diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index e6d0ac47d0..7431fcf848 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ public class ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer {
 		map.from(properties::getAckTime).as(Duration::toMillis).to(container::setAckTime);
 		map.from(properties::getPollTimeout).as(Duration::toMillis).to(container::setPollTimeout);
 		map.from(properties::getNoPollThreshold).to(container::setNoPollThreshold);
+		map.from(properties.getIdleBetweenPolls()).as(Duration::toMillis).to(container::setIdleBetweenPolls);
 		map.from(properties::getIdleEventInterval).as(Duration::toMillis).to(container::setIdleEventInterval);
 		map.from(properties::getMonitorInterval).as(Duration::getSeconds).as(Number::intValue)
 				.to(container::setMonitorInterval);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
index ffbc2c50a3..778c6f9bac 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaProperties.java
@@ -885,6 +885,11 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 		 */
 		private Duration ackTime;
 
+		/**
+		 * Sleep interval between Consumer.poll(Duration) calls.
+		 */
+		private Duration idleBetweenPolls = Duration.ZERO;
+
 		/**
 		 * Time between publishing idle consumer events (no data received).
 		 */
@@ -972,6 +977,14 @@ public class KafkaProperties {
 			this.ackTime = ackTime;
 		}
 
+		public Duration getIdleBetweenPolls() {
+			return this.idleBetweenPolls;
+		}
+
+		public void setIdleBetweenPolls(Duration idleBetweenPolls) {
+			this.idleBetweenPolls = idleBetweenPolls;
+		}
+
 		public Duration getIdleEventInterval() {
 			return this.idleEventInterval;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 176a9d7982..3e3e93e052 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/kafka/KafkaAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 						"spring.kafka.listener.ack-count=123", "spring.kafka.listener.ack-time=456",
 						"spring.kafka.listener.concurrency=3", "spring.kafka.listener.poll-timeout=2000",
 						"spring.kafka.listener.no-poll-threshold=2.5", "spring.kafka.listener.type=batch",
-						"spring.kafka.listener.idle-event-interval=1s", "spring.kafka.listener.monitor-interval=45",
-						"spring.kafka.listener.log-container-config=true",
+						"spring.kafka.listener.idle-between-polls=1s", "spring.kafka.listener.idle-event-interval=1s",
+						"spring.kafka.listener.monitor-interval=45", "spring.kafka.listener.log-container-config=true",
 						"spring.kafka.listener.missing-topics-fatal=true", "spring.kafka.jaas.enabled=true",
 						"spring.kafka.producer.transaction-id-prefix=foo", "spring.kafka.jaas.login-module=foo",
 						"spring.kafka.jaas.control-flag=REQUISITE", "spring.kafka.jaas.options.useKeyTab=true")
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ class KafkaAutoConfigurationTests {
 					assertThat(containerProperties.getAckTime()).isEqualTo(456L);
 					assertThat(containerProperties.getPollTimeout()).isEqualTo(2000L);
 					assertThat(containerProperties.getNoPollThreshold()).isEqualTo(2.5f);
+					assertThat(containerProperties.getIdleBetweenPolls()).isEqualTo(1000L);
 					assertThat(containerProperties.getIdleEventInterval()).isEqualTo(1000L);
 					assertThat(containerProperties.getMonitorInterval()).isEqualTo(45);
 					assertThat(containerProperties.isLogContainerConfig()).isTrue();