diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index fd07313e9..7fcafb53f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/support/ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ public class ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S,
 
 	private ElasticsearchOperations operations;
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean} for the given repository interface.
+	 * 
+	 * @param repositoryInterface must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean(Class<? extends T> repositoryInterface) {
+		super(repositoryInterface);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Configures the {@link ElasticsearchOperations} to be used to create Elasticsearch repositories.
 	 *