diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
index 89e1e0e6cb..96bfe1ee17 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
@@ -36,8 +36,25 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoClientFactoryBean;
 @Order(Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE)
 public class MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor extends AbstractDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor {
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@code MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor} that will set up
+	 * dependencies upon beans with the given names.
+	 * @param dependsOn names of the beans to depend upon
+	 * @deprecated since 2.1.7 in favor of
+	 * {@link #MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(String... dependsOn) {
 		super(MongoClient.class, MongoClientFactoryBean.class, dependsOn);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@code MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor} that will set up
+	 * dependencies upon beans with the given types.
+	 * @param dependsOn types of the beans to depend upon
+	 */
+	public MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(Class<?>... dependsOn) {
+		super(MongoClient.class, MongoClientFactoryBean.class, dependsOn);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
index 50b5aa5d87..52ee096906 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/mongo/ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.java
@@ -37,8 +37,25 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean;
 public class ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor
 		extends AbstractDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor {
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@code ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor}
+	 * that will set up dependencies upon beans with the given names.
+	 * @param dependsOn names of the beans to depend upon
+	 * @deprecated since 2.1.7 in favor of
+	 * {@link #ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(String... dependsOn) {
 		super(MongoClient.class, ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean.class, dependsOn);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@code ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor}
+	 * that will set up dependencies upon beans with the given types.
+	 * @param dependsOn types of the beans to depend upon
+	 */
+	public ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(Class<?>... dependsOn) {
+		super(MongoClient.class, ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean.class, dependsOn);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
index cbc3d9ee87..b7abafe1a9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean;
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Yogesh Lonkar
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Issam El-atif
  * @since 1.3.0
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
@@ -211,30 +212,31 @@ public class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on the
-	 * {@code embeddedMongoServer} bean.
+	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on any
+	 * {@link MongodExecutable} beans.
 	 */
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	@ConditionalOnClass({ MongoClient.class, MongoClientFactoryBean.class })
 	protected static class EmbeddedMongoDependencyConfiguration extends MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor {
 
-		public EmbeddedMongoDependencyConfiguration() {
-			super("embeddedMongoServer");
+		EmbeddedMongoDependencyConfiguration() {
+			super(MongodExecutable.class);
 		}
 
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on the
-	 * {@code embeddedMongoServer} bean.
+	 * Additional configuration to ensure that
+	 * {@link com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient} beans depend on any
+	 * {@link MongodExecutable} beans.
 	 */
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	@ConditionalOnClass({ com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient.class, ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean.class })
 	protected static class EmbeddedReactiveMongoDependencyConfiguration
 			extends ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor {
 
-		public EmbeddedReactiveMongoDependencyConfiguration() {
-			super("embeddedMongoServer");
+		EmbeddedReactiveMongoDependencyConfiguration() {
+			super(MongodExecutable.class);
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java
index fba6d90a7c..0520fdadac 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodExecutable;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodStarter;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.config.IMongodConfig;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.config.Storage;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.distribution.Feature;
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoDataAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.MongoAutoConfiguration;
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * @author Henryk Konsek
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Issam El-atif
  */
 class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests {
 
@@ -186,6 +190,16 @@ class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(this.context.getBean(MongodExecutable.class).isRegisteredJobKiller()).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void customMongoServerConfiguration() {
+		load(CustomMongoConfiguration.class);
+		Map<String, MongoClient> mongoClients = this.context.getBeansOfType(MongoClient.class);
+		for (String mongoClientBeanName : mongoClients.keySet()) {
+			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = this.context.getBeanFactory().getBeanDefinition(mongoClientBeanName);
+			assertThat(beanDefinition.getDependsOn()).contains("customMongoServer");
+		}
+	}
+
 	private void assertVersionConfiguration(String configuredVersion, String expectedVersion) {
 		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		TestPropertyValues.of("spring.data.mongodb.port=0").applyTo(this.context);
@@ -248,4 +262,15 @@ class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+	static class CustomMongoConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean(initMethod = "start", destroyMethod = "stop")
+		MongodExecutable customMongoServer(IRuntimeConfig runtimeConfig, IMongodConfig mongodConfig) {
+			MongodStarter mongodStarter = MongodStarter.getInstance(runtimeConfig);
+			return mongodStarter.prepare(mongodConfig);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }