diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index 11960330b4..0120c4d60e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -806,9 +806,7 @@ protected void ensureNotIterable(Object o) {
 	 * @param collection
 	 */
 	protected void prepareCollection(DBCollection collection) {
-		if (this.readPreference != null) {
-			collection.setReadPreference(readPreference);
-		}
+		collection.setReadPreference(readPreference);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
index e6d2bd0495..c2949144b9 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ public class MongoTemplateTests {
 			.parse("2.8");
 
 	@Autowired MongoTemplate template;
+	@Autowired @Qualifier("mongoTemplateReadFromSecondary") MongoTemplate mongoTemplateReadFromSecondary;
+
+
 	@Autowired MongoDbFactory factory;
 
 	MongoTemplate mappingTemplate;
@@ -3442,6 +3446,23 @@ public void shouldFetchMapOfLazyReferencesCorrectly() {
 		assertThat(target.lazyDbRefAnnotatedMap.values(), contains(two, one));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1061
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void multipleTemplates() throws Exception {
+
+		Person person = new Person("Bogdan Apetrei");
+		person.setAge(31);
+		template.insert(person);
+
+		mongoTemplateReadFromSecondary.find(new Query(Criteria.where("_id").is(person.getId())), Person.class);
+		assertThat(mongoTemplateReadFromSecondary.getDb().getCollection("person").getReadPreference(),is(ReadPreference.secondary()));
+
+		template.find(new Query(Criteria.where("_id").is(person.getId())), Person.class);
+		assertThat(template.getDb().getCollection("person").getReadPreference(), is(ReadPreference.primary()));
+	}
+
 	static class TypeWithNumbers {
 
 		@Id String id;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml
index 2cd73b7bd7..610722233d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/resources/infrastructure.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
 		<constructor-arg name="databaseName" value="database"/>
 	</bean>
 
-	<bean id="mongoTemplate" class="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
+	<bean id="mongoTemplate" class="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate" primary="true">
 		<constructor-arg name="mongoDbFactory" ref="mongoDbFactory"/>
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="mongoTemplateReadFromSecondary" class="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
+		<constructor-arg name="mongoDbFactory" ref="mongoDbFactory"/>
+		<property name="readPreference" value="#{T(com.mongodb.ReadPreference).secondary()}" />
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>