diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java
index 76428941..648c5361 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ public class BootstrapApplicationListener
 		if (environment.getPropertySources().contains(BOOTSTRAP_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME)) {
 			return;
 		}
+		for (ApplicationContextInitializer<?> initializer : event.getSpringApplication().getInitializers()) {
+			if (initializer instanceof ParentContextApplicationContextInitializer) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = bootstrapServiceContext(environment,
 				event.getSpringApplication());
 		apply(context, event.getSpringApplication(), environment);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.java
index 2494a5b6..90aa8b5c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
@@ -12,8 +13,11 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 public class TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration {
 
 	static final AtomicReference<Class<?>> firstToBeCreated = new AtomicReference<>();
+	
+	public static final AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger();
 
 	public TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration() {
+		count.incrementAndGet();
 		firstToBeCreated.compareAndSet(null, TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.class);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
index 6267fcd1..87ad1f3a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
@@ -270,6 +272,18 @@ public class BootstrapConfigurationTests {
 		assertEquals(0, sources.precedenceOf(bootstrap));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void onlyOneBootstrapContext() {
+		TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.count.set(0);
+		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("bootstrap.foo", "bar");
+		this.context = new SpringApplicationBuilder().sources(BareConfiguration.class)
+				.child(BareConfiguration.class).web(false).run();
+		assertEquals(1, TestHigherPriorityBootstrapConfiguration.count.get());
+		assertNotNull(context.getParent());
+		assertEquals("bootstrap", context.getParent().getParent().getId());
+		assertNull(context.getParent().getParent().getParent());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void environmentEnrichedInParentContext() {
 		PropertySourceConfiguration.MAP.put("bootstrap.foo", "bar");
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapListenerHierarchyIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapListenerHierarchyIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2ecf058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapListenerHierarchyIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2017 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.cloud.bootstrap.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for Bootstrap Listener's functionality of adding a bootstrap context
+ * as the root Application Context
+ * 
+ * @author Biju Kunjummen
+ */
+public class BootstrapListenerHierarchyIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldAddInABootstrapContext() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new SpringApplicationBuilder()
+				.sources(BasicConfiguration.class).web(false).run();
+
+		assertNotNull(context.getParent());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldAddInOneBootstrapForABasicParentChildHierarchy() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new SpringApplicationBuilder()
+				.sources(RootConfiguration.class).web(false)
+				.child(BasicConfiguration.class).web(false).run();
+
+		// Should be RootConfiguration based context
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext parent = (ConfigurableApplicationContext) context
+				.getParent();
+		assertEquals("rootBean", parent.getBean("rootBean", String.class));
+
+		// Parent should have the bootstrap context as parent
+		assertNotNull(parent.getParent());
+
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext bootstrapContext = (ConfigurableApplicationContext) parent
+				.getParent();
+
+		// Bootstrap should be the root, there should be no other parent
+		assertNull(bootstrapContext.getParent());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldAddInOneBootstrapForSiblingsBasedHierarchy() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new SpringApplicationBuilder()
+				.sources(RootConfiguration.class).web(false)
+				.child(BasicConfiguration.class).web(false)
+				.sibling(BasicConfiguration.class).web(false).run();
+
+		// Should be RootConfiguration based context
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext parent = (ConfigurableApplicationContext) context
+				.getParent();
+		assertEquals("rootBean", parent.getBean("rootBean", String.class));
+
+		// Parent should have the bootstrap context as parent
+		assertNotNull(parent.getParent());
+
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext bootstrapContext = (ConfigurableApplicationContext) parent
+				.getParent();
+
+		// Bootstrap should be the root, there should be no other parent
+		assertNull(bootstrapContext.getParent());
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	static class BasicConfiguration {
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	static class RootConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public String rootBean() {
+			return "rootBean";
+		}
+	}
+}
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