diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHints.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHints.java
index 3a9aee614..68f01f452 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHints.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHints.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
 import org.springframework.data.web.PagedModel;
+import org.springframework.data.web.config.EnableSpringDataWebSupport;
 import org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataJacksonConfiguration.PageModule;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -35,12 +36,17 @@ class WebRuntimeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
 	@Override
 	public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, @Nullable ClassLoader classLoader) {
 
+		hints.reflection().registerType(org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataWebSettings.class, hint -> hint
+				.withMembers(MemberCategory.INVOKE_DECLARED_METHODS).onReachableType(EnableSpringDataWebSupport.class));
+
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper", classLoader)) {
 
 			// Page Model for Jackson Rendering
 			hints.reflection().registerType(org.springframework.data.web.PagedModel.class,
 					MemberCategory.INVOKE_PUBLIC_METHODS);
-			hints.reflection().registerType(PagedModel.PageMetadata.class, MemberCategory.INVOKE_PUBLIC_METHODS);
+
+			hints.reflection().registerType(PagedModel.PageMetadata.class, MemberCategory.INVOKE_DECLARED_CONSTRUCTORS,
+					MemberCategory.INVOKE_PUBLIC_METHODS);
 
 			// Type that might not be seen otherwise
 			hints.reflection().registerType(TypeReference.of("org.springframework.data.domain.Unpaged"),
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHintsUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHintsUnitTests.java
index 72b20118f..6a88781b5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHintsUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/aot/WebRuntimeHintsUnitTests.java
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.web.aot;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.ReflectionHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class WebRuntimeHintsUnitTests {
 				RuntimeHintsPredicates.reflection().onType(TypeReference.of("org.springframework.data.domain.Unpaged")));
 	}
 
-	@Test // GH-3033
+	@Test // GH-3033, GH-3171
 	@ClassPathExclusions(packages = { "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind" })
 	void shouldRegisterRuntimeHintWithTypeNameWhenJacksonNotPresent() {
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class WebRuntimeHintsUnitTests {
 
 		new WebRuntimeHints().registerHints(runtimeHints, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
 
-		assertThat(runtimeHints.reflection().typeHints()).isEmpty();
+		assertThat(runtimeHints).matches(RuntimeHintsPredicates.reflection()
+				.onType(TypeReference.of("org.springframework.data.web.config.SpringDataWebSettings")));
 	}
 }