diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ee887576..ccaa5119b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ The project is very much Work In Progress and will be published on maven central
 
 # Release Notes
 BOAT is still under development and subject to change.
+## 0.15.6
+* *Maven Plugin*
+  * Add example of use the additional properties like createApiComponent
 ## 0.15.5
 * *Boat Lint*
  * Bumped version of Zally Linting Libraries that contain several vulnerability fixes
diff --git a/boat-maven-plugin/README.md b/boat-maven-plugin/README.md
index f8d287957..980e0b6e9 100644
--- a/boat-maven-plugin/README.md
+++ b/boat-maven-plugin/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ Same with `generate` but with opinionated defaults for Rest Template Client
         </configOptions>
     </configuration>
 
+### Sample usage with additional feature
+
+    <configuration>
+        ...
+        <additionalProperties>
+            <additionalProperty>createApiComponent=false</additionalProperty>
+        </additionalProperties>
+    </configuration>
+
 ## boat:generate-webclient-embedded
 
 Same with `generate` but with opinionated defaults for Web Client
diff --git a/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache b/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache
index cbb9232b3..3142dc70d 100644
--- a/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache
+++ b/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-java/libraries/resttemplate/ApiClient.mustache
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.ser.ToXmlGenerator;
 {{/withXml}}
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 {{#restTemplateBeanName}}
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 {{/restTemplateBeanName}}
@@ -31,7 +30,10 @@ import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverter;
 {{/withXml}}
+{{#createApiComponent}}
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+{{/createApiComponent}}
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -88,7 +90,9 @@ import {{invokerPackage}}.auth.OAuth;
 {{/authMethods}}
 
 {{>generatedAnnotation}}
+{{#createApiComponent}}
 @Component("{{invokerPackage}}.ApiClient")
+{{/createApiComponent}}
 public class ApiClient {
     public enum CollectionFormat {
         CSV(","), TSV("\t"), SSV(" "), PIPES("|"), MULTI(null);
@@ -127,11 +131,15 @@ public class ApiClient {
     }
 {{/useDefaultApiClient}}
 {{#useJacksonConversion}}
+{{#createApiComponent}}
     @Autowired
+{{/createApiComponent}}
     private ObjectMapper objectMapper;
 {{/useJacksonConversion}}
 
+{{#createApiComponent}}
     @Autowired
+{{/createApiComponent}}
     public ApiClient({{#restTemplateBeanName}}@Qualifier("{{restTemplateBeanName}}") {{/restTemplateBeanName}}RestTemplate restTemplate) {
         this.restTemplate = restTemplate;
         init();