diff --git a/spring-cloud-bus-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-bus-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8663183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-bus-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.bus.jackson;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort;
+import org.springframework.cloud.bus.ServiceMatcher;
+import org.springframework.cloud.bus.event.RemoteApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = RANDOM_PORT)
+public class BusJacksonIntegrationTests {
+
+    @LocalServerPort
+    private int port;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private TestRestTemplate rest;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private BusJacksonMessageConverter converter;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCustomEventSerializes() {
+        assertThat(converter.isMapperCreated()).isFalse();
+
+        rest.put("http://localhost:"+port+"/names"+"/foo", null);
+        rest.put("http://localhost:"+port+"/names"+"/bar", null);
+
+        ResponseEntity<List> response = rest.getForEntity("http://localhost:" + port + "/names", List.class);
+        assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        assertThat(response.getBody()).contains("foo", "bar");
+    }
+
+    public static class NameEvent extends RemoteApplicationEvent {
+
+        private String name;
+
+        protected NameEvent() {}
+
+        public NameEvent(Object source, String originService, String name) {
+            super(source, originService);
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        public String getName() {
+            return name;
+        }
+        public void setName(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @RestController
+    @EnableAutoConfiguration
+    @SpringBootConfiguration
+    @RemoteApplicationEventScan
+    protected static class Config {
+        final private Set<String> names = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+        @Autowired
+        private ServiceMatcher busServiceMatcher;
+        @Autowired
+        private ApplicationEventPublisher publisher;
+
+        @GetMapping("/names")
+        public Collection<String> names() {
+            return this.names;
+        }
+
+        @PutMapping("/names/{name}")
+        public void sayName(@PathVariable String name) {
+            this.names.add(name);
+            publisher.publishEvent(new NameEvent(this, busServiceMatcher.getServiceId(), name));
+        }
+
+        @EventListener
+        public void handleNameSaid(NameEvent event) {
+            this.names.add(event.getName());
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonAutoConfiguration.java
index 6676fcf..65e2d29 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-bus/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bus/jackson/BusJacksonAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -22,21 +22,23 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidTypeIdException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jackson.JacksonAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.BusAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.ConditionalOnBusEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.endpoint.RefreshBusEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.event.RemoteApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bus.event.UnknownRemoteApplicationEvent;
-import org.springframework.cloud.stream.annotation.StreamMessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AssignableTypeFilter;
@@ -45,10 +47,6 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.converter.AbstractMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeTypeUtils;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidTypeIdException;
-
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  * @author Dave Syer
@@ -58,16 +56,9 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidTypeIdException;
 @Configuration
 @ConditionalOnBusEnabled
 @ConditionalOnClass({ RefreshBusEndpoint.class, ObjectMapper.class })
-@AutoConfigureBefore(BusAutoConfiguration.class)
+@AutoConfigureBefore({ BusAutoConfiguration.class, JacksonAutoConfiguration.class})
 public class BusJacksonAutoConfiguration {
 
-	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "busJsonConverter")
-	@StreamMessageConverter
-	public AbstractMessageConverter busJsonConverter(@Autowired(required = false) ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
-		return new BusJacksonMessageConverter(objectMapper);
-	}
-
 }
 
 class BusJacksonMessageConverter extends AbstractMessageConverter
@@ -79,6 +70,7 @@ class BusJacksonMessageConverter extends AbstractMessageConverter
 			.getPackageName(RemoteApplicationEvent.class);
 
 	private final ObjectMapper mapper;
+	private final boolean mapperCreated;
 
 	private String[] packagesToScan = new String[] { DEFAULT_PACKAGE };
 
@@ -86,16 +78,23 @@ class BusJacksonMessageConverter extends AbstractMessageConverter
 		this(null);
     }
 
+    @Autowired(required = false)
 	public BusJacksonMessageConverter(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
 		super(MimeTypeUtils.APPLICATION_JSON);
 
 		if (objectMapper != null) {
 			this.mapper = objectMapper;
+			this.mapperCreated = false;
 		} else {
 			this.mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+			this.mapperCreated = true;
 		}
 	}
 
+	public boolean isMapperCreated() {
+		return mapperCreated;
+	}
+
 	public void setPackagesToScan(String[] packagesToScan) {
 		List<String> packages = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(packagesToScan));
 		if (!packages.contains(DEFAULT_PACKAGE)) {