diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializer.java b/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializer.java
index 59941b1d01..db9897645a 100644
--- a/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializer.java
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializer.java
@@ -183,11 +183,12 @@ public void applyTo(GenerationContext generationContext, BeanRegistrationCode be
 								ApplicationContextInitializer.class, ConfigurableApplicationContext.class, HashMap.class);
 						this.childContexts.forEach((name, context) -> {
 							this.logger.info(() -> "Generating AOT child context initializer for " + name);
-							GenerationContext childGenerationContext = generationContext.withName(name + "Binder");
+							String aotName = toAotGenerationName(name);
+							GenerationContext childGenerationContext = generationContext.withName(aotName + "Binder");
 							ClassName initializerClassName = aotGenerator.processAheadOfTime(context, childGenerationContext);
-							method.addStatement("$T<? extends $T> " + name + "Initializer = new $L()", ApplicationContextInitializer.class,
+							method.addStatement("$T<? extends $T> " + aotName + "Initializer = new $L()", ApplicationContextInitializer.class,
 									ConfigurableApplicationContext.class, initializerClassName);
-							method.addStatement("initializers.put($S," + name + "Initializer)", name);
+							method.addStatement("initializers.put($S," + aotName + "Initializer)", name);
 						});
 						method.addStatement("return instance.withChildContextInitializers(initializers)");
 					});
@@ -195,6 +196,24 @@ public void applyTo(GenerationContext generationContext, BeanRegistrationCode be
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Converts a binder name to a valid Java identifier for AOT generated code. Runtime binder
+	 * lookup continues to use the original configured name.
+	 */
+	private static String toAotGenerationName(String binderName) {
+		StringBuilder sanitized = new StringBuilder(binderName.length());
+		for (int i = 0; i < binderName.length(); i++) {
+			char character = binderName.charAt(i);
+			if (i == 0) {
+				sanitized.append(Character.isJavaIdentifierStart(character) ? character : '_');
+			}
+			else {
+				sanitized.append(Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(character) ? character : '_');
+			}
+		}
+		return sanitized.isEmpty() ? "_" : sanitized.toString();
+	}
+
 	private static class DeclaredBinders {
 
 		Map<String, BinderProperties> binders = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializerTests.java b/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializerTests.java
index 774f52e359..9aa83545e9 100644
--- a/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializerTests.java
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/BinderChildContextInitializerTests.java
@@ -125,6 +125,45 @@ void shouldStartDefaultBinderChildContextFromAotContributions(CapturedOutput out
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@CompileWithForkedClassLoader
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	void shouldStartHyphenatedBinderChildContextsFromAotContributions(CapturedOutput output) {
+
+		ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner()
+				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(BinderFactoryAutoConfiguration.class,
+						BindingServiceConfiguration.class, FunctionConfiguration.class))
+				.withInitializer(new ConfigDataApplicationContextInitializer())
+				.withPropertyValues("spring.config.location=classpath:binder-aot-hyphen-test/")
+				.withConfiguration(UserConfigurations.of(TestFooBinderAppConfiguration.class));
+
+		contextRunner.prepare(context -> {
+			TestGenerationContext generationContext = new TestGenerationContext(TestTarget.class);
+			ClassName className = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator().processAheadOfTime(
+					(GenericApplicationContext) context.getSourceApplicationContext(), generationContext);
+			generationContext.writeGeneratedContent();
+			TestCompiler compiler = TestCompiler.forSystem();
+			compiler.with(generationContext).compile(compiled -> {
+				GenericApplicationContext freshApplicationContext = new GenericApplicationContext();
+				ApplicationContextInitializer<GenericApplicationContext> initializer = compiled
+						.getInstance(ApplicationContextInitializer.class, className.toString());
+				initializer.initialize(freshApplicationContext);
+				assertThat(output).contains("Beginning AOT processing for binder child contexts");
+				assertThat(output).contains("Pre-creating binder child context (AOT) for mock-binder-2");
+				assertThat(output).contains("Pre-creating binder child context (AOT) for mock-binder-1");
+				assertThat(output).contains("Generating AOT child context initializer for mock-binder-2");
+				assertThat(output).contains("Generating AOT child context initializer for mock-binder-1");
+
+				TestPropertyValues.of(AotDetector.AOT_ENABLED + "=true")
+						.applyToSystemProperties(freshApplicationContext::refresh);
+
+				DefaultBinderFactory binderFactory = freshApplicationContext.getBean(DefaultBinderFactory.class);
+				assertThat(binderFactory.getBinder("mock-binder-1", MessageChannel.class)).isNotNull();
+				assertThat(binderFactory.getBinder("mock-binder-2", MessageChannel.class)).isNotNull();
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	@CompileWithForkedClassLoader
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/resources/binder-aot-hyphen-test/application.yml b/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/resources/binder-aot-hyphen-test/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3801a0c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/spring-cloud-stream/src/test/resources/binder-aot-hyphen-test/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+spring.cloud:
+  function:
+    definition: fooSource;fooSink
+  stream:
+    default-binder: mock-binder-1
+    binders:
+      mock-binder-1:
+        type: mock
+        environment:
+          foo: bar1
+      mock-binder-2:
+        type: mock
+        environment:
+          foo: bar2
+    bindings:
+      fooSource-out-0:
+        destination: fooSink-in-0
+        binder: mock-binder-2
+      fooSink-in-0:
+        destination: fooSource-out-0
+        binder: mock-binder-2