diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/analyzer/ValidationExceptionFailureAnalzer.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/analyzer/ValidationExceptionFailureAnalzer.java
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+/*
+ * 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.diagnostics.analyzer;
+
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.AbstractFailureAnalyzer;
+import org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.FailureAnalysis;
+import org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.FailureAnalyzer;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link FailureAnalyzer} that performs analysis of failures caused by a
+ * {@link ValidationException}.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+class ValidationExceptionFailureAnalzer
+		extends AbstractFailureAnalyzer<ValidationException> {
+
+	private static final String MISSING_IMPLEMENTATION_MESSAGE = "Unable to create a "
+			+ "Configuration, because no Bean Validation provider could be found";
+
+	@Override
+	protected FailureAnalysis analyze(Throwable rootFailure, ValidationException cause) {
+		if (cause.getMessage().startsWith(MISSING_IMPLEMENTATION_MESSAGE)) {
+			return new FailureAnalysis(
+					"The Bean Validation API is on the classpath but no implementation"
+							+ " could be found",
+					"Add an implementation, such as Hibernate Validator, to the"
+							+ " classpath",
+					cause);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/analyzer/ValidationExceptionFailureAnalyzerTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/analyzer/ValidationExceptionFailureAnalyzerTests.java
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+/*
+ * 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.diagnostics.analyzer;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.FailureAnalysis;
+import org.springframework.boot.testutil.ClassPathExclusions;
+import org.springframework.boot.testutil.FilteredClassPathRunner;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link ValidationExceptionFailureAnalzer}
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+@RunWith(FilteredClassPathRunner.class)
+@ClassPathExclusions("hibernate-validator-*.jar")
+public class ValidationExceptionFailureAnalyzerTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() throws Exception {
+		try {
+			new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(TestConfiguration.class).close();
+			fail("Expected failure did not occur");
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			FailureAnalysis analysis = new ValidationExceptionFailureAnalzer()
+					.analyze(ex);
+			assertThat(analysis).isNotNull();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@EnableConfigurationProperties(TestProperties.class)
+	static class TestConfiguration {
+
+		TestConfiguration(TestProperties testProperties) {
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@ConfigurationProperties("test")
+	private static class TestProperties {
+
+	}
+
+}