diff --git a/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration.java
index af4a58b4..8af08a6c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.AsyncLoadBalancerAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.loadbalancer.annotation.LoadBalancerClients;
 import org.springframework.cloud.loadbalancer.blocking.client.BlockingLoadBalancerClient;
 import org.springframework.cloud.loadbalancer.support.LoadBalancerClientFactory;
@@ -60,14 +59,19 @@ public class BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration {
 		return new RibbonWarnLogger();
 	}
 
-	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnBean(LoadBalancerClientFactory.class)
+	@Configuration
 	@ConditionalOnClass(RestTemplate.class)
 	@Conditional(OnNoRibbonDefaultCondition.class)
-	@Primary
-	public LoadBalancerClient blockingLoadBalancerClient(
-			LoadBalancerClientFactory loadBalancerClientFactory) {
-		return new BlockingLoadBalancerClient(loadBalancerClientFactory);
+	protected static class BlockingLoadbalancerClientConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		@ConditionalOnBean(LoadBalancerClientFactory.class)
+		@Primary
+		public BlockingLoadBalancerClient blockingLoadBalancerClient(
+				LoadBalancerClientFactory loadBalancerClientFactory) {
+			return new BlockingLoadBalancerClient(loadBalancerClientFactory);
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	private static final class OnNoRibbonDefaultCondition extends AnyNestedCondition {
@@ -89,21 +93,21 @@ public class BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration {
 
 	}
 
-}
+	static class RibbonWarnLogger {
 
-class RibbonWarnLogger {
+		private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RibbonWarnLogger.class);
 
-	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RibbonWarnLogger.class);
-
-	@PostConstruct
-	void logWarning() {
-		if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
-			LOG.warn(
-					"You already have RibbonLoadBalancerClient on your classpath. It will be used by default. To use "
-							+ BlockingLoadBalancerClient.class.getSimpleName()
-							+ " set the value of `spring.cloud.loadbalancer.ribbon.enabled` to `false` or "
-							+ "remove spring-cloud-starter-netflix-ribbon from your project.");
+		@PostConstruct
+		void logWarning() {
+			if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				LOG.warn(
+						"You already have RibbonLoadBalancerClient on your classpath. It will be used by default. To use "
+								+ BlockingLoadBalancerClient.class.getSimpleName()
+								+ " set the value of `spring.cloud.loadbalancer.ribbon.enabled` to `false` or "
+								+ "remove spring-cloud-starter-netflix-ribbon from your project.");
+			}
 		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70aaa95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-loadbalancer/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/loadbalancer/config/BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2019 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.loadbalancer.config;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.FilteredClassLoader;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+import org.springframework.cloud.loadbalancer.blocking.client.BlockingLoadBalancerClient;
+import org.springframework.cloud.loadbalancer.config.BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration.RibbonWarnLogger;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Spencer Gibb
+ * @author Olga Maciaszek-Sharma
+ * @author Tim Ysewyn
+ */
+public class BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfigurationTests {
+
+	ApplicationContextRunner applicationContextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner()
+			.withPropertyValues("spring.cloud.loadbalancer.ribbon.enabled=false",
+					"debug=true")
+			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(LoadBalancerAutoConfiguration.class,
+					BlockingLoadBalancerClientAutoConfiguration.class));
+
+	@Test
+	public void beansCreatedNormally() {
+		applicationContextRunner.run(ctxt -> {
+			assertThat(ctxt).hasSingleBean(BlockingLoadBalancerClient.class);
+			assertThat(ctxt).doesNotHaveBean(RibbonWarnLogger.class);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void worksWithoutSpringWeb() {
+		applicationContextRunner
+				.withClassLoader(new FilteredClassLoader(RestTemplate.class))
+				.run(context -> {
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(BlockingLoadBalancerClient.class);
+					assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(RibbonWarnLogger.class);
+				});
+	}
+
+}