diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index da28b3c8b4..59de46a536 100755
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@
 			<artifactId>jetty-webapp</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-reactive-httpclient</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax-websocket-server-impl</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java
index 828970fd5e..e25157fc00 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
  */
 @Configuration
 @ConditionalOnClass(WebClient.class)
-@Import({ ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.ReactorNetty.class })
+@Import({ ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.ReactorNetty.class,
+		ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.JettyClient.class })
 public class ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java
index 1997e8b1f7..78493c20b7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ClientHttpConnector;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.JettyClientHttpConnector;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.JettyResourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorResourceFactory;
 
@@ -59,4 +61,24 @@ class ClientHttpConnectorConfiguration {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	@ConditionalOnClass(org.eclipse.jetty.reactive.client.ReactiveRequest.class)
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(ClientHttpConnector.class)
+	public static class JettyClient {
+
+		@Bean
+		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+		public JettyResourceFactory jettyResourceFactory() {
+			return new JettyResourceFactory();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public JettyClientHttpConnector jettyClientHttpConnector(
+				JettyResourceFactory jettyResourceFactory) {
+			return new JettyClientHttpConnector(jettyResourceFactory, (httpClient) -> {
+			});
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 844d88b1af..56fad97f65 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/function/client/ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorResourceFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
@@ -56,4 +59,49 @@ public class ClientHttpConnectorAutoConfigurationTests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldNotOverrideCustomClientConnector() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(CustomClientHttpConnectorConfig.class)
+				.run((context) -> {
+					assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(ClientHttpConnector.class)
+							.hasBean("customConnector")
+							.doesNotHaveBean(ReactorResourceFactory.class);
+					WebClientCustomizer clientCustomizer = context
+							.getBean(WebClientCustomizer.class);
+					WebClient.Builder builder = mock(WebClient.Builder.class);
+					clientCustomizer.customize(builder);
+					verify(builder, times(1))
+							.clientConnector(any(ClientHttpConnector.class));
+				});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldUseCustomReactorResourceFactory() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(CustomReactorResourceConfig.class)
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context)
+						.hasSingleBean(ReactorClientHttpConnector.class)
+						.hasSingleBean(ReactorResourceFactory.class)
+						.hasBean("customReactorResourceFactory"));
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	static class CustomClientHttpConnectorConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		public ClientHttpConnector customConnector() {
+			return mock(ClientHttpConnector.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	static class CustomReactorResourceConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		public ReactorResourceFactory customReactorResourceFactory() {
+			return new ReactorResourceFactory();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 5cf26f2298..820790838b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -5822,6 +5822,12 @@ The following code shows a typical example:
 Spring Boot will auto-detect which `ClientHttpConnector` to drive `WebClient`, depending
 on the libraries available on the application classpath.
 
+The `spring-boot-starter-webflux` depends on `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty` by
+default, which brings both server and client implementations. If you choose to use Jetty
+as a reactive server instead, you should add a dependency on the Jetty Reactive HTTP
+client library, `org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient`, because it will
+automatically share HTTP resources with the server.
+
 Developers can override this choice by defining their own `ClientHttpConnector` bean;
 in this case, and depending on your HTTP client library of choice, you should also
 define a resource factory bean that manages the HTTP resources for that client.