diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/AbstractJackson2View.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/AbstractJackson2View.java
index 8d256a4333..2069bbcd60 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/AbstractJackson2View.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/AbstractJackson2View.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJackson2View extends AbstractView {
 
 
 	protected AbstractJackson2View(ObjectMapper objectMapper, String contentType) {
-		this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+		setObjectMapper(objectMapper);
 		setContentType(contentType);
 		setExposePathVariables(false);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
index 5799207387..78f06be2af 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractJackson2View {
 		super(Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.json().build(), DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Construct a new {@code MappingJackson2JsonView} using the provided
+	 * {@link ObjectMapper} and setting the content type to {@code application/json}.
+	 * @since 4.2.1
+	 */
+	public MappingJackson2JsonView(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+		super(objectMapper, DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE);
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Specify a custom prefix to use for this view's JSON output.
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MappingJackson2XmlView.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MappingJackson2XmlView.java
index f30c266978..dfcf59e523 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MappingJackson2XmlView.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/xml/MappingJackson2XmlView.java
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ public class MappingJackson2XmlView extends AbstractJackson2View {
 		super(Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder.xml().build(), DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Construct a new {@code MappingJackson2XmlView} using the provided {@link XmlMapper}
+	 * and setting the content type to {@code application/xml}.
+	 * @since 4.2.1
+	 */
+	public MappingJackson2XmlView(XmlMapper xmlMapper) {
+		super(xmlMapper, DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * {@inheritDoc}