diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java
index 377e73c0f23..3d1111bec8b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.SecurityProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SecurityAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ServerProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ServerProperties.Servlet;
@@ -48,11 +47,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.server.SourceFolderUrlFilter;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpRequest;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
-import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for remote development support.
@@ -68,6 +64,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 @ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "spring.devtools.remote", name = "secret")
 @ConditionalOnClass({ Filter.class, ServerHttpRequest.class })
 @AutoConfigureAfter(SecurityAutoConfiguration.class)
+@Import(RemoteDevtoolsSecurityConfiguration.class)
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ ServerProperties.class, DevToolsProperties.class })
 public class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration {
 
@@ -136,25 +133,4 @@ public class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration {
 
 	}
 
-	@Configuration
-	@Order(SecurityProperties.BASIC_AUTH_ORDER - 1)
-	@ConditionalOnClass(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.class)
-	static class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
-
-		private final String url;
-
-		SecurityConfiguration(DevToolsProperties devToolsProperties, ServerProperties serverProperties) {
-			Servlet servlet = serverProperties.getServlet();
-			String servletContextPath = (servlet.getContextPath() != null) ? servlet.getContextPath() : "";
-			this.url = servletContextPath + devToolsProperties.getRemote().getContextPath() + "/restart";
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-			http.requestMatcher(new AntPathRequestMatcher(this.url)).authorizeRequests().anyRequest().anonymous().and()
-					.csrf().disable();
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevtoolsSecurityConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevtoolsSecurityConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4e5c90e1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevtoolsSecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 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.boot.devtools.autoconfigure;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.SecurityProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ServerProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * Spring Security configuration that allows anonymous access to the remote devtools
+ * endpoint.
+ *
+ * @author Madhura Bhave
+ */
+@ConditionalOnClass(WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.class)
+@Configuration
+class RemoteDevtoolsSecurityConfiguration {
+
+	@Order(SecurityProperties.BASIC_AUTH_ORDER - 1)
+	@Configuration
+	static class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+
+		private final String url;
+
+		SecurityConfiguration(DevToolsProperties devToolsProperties, ServerProperties serverProperties) {
+			ServerProperties.Servlet servlet = serverProperties.getServlet();
+			String servletContextPath = (servlet.getContextPath() != null) ? servlet.getContextPath() : "";
+			this.url = servletContextPath + devToolsProperties.getRemote().getContextPath() + "/restart";
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+			http.requestMatcher(new AntPathRequestMatcher(this.url)).authorizeRequests().anyRequest().anonymous().and()
+					.csrf().disable();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}