diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration.java
index dc0901270..f33c80b55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/config/AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
  * @author Simon Baslé
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
  * @author Subhashni Balakrishnan
+ * @author Jorge Rodriguez Martin
  */
 @Configuration
 public abstract class AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration {
@@ -145,15 +146,27 @@ protected void configureEnvironment(final ClusterEnvironment.Builder builder) {
 	}
 
 	@Bean(name = BeanNames.COUCHBASE_TEMPLATE)
+	public CouchbaseTemplate couchbaseTemplate(CouchbaseClientFactory couchbaseClientFactory,
+			MappingCouchbaseConverter mappingCouchbaseConverter, TranslationService couchbaseTranslationService) {
+		return new CouchbaseTemplate(couchbaseClientFactory, mappingCouchbaseConverter, couchbaseTranslationService);
+	}
+
 	public CouchbaseTemplate couchbaseTemplate(CouchbaseClientFactory couchbaseClientFactory,
 			MappingCouchbaseConverter mappingCouchbaseConverter) {
-		return new CouchbaseTemplate(couchbaseClientFactory, mappingCouchbaseConverter);
+		return couchbaseTemplate(couchbaseClientFactory, mappingCouchbaseConverter, new JacksonTranslationService());
 	}
 
 	@Bean(name = BeanNames.REACTIVE_COUCHBASE_TEMPLATE)
+	public ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate reactiveCouchbaseTemplate(CouchbaseClientFactory couchbaseClientFactory,
+			MappingCouchbaseConverter mappingCouchbaseConverter, TranslationService couchbaseTranslationService) {
+		return new ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate(couchbaseClientFactory, mappingCouchbaseConverter,
+				couchbaseTranslationService);
+	}
+
 	public ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate reactiveCouchbaseTemplate(CouchbaseClientFactory couchbaseClientFactory,
 			MappingCouchbaseConverter mappingCouchbaseConverter) {
-		return new ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate(couchbaseClientFactory, mappingCouchbaseConverter);
+		return reactiveCouchbaseTemplate(couchbaseClientFactory, mappingCouchbaseConverter,
+				new JacksonTranslationService());
 	}
 
 	@Bean(name = BeanNames.COUCHBASE_OPERATIONS_MAPPING)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplate.java
index 5c44404fd..4ba4182f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplate.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.CouchbaseClientFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.CouchbaseConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.translation.JacksonTranslationService;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.translation.TranslationService;
 
 import com.couchbase.client.java.Collection;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
  * @author Michael Nitschinger
  * @author Michael Reiche
  * @author Aaron Whiteside
+ * @author Jorge Rodriguez Martin
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class CouchbaseTemplate implements CouchbaseOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
@@ -40,10 +43,15 @@ public class CouchbaseTemplate implements CouchbaseOperations, ApplicationContex
 	private final ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate reactiveCouchbaseTemplate;
 
 	public CouchbaseTemplate(final CouchbaseClientFactory clientFactory, final CouchbaseConverter converter) {
+		this(clientFactory, converter, new JacksonTranslationService());
+	}
+
+	public CouchbaseTemplate(final CouchbaseClientFactory clientFactory, final CouchbaseConverter converter,
+		final TranslationService translationService) {
 		this.clientFactory = clientFactory;
 		this.converter = converter;
-		this.templateSupport = new CouchbaseTemplateSupport(converter);
-		this.reactiveCouchbaseTemplate = new ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate(clientFactory, converter);
+		this.templateSupport = new CouchbaseTemplateSupport(converter, translationService);
+		this.reactiveCouchbaseTemplate = new ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate(clientFactory, converter, translationService);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplateSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplateSupport.java
index 04b4ccac9..ef0d5031d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplateSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/CouchbaseTemplateSupport.java
@@ -16,13 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.couchbase.core;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.CouchbaseConverter;
-import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.translation.JacksonTranslationService;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.translation.TranslationService;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.CouchbaseDocument;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.CouchbasePersistentEntity;
@@ -39,11 +36,15 @@
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.ConvertingPropertyAccessor;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 /**
  * Internal encode/decode support for CouchbaseTemplate.
  *
  * @author Michael Nitschinger
  * @author Michael Reiche
+ * @author Jorge Rodriguez Martin
  * @since 3.0
  */
 class CouchbaseTemplateSupport implements ApplicationContextAware {
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ class CouchbaseTemplateSupport implements ApplicationContextAware {
 	private EntityCallbacks entityCallbacks;
 	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
 
-	public CouchbaseTemplateSupport(final CouchbaseConverter converter) {
+	public CouchbaseTemplateSupport(final CouchbaseConverter converter, final TranslationService translationService) {
 		this.converter = converter;
 		this.mappingContext = converter.getMappingContext();
-		this.translationService = new JacksonTranslationService();
+		this.translationService = translationService;
 	}
 
 	public CouchbaseDocument encodeEntity(final Object entityToEncode) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
index c231530f8..4b01c9b9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.CouchbaseClientFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.CouchbaseConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.translation.JacksonTranslationService;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.translation.TranslationService;
 
 import com.couchbase.client.java.Collection;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@
  *
  * @author Michael Nitschinger
  * @author Michael Reiche
+ * @author Jorge Rodriguez Martin
  */
 public class ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate implements ReactiveCouchbaseOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
@@ -40,10 +43,15 @@ public class ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate implements ReactiveCouchbaseOperations, A
 	private final CouchbaseTemplateSupport templateSupport;
 
 	public ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate(final CouchbaseClientFactory clientFactory, final CouchbaseConverter converter) {
+		this(clientFactory, converter, new JacksonTranslationService());
+	}
+
+	public ReactiveCouchbaseTemplate(final CouchbaseClientFactory clientFactory, final CouchbaseConverter converter,
+		final TranslationService translationService) {
 		this.clientFactory = clientFactory;
 		this.converter = converter;
 		this.exceptionTranslator = clientFactory.getExceptionTranslator();
-		this.templateSupport = new CouchbaseTemplateSupport(converter);
+		this.templateSupport = new CouchbaseTemplateSupport(converter, translationService);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java
index 797c502eb..3db6b069d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Config.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Michael Nitschinger
  * @author Michael Reiche
+ * @author Jorge Rodriguez Martin
  * @since 3.0
  */
 @Configuration