diff --git a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaProducerFactory.java b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaProducerFactory.java
index 909539f16..f766d3a38 100644
--- a/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaProducerFactory.java
+++ b/kafka/src/main/java/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaProducerFactory.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 @Factory
 public class KafkaProducerFactory implements ProducerRegistry, TransactionalProducerRegistry {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaProducerFactory.class);
+    private static final String TRANSACTIONAL_ID = "transactionalId";
     private final Map<ClientKey, Producer> clients = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private final BeanContext beanContext;
     private final SerdeRegistry serdeRegistry;
@@ -150,7 +151,12 @@ public <K, V> Producer<K, V> getProducer(
             properties.put(ProducerConfig.ACKS_CONFIG, acksValue);
         }
 
-        return getKafkaProducer(id, null, k, v, false, properties);
+        final String transactionalId = annotationMetadata.stringValue(KafkaClient.class, TRANSACTIONAL_ID)
+            .filter(StringUtils::isNotEmpty)
+            .orElse(null);
+        final boolean transactional = transactionalId != null;
+
+        return getKafkaProducer(id, transactionalId, k, v, transactional, properties);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/kafka/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaTxSpec.groovy b/kafka/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaTxSpec.groovy
index 988025b35..9ed83ff5e 100644
--- a/kafka/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaTxSpec.groovy
+++ b/kafka/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/configuration/kafka/KafkaTxSpec.groovy
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import io.micronaut.configuration.kafka.annotation.Topic
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Requires
 import io.micronaut.core.type.Argument
 import io.micronaut.messaging.annotation.SendTo
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.Producer
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.IntegerSerializer
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer
@@ -110,6 +112,30 @@ class KafkaTxSpec extends AbstractKafkaContainerSpec {
         }
     }
 
+    void "should inject a transactional producer"() {
+        given:
+        Producer<String, String> producer = context.getBean(MyService).transactionalProducer
+
+        when:
+        producer.beginTransaction()
+        producer.abortTransaction()
+
+        then:
+        noExceptionThrown()
+    }
+
+    void "should inject a non-transactional producer"() {
+        given:
+        Producer<String, String> producer = context.getBean(MyService).nonTransactionalProducer
+
+        when:
+        producer.beginTransaction()
+
+        then:
+        IllegalStateException e = thrown()
+        e.message == 'Transactional method invoked on a non-transactional producer.'
+    }
+
     @Requires(property = 'spec.name', value = 'KafkaTxSpec')
     @KafkaListener(
             isolation = READ_COMMITTED,
@@ -226,4 +252,17 @@ class KafkaTxSpec extends AbstractKafkaContainerSpec {
         @Topic("tx-strings")
         void send(String strings)
     }
+
+    @Singleton
+    @Requires(property = 'spec.name', value = 'KafkaTxSpec')
+    static class MyService {
+        final Producer<String, String> transactionalProducer
+        final Producer<String, String> nonTransactionalProducer
+        MyService(
+                @KafkaClient(transactionalId = "tx-string-producer") Producer<String, String> transactionalProducer,
+                @KafkaClient Producer<String, String> nonTransactionalProducer) {
+            this.transactionalProducer = transactionalProducer
+            this.nonTransactionalProducer = nonTransactionalProducer
+        }
+    }
 }