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 29d86560287..377e73c0f23 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
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ import javax.servlet.Filter;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 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;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -45,7 +48,11 @@ 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.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.
@@ -53,12 +60,14 @@ import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpRequest;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Rob Winch
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @since 1.3.0
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 @Conditional(OnEnabledDevToolsCondition.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "spring.devtools.remote", name = "secret")
 @ConditionalOnClass({ Filter.class, ServerHttpRequest.class })
+@AutoConfigureAfter(SecurityAutoConfiguration.class)
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ ServerProperties.class, DevToolsProperties.class })
 public class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration {
 
@@ -127,4 +136,25 @@ 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/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 7fc6bde73d0..2f903a02b4d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.boot.devtools.autoconfigure;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.servlet.SecurityAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.remote.server.DispatcherFilter;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.MockRestarter;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.server.HttpRestartServer;
@@ -41,16 +44,22 @@ import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.security.config.BeanIds;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration}.
  *
  * @author Rob Winch
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Madhura Bhave
  */
 @ExtendWith(MockRestarter.class)
 class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests {
@@ -138,6 +147,42 @@ class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertRestartInvoked(true);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void securityConfigurationShouldAllowAccess() throws Exception {
+		this.context = getContext(() -> loadContext("spring.devtools.remote.secret:supersecret"));
+		DispatcherFilter filter = this.context.getBean(DispatcherFilter.class);
+		Filter securityFilterChain = this.context.getBean(BeanIds.SPRING_SECURITY_FILTER_CHAIN, Filter.class);
+		MockMvc mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.context).addFilter(securityFilterChain)
+				.addFilter(filter).build();
+		mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get(DEFAULT_CONTEXT_PATH + "/restart").header(DEFAULT_SECRET_HEADER_NAME,
+				"supersecret")).andExpect(status().isOk());
+		assertRestartInvoked(true);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void securityConfigurationShouldAllowAccessToCustomPath() throws Exception {
+		this.context = getContext(() -> loadContext("spring.devtools.remote.secret:supersecret",
+				"server.servlet.context-path:/test", "spring.devtools.remote.context-path:/custom"));
+		DispatcherFilter filter = this.context.getBean(DispatcherFilter.class);
+		Filter securityFilterChain = this.context.getBean(BeanIds.SPRING_SECURITY_FILTER_CHAIN, Filter.class);
+		MockMvc mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.context).addFilter(securityFilterChain)
+				.addFilter(filter).build();
+		mockMvc.perform(
+				MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/test/custom/restart").header(DEFAULT_SECRET_HEADER_NAME, "supersecret"))
+				.andExpect(status().isOk());
+		assertRestartInvoked(true);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void securityConfigurationDoesNotAffectOtherPaths() throws Exception {
+		this.context = getContext(() -> loadContext("spring.devtools.remote.secret:supersecret"));
+		DispatcherFilter filter = this.context.getBean(DispatcherFilter.class);
+		Filter securityFilterChain = this.context.getBean(BeanIds.SPRING_SECURITY_FILTER_CHAIN, Filter.class);
+		MockMvc mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.context).addFilter(securityFilterChain)
+				.addFilter(filter).build();
+		mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/my-path")).andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void disableRestart() throws Exception {
 		this.context = getContext(() -> loadContext("spring.devtools.remote.secret:supersecret",
@@ -195,7 +240,7 @@ class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-	@Import(RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.class)
+	@Import({ SecurityAutoConfiguration.class, RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.class })
 	static class Config {
 
 		@Bean