diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/SpringBootCouchbaseDataConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/SpringBootCouchbaseDataConfiguration.java
index 7ecae7bdbd6..9e210703c2e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/SpringBootCouchbaseDataConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/SpringBootCouchbaseDataConfiguration.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.AbstractCouchbaseDataConfigurat
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.BeanNames;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.CouchbaseConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.CouchbaseTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.Consistency;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.repository.support.IndexManager;
@@ -81,6 +82,13 @@ class SpringBootCouchbaseDataConfiguration extends AbstractCouchbaseDataConfigur
 		return super.couchbaseTemplate();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = BeanNames.COUCHBASE_CUSTOM_CONVERSIONS)
+	@Bean(name = BeanNames.COUCHBASE_CUSTOM_CONVERSIONS)
+	public CustomConversions customConversions() {
+		return super.customConversions();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = BeanNames.COUCHBASE_INDEX_MANAGER)
 	@Bean(name = BeanNames.COUCHBASE_INDEX_MANAGER)
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 8f8bb415aeb..17a6a723a50 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/couchbase/CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.couchbase;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -23,17 +24,22 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.couchbase.CouchbaseAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.couchbase.CouchbaseProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.couchbase.CouchbaseTestConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.couchbase.city.City;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.validation.ValidationAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.util.EnvironmentTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.AbstractCouchbaseDataConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.BeanNames;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.CouchbaseConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.CouchbaseTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.CouchbaseMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.event.ValidatingCouchbaseEventListener;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.Consistency;
@@ -119,6 +125,14 @@ public class CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(initialEntitySet).containsOnly(City.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void customConversions() {
+		load(CustomConversionsConfig.class);
+		CouchbaseTemplate template = this.context.getBean(CouchbaseTemplate.class);
+		assertThat(template.getConverter().getConversionService()
+				.canConvert(CouchbaseProperties.class, Boolean.class)).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	private void load(Class<?> config, String... environment) {
 		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(context, environment);
@@ -147,6 +161,17 @@ public class CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	@Import(CouchbaseTestConfigurer.class)
+	static class CustomConversionsConfig {
+
+		@Bean(BeanNames.COUCHBASE_CUSTOM_CONVERSIONS)
+		public CustomConversions myCustomConversions() {
+			return new CustomConversions(Collections.singletonList(new MyConverter()));
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	@EntityScan("org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.couchbase.city")
 	@Import(CustomCouchbaseConfiguration.class)
@@ -154,4 +179,12 @@ public class CouchbaseDataAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	static class MyConverter implements Converter<CouchbaseProperties, Boolean> {
+
+		@Override
+		public Boolean convert(CouchbaseProperties value) {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index f98bcc58500..5a880451813 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -3778,10 +3778,7 @@ http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/couchbase/docs/current/reference/html/[referen
 
 You can inject an auto-configured `CouchbaseTemplate` instance as you would with any
 other Spring Bean as long as a _default_ `CouchbaseConfigurer` is available (that
-happens when you enable the couchbase support as explained above). If you want to
-bypass the auto-configuration for Spring Data Couchbase, provide your own
-`org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.AbstractCouchbaseDataConfiguration`
-implementation.
+happens when you enable the couchbase support as explained above).
 
 
 [source,java,indent=0]
@@ -3801,8 +3798,35 @@ implementation.
 	}
 ----
 
-If you add a `@Bean` of your own of type `CouchbaseTemplate` named `couchbaseTemplate` it
-will replace the default.
+There are a few beans that you can define in your own configuration to override those
+provided by the auto-configuration:
+
+* A `CouchbaseTemplate` `@Bean` with name `couchbaseTemplate`
+* An `IndexManager` `@Bean` with name `couchbaseIndexManager`
+* A `CustomConversions` `@Bean` with name `couchbaseCustomConversions`
+
+To avoid hard-coding those names in your own config, you can reuse `BeanNames` provided
+by Spring Data Couchbase. For instance, you can customize the converters to use as
+follows:
+
+[source,java,indent=0]
+----
+	@Configuration
+	public class SomeConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean(BeanNames.COUCHBASE_CUSTOM_CONVERSIONS)
+		public CustomConversions myCustomConversions() {
+			return new CustomConversions(...);
+		}
+
+		// ...
+
+	}
+----
+
+TIP: If you want to fully bypass the auto-configuration for Spring Data Couchbase, provide
+your own `org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.AbstractCouchbaseDataConfiguration`
+implementation.