diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml
index d385e76b02..a20a040128 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -12,15 +12,22 @@
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
 	<properties>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+		<m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>/</m2eclipse.wtp.contextRoot>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sample/jsp/SampleWebJspApplication.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sample/jsp/SampleWebJspApplication.java
index 62d9cbdb15..2aec7889e4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sample/jsp/SampleWebJspApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-jsp/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sample/jsp/SampleWebJspApplication.java
@@ -18,13 +18,20 @@ package org.springframework.boot.sample.jsp;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
 @ComponentScan
-public class SampleWebJspApplication {
+public class SampleWebJspApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+	@Override
+	protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
+		return application.sources(SampleWebJspApplication.class);
+	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 		SpringApplication.run(SampleWebJspApplication.class, args);