diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/annotations/Document.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/annotations/Document.java
index d9b58bd54..e494afaa9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/annotations/Document.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/annotations/Document.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
  *
  * @author Rizwan Idrees
  * @author Mohsin Husen
+ * @author Mason Chan
  */
 
 @Persistent
@@ -45,4 +46,6 @@ public @interface Document {
 	String refreshInterval() default "1s";
 
 	String indexStoreType() default "fs";
+
+	boolean createIndex() default true;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java
index 8a86da9db..a0ad2c30c 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchOperations.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.update.UpdateResponse;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.ElasticsearchPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.*;
 import org.springframework.data.util.CloseableIterator;
 
@@ -558,4 +559,7 @@ public interface ElasticsearchOperations {
 
 
 	<T> T query(SearchQuery query, ResultsExtractor<T> resultsExtractor);
+
+
+	ElasticsearchPersistentEntity getPersistentEntityFor(Class clazz);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 6bb100997..2b9c0050d 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Mohsin Husen
  * @author Artur Konczak
  * @author Kevin Leturc
+ * @author Mason Chan
  */
 
 public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
@@ -1026,7 +1027,8 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations, Applicati
 		return newHashSet(iterator);
 	}
 
-	private ElasticsearchPersistentEntity getPersistentEntityFor(Class clazz) {
+	@Override
+	public ElasticsearchPersistentEntity getPersistentEntityFor(Class clazz) {
 		Assert.isTrue(clazz.isAnnotationPresent(Document.class), "Unable to identify index name. " + clazz.getSimpleName()
 				+ " is not a Document. Make sure the document class is annotated with @Document(indexName=\"foo\")");
 		return elasticsearchConverter.getMappingContext().getPersistentEntity(clazz);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java
index dc6f44c8d..b3127ad7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/ElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java
@@ -47,4 +47,6 @@ public interface ElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T> extends PersistentEntity<T, El
 	ElasticsearchPersistentProperty getParentIdProperty();
 
 	String settingPath();
+
+	boolean isCreateIndexAndMapping();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java
index 4fbae4308..f4afb13d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntit
 	private String parentType;
 	private ElasticsearchPersistentProperty parentIdProperty;
 	private String settingPath;
+	private boolean createIndexAndMapping;
 
 	public SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity(TypeInformation<T> typeInformation) {
 		super(typeInformation);
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntit
 			this.replicas = document.replicas();
 			this.refreshInterval = document.refreshInterval();
 			this.indexStoreType = document.indexStoreType();
+			this.createIndexAndMapping = document.createIndex();
 		}
 		if (clazz.isAnnotationPresent(Setting.class)) {
 			this.settingPath = typeInformation.getType().getAnnotation(Setting.class).settingPath();
@@ -141,6 +143,11 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntit
 		return settingPath;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean isCreateIndexAndMapping() {
+		return createIndexAndMapping;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void addPersistentProperty(ElasticsearchPersistentProperty property) {
 		super.addPersistentProperty(property);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/AbstractElasticsearchRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/AbstractElasticsearchRepository.java
index 502a13b0a..1e10c94ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/AbstractElasticsearchRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/AbstractElasticsearchRepository.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support;
 
-import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery;
+import static org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.*;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
@@ -30,19 +30,10 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.*;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.FacetedPage;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.DeleteQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.GetQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.IndexQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.MoreLikeThisQuery;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.NativeSearchQueryBuilder;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.SearchQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.*;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -78,8 +69,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchRepository<T, ID extends Serializable
 		this.entityInformation = metadata;
 		setEntityClass(this.entityInformation.getJavaType());
 		try {
-			createIndex();
-			putMapping();
+			if (createIndexAndMapping()) {
+				createIndex();
+				putMapping();
+			}
 		} catch (ElasticsearchException exception) {
 			LOGGER.error("failed to load elasticsearch nodes : " + exception.getDetailedMessage());
 		}
@@ -93,6 +86,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchRepository<T, ID extends Serializable
 		elasticsearchOperations.putMapping(getEntityClass());
 	}
 
+	private boolean createIndexAndMapping() {
+		return elasticsearchOperations.getPersistentEntityFor(getEntityClass()).isCreateIndexAndMapping();
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public T findOne(ID id) {
 		GetQuery query = new GetQuery();
@@ -311,14 +308,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchRepository<T, ID extends Serializable
 		return null;
 	}
 
-    private List<String> stringIdsRepresentation(Iterable<ID> ids) {
-        Assert.notNull(ids, "ids can't be null.");
-        List<String> stringIds = new ArrayList<String>();
-        for (ID id : ids) {
-            stringIds.add(stringIdRepresentation(id));
-        }
-        return stringIds;
-    }
+	private List<String> stringIdsRepresentation(Iterable<ID> ids) {
+		Assert.notNull(ids, "ids can't be null.");
+		List<String> stringIds = new ArrayList<String>();
+		for (ID id : ids) {
+			stringIds.add(stringIdRepresentation(id));
+		}
+		return stringIds;
+	}
 
 	protected abstract String stringIdRepresentation(ID id);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
index 510f4536e..f5dcebe2b 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.*;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.entities.*;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.existing.index.CreateIndexFalseEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.util.CloseableIterator;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
  * @author Franck Marchand
  * @author Abdul Mohammed
  * @author Kevin Leturc
+ * @author Mason Chan
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration("classpath:elasticsearch-template-test.xml")
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseEntity.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92a38791c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.existing.index;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
+
+/**
+ * CreateIndexFalseEntity
+ *
+ * @author Mason Chan
+ */
+
+@Document(indexName = "test-index", type = "test-type", createIndex = false)
+public class CreateIndexFalseEntity {
+    @Id
+    private String id;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseRepository.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..035ad20e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.existing.index;
+
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Created by akonczak on 16/12/2015.
+ */
+public interface CreateIndexFalseRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<CreateIndexFalseEntity, String> {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseRepositoryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseRepositoryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f4cc670d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repositories/existing/index/CreateIndexFalseRepositoryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.existing.index;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration("classpath:/existing-index-repository-test.xml")
+public class CreateIndexFalseRepositoryTest {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private CreateIndexFalseRepository repository;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ElasticsearchTemplate elasticsearchTemplate;
+
+
+	/*
+		DATAES-143
+	*/
+	@Test
+	public void shouldNotCreateIndex() {
+		//given
+
+		//when
+		//then
+		assertFalse(elasticsearchTemplate.indexExists(CreateIndexFalseEntity.class));
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/existing-index-repository-test.xml b/src/test/resources/existing-index-repository-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..658d633a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/existing-index-repository-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns:elasticsearch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/elasticsearch"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/elasticsearch http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/elasticsearch/spring-elasticsearch-1.0.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <import resource="infrastructure.xml"/>
+
+    <bean name="elasticsearchTemplate"
+          class="org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchTemplate">
+        <constructor-arg name="client" ref="client"/>
+    </bean>
+
+
+    <elasticsearch:repositories
+            base-package="org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.existing.index"/>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file