diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListener.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListener.java
index 450bc1254..7057ea55c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListener.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListener.java
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class SleuthContextListener implements SmartApplicationListener {
 	}
 
 	static SleuthContextListener getBean(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		if (beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableApplicationContext) {
+			beanFactory = ((ConfigurableApplicationContext) beanFactory).getBeanFactory();
+		}
 		return CACHE.getOrDefault(beanFactory, new SleuthContextListener());
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListenerTest.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListenerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12206a2d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/async/SleuthContextListenerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * 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.sleuth.instrument.async;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.BDDAssertions.then;
+
+@SpringBootTest(classes = SleuthContextListener.class)
+class SleuthContextListenerTest {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext;
+
+	@Test
+	void should_be_usable_using_context() {
+		SleuthContextListener listener = SleuthContextListener.getBean(applicationContext);
+
+		then(listener).isNotNull();
+		then(listener.isUnusable()).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void should_be_usable_using_beanfactory() {
+		SleuthContextListener listener = SleuthContextListener.getBean(applicationContext.getBeanFactory());
+
+		then(listener).isNotNull();
+		then(listener.isUnusable()).isFalse();
+	}
+
+}