diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java
index ae4a553491..4579f32d04 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerProperties.java
@@ -809,14 +809,20 @@ public class ServerProperties
 		}
 
 		private void customizeConnectionTimeout(
-				TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory, int connectionTimeout) {
-			for (Connector connector : factory.getAdditionalTomcatConnectors()) {
-				if (connector.getProtocolHandler() instanceof AbstractProtocol) {
-					AbstractProtocol<?> handler = (AbstractProtocol<?>) connector
-							.getProtocolHandler();
-					handler.setConnectionTimeout(connectionTimeout);
+				TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory factory,
+				final int connectionTimeout) {
+			factory.addConnectorCustomizers(new TomcatConnectorCustomizer() {
+
+				@Override
+				public void customize(Connector connector) {
+					ProtocolHandler handler = connector.getProtocolHandler();
+					if (handler instanceof AbstractProtocol) {
+						AbstractProtocol<?> protocol = (AbstractProtocol<?>) handler;
+						protocol.setConnectionTimeout(connectionTimeout);
+					}
 				}
-			}
+
+			});
 		}
 
 		private void customizeRemoteIpValve(ServerProperties properties,
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java
index 7a76eaffea..e581c42e7a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/ServerPropertiesTests.java
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ public class ServerPropertiesTests {
 		assertThat(this.properties.getServerHeader()).isEqualTo("Custom Server");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testConnectionTimeout() throws Exception {
+		Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+		map.put("server.connection-timeout", "60000");
+		bindProperties(map);
+		assertThat(this.properties.getConnectionTimeout()).isEqualTo(60000);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testServletPathAsMapping() throws Exception {
 		RelaxedDataBinder binder = new RelaxedDataBinder(this.properties, "server");
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 09ab26becc..4c0dadec6d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 server.compression.enabled: true
 server.compression.min-response-size: 1
+server.connection-timeout=5000
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatApplicationTests.java
index bc397cff32..3383a91b36 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-tomcat/src/test/java/sample/tomcat/SampleTomcatApplicationTests.java
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
+import org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol;
+import org.apache.coyote.ProtocolHandler;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.tomcat.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
@@ -52,6 +57,9 @@ public class SampleTomcatApplicationTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private TestRestTemplate restTemplate;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
+
 	@Test
 	public void testHome() throws Exception {
 		ResponseEntity<String> entity = this.restTemplate.getForEntity("/", String.class);
@@ -78,4 +86,15 @@ public class SampleTomcatApplicationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testTimeout() throws Exception {
+		EmbeddedWebApplicationContext context = (EmbeddedWebApplicationContext) this.applicationContext;
+		TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer embeddedServletContainer = (TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer) context
+				.getEmbeddedServletContainer();
+		ProtocolHandler protocolHandler = embeddedServletContainer.getTomcat()
+				.getConnector().getProtocolHandler();
+		int timeout = ((AbstractProtocol<?>) protocolHandler).getConnectionTimeout();
+		assertThat(timeout).isEqualTo(5000);
+	}
+
 }