diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfiguration.java
index afadef9401c..8361b443145 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
 
@@ -51,4 +52,29 @@ public @interface TestConfiguration {
 	@AliasFor(annotation = Configuration.class)
 	String value() default "";
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify whether {@link Bean @Bean} methods should get proxied in order to enforce
+	 * bean lifecycle behavior, e.g. to return shared singleton bean instances even in
+	 * case of direct {@code @Bean} method calls in user code. This feature requires
+	 * method interception, implemented through a runtime-generated CGLIB subclass which
+	 * comes with limitations such as the configuration class and its methods not being
+	 * allowed to declare {@code final}.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The default is {@code true}, allowing for 'inter-bean references' within the
+	 * configuration class as well as for external calls to this configuration's
+	 * {@code @Bean} methods, e.g. from another configuration class. If this is not needed
+	 * since each of this particular configuration's {@code @Bean} methods is
+	 * self-contained and designed as a plain factory method for container use, switch
+	 * this flag to {@code false} in order to avoid CGLIB subclass processing.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Turning off bean method interception effectively processes {@code @Bean} methods
+	 * individually like when declared on non-{@code @Configuration} classes, a.k.a.
+	 * "@Bean Lite Mode" (see {@link Bean @Bean's javadoc}). It is therefore behaviorally
+	 * equivalent to removing the {@code @Configuration} stereotype.
+	 * @since 2.2.1
+	 * @return whether to proxy {@code @Bean} methods
+	 */
+	@AliasFor(annotation = Configuration.class)
+	boolean proxyBeanMethods() default true;
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfigurationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dade7f74ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/context/TestConfigurationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.test.context;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link TestConfiguration}.
+ *
+ * @author Dmytro Nosan
+ */
+class TestConfigurationTests {
+
+	private final ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner();
+
+	@Test
+	void shouldProxyBeanMethods() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(ProxyBeanMethodsConfiguration.class)
+				.run((context) -> Assertions.assertThat(context).hasFailed());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void shouldNotProxyBeanMethods() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(ProxyBeanMethodsDisableConfiguration.class)
+				.run((context) -> Assertions.assertThat(context).hasNotFailed());
+	}
+
+	@TestConfiguration
+	final static class ProxyBeanMethodsConfiguration {
+
+	}
+
+	@TestConfiguration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+	final static class ProxyBeanMethodsDisableConfiguration {
+
+	}
+
+}