diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/SpringBootJoranConfigurator.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/SpringBootJoranConfigurator.java
index 7a367ce384a..6d5e3e2f93e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/SpringBootJoranConfigurator.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/SpringBootJoranConfigurator.java
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ class SpringBootJoranConfigurator extends JoranConfigurator {
 
 		private Class<?> loadComponentType(String componentType) {
 			try {
-				return ClassUtils.forName(componentType, getClass().getClassLoader());
+				return ClassUtils.forName(this.modelInterpretationContext.subst(componentType),
+						getClass().getClassLoader());
 			}
 			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load component type '" + componentType + "'", ex);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackConfigurationAotContributionTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackConfigurationAotContributionTests.java
index 5681a08019d..4714728fd48 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackConfigurationAotContributionTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackConfigurationAotContributionTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -190,6 +191,18 @@ class LogbackConfigurationAotContributionTests {
 			.accepts(generationContext.getRuntimeHints());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void placeholdersInComponentClassAttributeAreReplaced() {
+		ComponentModel component = new ComponentModel();
+		component.setClassName("${VARIABLE_CLASS_NAME}");
+		TestGenerationContext generationContext = applyContribution(component,
+				(context) -> context.putProperty("VARIABLE_CLASS_NAME", Outer.class.getName()));
+		assertThat(invokePublicConstructorsAndInspectAndInvokePublicMethodsOf(Outer.class))
+			.accepts(generationContext.getRuntimeHints());
+		assertThat(invokePublicConstructorsAndInspectAndInvokePublicMethodsOf(Implementation.class))
+			.accepts(generationContext.getRuntimeHints());
+	}
+
 	private Predicate<RuntimeHints> invokePublicConstructorsOf(String name) {
 		return RuntimeHintsPredicates.reflection()
 			.onType(TypeReference.of(name))
@@ -220,7 +233,13 @@ class LogbackConfigurationAotContributionTests {
 	}
 
 	private TestGenerationContext applyContribution(Model model) {
+		return this.applyContribution(model, (context) -> {
+		});
+	}
+
+	private TestGenerationContext applyContribution(Model model, Consumer<LoggerContext> contextCustomizer) {
 		LoggerContext context = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
+		contextCustomizer.accept(context);
 		SpringBootJoranConfigurator configurator = new SpringBootJoranConfigurator(null);
 		configurator.setContext(context);
 		withSystemProperty("spring.aot.processing", "true", () -> configurator.processModel(model));