diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactory.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactory.java
index be562efd0d..bd27f6b726 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class TomcatReactiveWebServerFactory extends AbstractReactiveWebServerFac
 		configureEngine(tomcat.getEngine());
 		TomcatHttpHandlerAdapter servlet = new TomcatHttpHandlerAdapter(httpHandler);
 		prepareContext(tomcat.getHost(), servlet);
-		return new TomcatWebServer(tomcat, getPort() >= 0);
+		return getTomcatWebServer(tomcat);
 	}
 
 	private void configureEngine(Engine engine) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
index 9c9149722f..ed8f2e6a2a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/TomcatReactiveWebServerFactoryTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.web.embedded.tomcat;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import org.apache.catalina.Context;
 import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleEvent;
@@ -184,4 +185,19 @@ public class TomcatReactiveWebServerFactoryTests extends AbstractReactiveWebServ
 				.isInstanceOf(ConnectorStartFailedException.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void whenGetTomcatWebServerIsOverriddenThenWebServerCreationCanBeCustomized() {
+		AtomicReference<TomcatWebServer> webServerReference = new AtomicReference<>();
+		TomcatWebServer webServer = (TomcatWebServer) new TomcatReactiveWebServerFactory() {
+
+			@Override
+			protected TomcatWebServer getTomcatWebServer(Tomcat tomcat) {
+				webServerReference.set(new TomcatWebServer(tomcat));
+				return webServerReference.get();
+			}
+
+		}.getWebServer(new EchoHandler());
+		assertThat(webServerReference).hasValue(webServer);
+	}
+
 }