diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockTestExecutionListener.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockTestExecutionListener.java
index c463b8133a..db7c2c099f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockTestExecutionListener.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/WireMockTestExecutionListener.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public final class WireMockTestExecutionListener extends AbstractTestExecutionLi
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(WireMockTestExecutionListener.class);
 
 	@Override
-	public void beforeTestClass(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+	public void prepareTestInstance(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
 		if (applicationContextBroken(testContext) || wireMockConfigurationMissing(testContext)
 				|| annotationMissing(testContext)) {
 			return;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/TestExecutionListenerAllowsOtherBeforeActionsTest.java b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/TestExecutionListenerAllowsOtherBeforeActionsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bbdcd2b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/wiremock/TestExecutionListenerAllowsOtherBeforeActionsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2020 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.contract.wiremock;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.aResponse;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.get;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.stubFor;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlEqualTo;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = WiremockTestsApplication.class,
+		properties = "app.baseUrl=http://localhost:${wiremock.server.port}", webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.NONE)
+@AutoConfigureWireMock(port = 0)
+@DirtiesContext
+@Import(TestExecutionListenerAllowsOtherBeforeActionsTest.ApplicationEventListener.class)
+class TestExecutionListenerAllowsOtherBeforeActionsTest {
+
+	private static boolean beforeAllRunSuccessful;
+
+	private static boolean applicationContextInitialized;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private Service service;
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	static void checkIfApplicationContextNotInitialized() {
+		beforeAllRunSuccessful = !applicationContextInitialized;
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void should_run_before_all_action_before_application_context_is_available() {
+		// check that beforeAll method was actually run before the application context was
+		// initialized
+		assertThat(beforeAllRunSuccessful).isTrue();
+		// check that wiremock instance is running
+		stubFor(get(urlEqualTo("/test"))
+				.willReturn(aResponse().withHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain").withBody("Hello World!")));
+		assertThat(this.service.go()).isEqualTo("Hello World!");
+	}
+
+	public static class ApplicationEventListener implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedEvent> {
+
+		@Override
+		public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
+			applicationContextInitialized = true;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}