diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index e8affc89d0..56fb64726b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 		<spring-integration.version>4.1.2.RELEASE</spring-integration.version>
 		<spring-loaded.version>1.2.1.RELEASE</spring-loaded.version>
 		<spring-mobile.version>1.1.3.RELEASE</spring-mobile.version>
+		<spring-plugin.version>1.1.0.RELEASE</spring-plugin.version>
 		<spring-security.version>3.2.5.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
 		<spring-security-jwt.version>1.0.2.RELEASE</spring-security-jwt.version>
 		<spring-social.version>1.1.0.RELEASE</spring-social.version>
@@ -262,6 +263,11 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-groovy-templates</artifactId>
 				<version>1.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-hateoas</artifactId>
+				<version>1.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-hornetq</artifactId>
@@ -1377,6 +1383,11 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-mobile-device</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-mobile.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
+				<version>${spring-plugin.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-security-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
index 539ecdd085..9e8649a0a2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/using-spring-boot.adoc
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ and Hibernate.
 |`spring-boot-starter-groovy-templates`
 |Support for the Groovy templating engine
 
+|`spring-boot-starter-hateoas`
+|Supported for HATEOAS-based RESTful services via `spring-hateoas`.
+
 |`spring-boot-starter-hornetq`
 |Support for "`Java Message Service API`" via HornetQ.
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/pom.xml
index 576817d6c2..c9a9adfd38 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/pom.xml
@@ -21,16 +21,7 @@
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.hateoas</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-hateoas</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0.RELEASE</version>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-hateoas</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
index 3436e2cd07..1863a594f8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-solr</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-freemarker</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-groovy-templates</module>
+		<module>spring-boot-starter-hateoas</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-hornetq</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-integration</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</module>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-hateoas/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-hateoas/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfcb7b79bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-hateoas/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starters</artifactId>
+		<version>1.2.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-hateoas</artifactId>
+	<name>Spring Boot HATEOAS Starter</name>
+	<description>Spring Boot HATEOAS Starter</description>
+	<url>http://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/</url>
+	<organization>
+		<name>Pivotal Software, Inc.</name>
+		<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
+	</organization>
+	<properties>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.hateoas</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-hateoas</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-hateoas/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-hateoas/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..216137d0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-hateoas/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+provides: spring-hateoas