diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfiguration.java
index 3c539a5de65..971b9d514ec 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.client.RestTemplateAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for Zipkin.
- *
+ * <p>
  * It uses imports on {@link ZipkinConfigurations} to guarantee the correct configuration
  * ordering.
  *
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 @Import({ SenderConfiguration.class, ReporterConfiguration.class, BraveConfiguration.class,
 		OpenTelemetryConfiguration.class })
 @ConditionalOnEnabledTracing
+@EnableConfigurationProperties(ZipkinProperties.class)
 public class ZipkinAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfigurationTests.java
index e2ad6a0b550..c647bfbfe2a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/tracing/zipkin/ZipkinAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class ZipkinAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void shouldSupplyBeans() {
-		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(BytesEncoder.class));
+		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(BytesEncoder.class)
+			.hasSingleBean(PropertiesZipkinConnectionDetails.class));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -83,6 +84,14 @@ class ZipkinAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.doesNotHaveBean(PropertiesZipkinConnectionDetails.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldWorkWithoutSenders() {
+		this.contextRunner
+			.withClassLoader(new FilteredClassLoader("zipkin2.reporter.urlconnection", "org.springframework.web.client",
+					"org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client"))
+			.run((context) -> assertThat(context).hasNotFailed());
+	}
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	private static class CustomConfiguration {