbon
 support>>). You can also specify a URL using the `url` attribute
-(absolute value or just a hostname). The name of the bean in the application context is the fully qualified name of the interface. An alias is also created which is the 'name' attribute plus 'FeignClient'. For the example above, `@Qualifier("storesFeignClient")` could be used to reference the bean.
+(absolute value or just a hostname). The name of the bean in the
+application context is the fully qualified name of the interface.
+An alias is also created which is the 'name' attribute plus 'FeignClient'.
+For the example above, `@Qualifier("storesFeignClient")` could be used to
+reference the bean. If you want to change the default `@Qualifier` value,
+this can be done with the `qualifier` value in `@FeignClient`.
 
 The Ribbon client above will want to discover the physical addresses
 for the "stores" service. If your application is a Eureka client then
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClient.java
index 2aaaeca1..8c2e361f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClient.java
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ public @interface FeignClient {
 	 */
 	@AliasFor("value")
 	String name() default "";
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the <code>@Qualifier</code> value for the feign client.
+	 */
+	String qualifier() default "";
 
 	/**
 	 * An absolute URL or resolvable hostname (the protocol is optional).
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClientsRegistrar.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClientsRegistrar.java
index ff1a6728..9d31319b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClientsRegistrar.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/FeignClientsRegistrar.java
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ class FeignClientsRegistrar implements ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar,
 		String alias = name + "FeignClient";
 		AbstractBeanDefinition beanDefinition = definition.getBeanDefinition();
 		beanDefinition.setPrimary(true);
+
+		String qualifier = getQualifier(attributes);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(qualifier)) {
+			alias = qualifier;
+		}
+
 		BeanDefinitionHolder holder = new BeanDefinitionHolder(beanDefinition, className,
 				new String[] { alias });
 		BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerBeanDefinition(holder, registry);
@@ -317,6 +323,17 @@ class FeignClientsRegistrar implements ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar,
 		}
 		return basePackages;
 	}
+	
+	private String getQualifier(Map<String, Object> client) {
+		if (client == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		String qualifier = (String) client.get("qualifier");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(qualifier)) {
+			return qualifier;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
 
 	private String getClientName(Map<String, Object> client) {
 		if (client == null) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/FeignClientTests.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/FeignClientTests.java
index fc5182e2..35406a42 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/FeignClientTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/FeignClientTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public class FeignClientTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private ApplicationContext context;
 
+	@Qualifier("uniquequalifier")
 	@Autowired
 	private org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.beans.extra.TestClient extraClient;
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/extra/TestClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/extra/TestClient.java
index 0f239aa9..42676f68 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/extra/TestClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/feign/beans/extra/TestClient.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.beans.FeignClientTests.Hello;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 
-@FeignClient(value = "otherapp")
+@FeignClient(value = "otherapp", qualifier = "uniquequalifier")
 public interface TestClient {
 	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/hello")
 	Hello getHello();