diff --git a/spring-boot-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/WarPackagingTests.java b/spring-boot-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/WarPackagingTests.java
index d076a98dba8..e61710424c5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/WarPackagingTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-integration-tests/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/WarPackagingTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ public class WarPackagingTests {
 
 	private static final Set<String> TOMCAT_EXPECTED_IN_WEB_INF_LIB_PROVIDED = new HashSet<String>(
 			Arrays.asList("spring-boot-starter-tomcat-", "tomcat-embed-core-",
-					"tomcat-embed-el-", "tomcat-embed-logging-juli-"));
+					"tomcat-embed-el-", "tomcat-embed-logging-juli-",
+					"tomcat-embed-websocket-"));
 
 	private static final Set<String> JETTY_EXPECTED_IN_WEB_INF_LIB_PROVIDED = new HashSet<String>(
 			Arrays.asList("spring-boot-starter-jetty-", "jetty-util-", "jetty-xml-",
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-tomcat/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-tomcat/pom.xml
index 882f9146075..ff8ca4a09c6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-tomcat/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-tomcat/pom.xml
@@ -30,5 +30,9 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-logging-juli</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
+			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-websocket</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml
index 51e8418aca5..e657478ba67 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-websocket/pom.xml
@@ -44,9 +44,5 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-websocket</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
-			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-websocket</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>