diff --git a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfiguration.java b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfiguration.java
index 82dcdde9..6390d619 100644
--- a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.graphql.boot;
 
 import graphql.GraphQL;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ import org.springframework.format.support.DefaultFormattingConversionService;
 import org.springframework.graphql.GraphQlService;
 import org.springframework.graphql.data.method.annotation.support.AnnotatedControllerConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.BatchLoaderRegistry;
+import org.springframework.graphql.execution.DataLoaderRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.DefaultBatchLoaderRegistry;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.ExecutionGraphQlService;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.GraphQlSource;
-import org.springframework.graphql.web.WebGraphQlHandler;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for creating a
- * {@link WebGraphQlHandler}.
+ * {@link GraphQlService}.
  *
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @since 1.0.0
@@ -45,19 +46,17 @@ import org.springframework.graphql.web.WebGraphQlHandler;
 @AutoConfigureAfter(GraphQlAutoConfiguration.class)
 public class GraphQlServiceAutoConfiguration {
 
-	private final BatchLoaderRegistry batchLoaderRegistry = new DefaultBatchLoaderRegistry();
-
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public BatchLoaderRegistry batchLoaderRegistry() {
-		return this.batchLoaderRegistry;
+		return new DefaultBatchLoaderRegistry();
 	}
 
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	public GraphQlService graphQlService(GraphQlSource graphQlSource) {
+	public GraphQlService graphQlService(GraphQlSource graphQlSource, ObjectProvider<DataLoaderRegistrar> dataLoaderRegistrars) {
 		ExecutionGraphQlService service = new ExecutionGraphQlService(graphQlSource);
-		service.addDataLoaderRegistrar(this.batchLoaderRegistry);
+		dataLoaderRegistrars.forEach(service::addDataLoaderRegistrar);
 		return service;
 	}
 
diff --git a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTest.java b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTest.java
index b699f734..13b21339 100644
--- a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTest.java
+++ b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
  * <ul>
  * <li>{@code @Controller}
  * <li>{@code RuntimeWiringConfigurer}
+ * <li>{@code DataLoaderRegistrar}
  * <li>{@code @JsonComponent}
  * <li>{@code Converter}
  * <li>{@code GenericConverter}
diff --git a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilter.java b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilter.java
index 421eb663..7b120b98 100644
--- a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilter.java
+++ b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.jackson.JsonComponent;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.filter.StandardAnnotationCustomizableTypeExcludeFilter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
+import org.springframework.graphql.execution.DataLoaderRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.RuntimeWiringConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ public class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilter extends StandardAnnotationCustomizableType
 		Set<Class<?>> includes = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 		includes.add(JsonComponent.class);
 		includes.add(RuntimeWiringConfigurer.class);
+		includes.add(DataLoaderRegistrar.class);
 		includes.add(Converter.class);
 		includes.add(GenericConverter.class);
 		for (String optionalInclude : OPTIONAL_INCLUDES) {
diff --git a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 55210606..bf5c049a 100644
--- a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/GraphQlServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.graphql.GraphQlService;
 import org.springframework.graphql.data.method.annotation.support.AnnotatedControllerConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.BatchLoaderRegistry;
+import org.springframework.graphql.execution.DataLoaderRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.GraphQlSource;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@ class GraphQlServiceAutoConfigurationTests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldConfigureDataLoaderRegistrars() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(CustomDataLoaderRegistrar.class)
+				.run((context) -> {
+			assertThat(context).hasSingleBean(GraphQlService.class);
+			assertThat(context).getBeanNames(DataLoaderRegistrar.class).contains("batchLoaderRegistry", "customDataLoaderRegistrar");
+			assertThat(context).getBean(GraphQlService.class).extracting("dataLoaderRegistrars").asList().hasSize(2);
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	static class GraphQlSourceConfiguration {
 
@@ -59,4 +70,13 @@ class GraphQlServiceAutoConfigurationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+	static class CustomDataLoaderRegistrar {
+
+		@Bean
+		DataLoaderRegistrar customDataLoaderRegistrar() {
+			return mock(DataLoaderRegistrar.class);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests.java b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests.java
index c5219f68..8f00fc12 100644
--- a/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests.java
+++ b/graphql-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/org/springframework/graphql/boot/test/GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ package org.springframework.graphql.boot.test;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import graphql.GraphQLContext;
 import graphql.schema.idl.RuntimeWiring;
+import org.dataloader.DataLoaderRegistry;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.FilterType;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleMetadataReaderFactory;
+import org.springframework.graphql.execution.DataLoaderRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.graphql.execution.RuntimeWiringConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.graphql.web.WebInput;
 import org.springframework.graphql.web.WebInterceptor;
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests {
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller1.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller2.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRuntimeWiringConfigurer.class)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleDataLoaderRegistrar.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleService.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRepository.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleWebInterceptor.class)).isTrue();
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests {
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller1.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller2.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRuntimeWiringConfigurer.class)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleDataLoaderRegistrar.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleService.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRepository.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleWebInterceptor.class)).isTrue();
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests {
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller1.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller2.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRuntimeWiringConfigurer.class)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleDataLoaderRegistrar.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleService.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRepository.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleWebInterceptor.class)).isTrue();
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests {
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller1.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller2.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRuntimeWiringConfigurer.class)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleDataLoaderRegistrar.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleService.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRepository.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleWebInterceptor.class)).isTrue();
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests {
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller1.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, Controller2.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRuntimeWiringConfigurer.class)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleDataLoaderRegistrar.class)).isFalse();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleService.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleRepository.class)).isTrue();
 		assertThat(excludes(filter, ExampleWebInterceptor.class)).isTrue();
@@ -166,6 +174,13 @@ class GraphQlTypeExcludeFilterTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	static class ExampleDataLoaderRegistrar implements DataLoaderRegistrar {
+		@Override
+		public void registerDataLoaders(DataLoaderRegistry registry, GraphQLContext context) {
+
+		}
+	}
+
 	static class ExampleWebInterceptor implements WebInterceptor {
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-graphql-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/boot-starter.adoc b/spring-graphql-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/boot-starter.adoc
index 6fa6768a..43d0905e 100644
--- a/spring-graphql-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/boot-starter.adoc
+++ b/spring-graphql-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/boot-starter.adoc
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ public class BookController {
 }
 ----
 
+`BatchLoaderRegistry` is itself a `DataLoaderRegistrar`, as it will register `DataLoader` instances for each request.
+Applications can also contribute other `DataLoaderRegistrar` instances as components - they will be configured with
+the `ExecutionGraphQlService` automatically.
+
 
 
 
@@ -451,6 +455,7 @@ By default, `@GraphQlTest` limits scanning to the following beans:
 
 - `@Controller`
 - `RuntimeWiringConfigurer`
+- `DataLoaderRegistrar`
 - `JsonComponent`
 - `Converter`
 - `GenericConverter`