diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfiguration.java
index 803728342ec..4dc62a9f57e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ public class SessionAutoConfiguration {
 					"org.springframework.session.hazelcast.HazelcastSessionRepository");
 			addCandidate(candidates,
 					"org.springframework.session.jdbc.JdbcOperationsSessionRepository");
+			addCandidate(candidates,
+					"org.springframework.session.data.mongo.MongoOperationsSessionRepository");
 			addCandidate(candidates,
 					"org.springframework.session.data.redis.RedisOperationsSessionRepository");
 			StoreType storeType = this.sessionProperties.getStoreType();