diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..397eb1373d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.context.web;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigFileApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.web.context.ConfigurableWebEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * An {@link ApplicationListener} that initializes the {@link SpringApplication} using the
+ * {@link ServletContext}.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+final class ServletContextApplicationListener
+		implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent>, Ordered {
+
+	private final ServletContext servletContext;
+
+	ServletContextApplicationListener(ServletContext servletContext) {
+		this.servletContext = servletContext;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getOrder() {
+		return ConfigFileApplicationListener.DEFAULT_ORDER - 1;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent event) {
+		if (event.getEnvironment() instanceof ConfigurableWebEnvironment) {
+			((ConfigurableWebEnvironment) event.getEnvironment())
+					.initPropertySources(this.servletContext, null);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
index 39221005b1..d89d4d5c96 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public abstract class SpringBootServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInit
 		}
 		builder.initializers(
 				new ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer(servletContext));
+		builder.listeners(new ServletContextApplicationListener(servletContext));
 		builder.contextClass(AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext.class);
 		builder = configure(builder);
 		SpringApplication application = builder.build();
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java
index 7cb85aacad..407a864dbc 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java
@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@ import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasItem;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
@@ -102,6 +105,14 @@ public class SpringBootServletInitializerTests {
 				equalToSet(WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void servletContextApplicationListenerIsAdded() {
+		new WithConfiguredSource().createRootApplicationContext(this.servletContext);
+		assertThat(this.application.getListeners(),
+				hasItem((Matcher<? super ApplicationListener<?>>) instanceOf(
+						ServletContextApplicationListener.class)));
+	}
+
 	private Matcher<? super Set<Object>> equalToSet(Object... items) {
 		Set<Object> set = new LinkedHashSet<Object>();
 		Collections.addAll(set, items);