diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunner.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunner.java
index b7ca5f5152..cedefb547b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunner.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunner.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 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.
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public class FilteredClassPathRunner extends BlockJUnit4ClassRunner {
 
 		@Override
 		public Class<?> loadClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
-			if (name.startsWith("org.junit")) {
+			if (name.startsWith("org.junit") || name.startsWith("org.hamcrest")) {
 				return this.junitLoader.loadClass(name);
 			}
 			return super.loadClass(name);
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunnerTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunnerTests.java
index 73ef93cb80..ff461a4e0d 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunnerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testutil/FilteredClassPathRunnerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 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.
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.testutil;
 
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.isA;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link FilteredClassPathRunner}
@@ -33,6 +36,9 @@ public class FilteredClassPathRunnerTests {
 	private static final String EXCLUDED_RESOURCE = "META-INF/services/"
 			+ "javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider";
 
+	@Rule
+	public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
 	@Test
 	public void entriesAreFilteredFromTestClassClassLoader() {
 		assertThat(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource(EXCLUDED_RESOURCE)).isNull();
@@ -44,4 +50,10 @@ public class FilteredClassPathRunnerTests {
 				.getResource(EXCLUDED_RESOURCE)).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testsThatUseHamcrestWorkCorrectly() {
+		this.thrown.expect(isA(IllegalStateException.class));
+		throw new IllegalStateException();
+	}
+
 }