diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatServletWebServerFactory.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatServletWebServerFactory.java
index d1ea945452..38582a7476 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatServletWebServerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatServletWebServerFactory.java
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ public class TomcatServletWebServerFactory extends AbstractServletWebServerFacto
 	 */
 	public static final String DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = "org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol";
 
+	private static final boolean IN_NATIVE_IMAGE = System.getProperty("org.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode") != null;
+
 	private File baseDirectory;
 
 	private List<Valve> engineValves = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -164,9 +166,14 @@ public class TomcatServletWebServerFactory extends AbstractServletWebServerFacto
 	}
 
 	private static List<LifecycleListener> getDefaultLifecycleListeners() {
-		AprLifecycleListener aprLifecycleListener = new AprLifecycleListener();
-		return AprLifecycleListener.isAprAvailable() ? new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(aprLifecycleListener))
-				: new ArrayList<>();
+		ArrayList<LifecycleListener> lifecycleListeners = new ArrayList<>();
+		if (!IN_NATIVE_IMAGE) {
+			AprLifecycleListener aprLifecycleListener = new AprLifecycleListener();
+			if (AprLifecycleListener.isAprAvailable()) {
+				lifecycleListeners.add(aprLifecycleListener);
+			}
+		}
+		return lifecycleListeners;
 	}
 
 	@Override