diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/ApplicationContextInitializedEvent.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/ApplicationContextInitializedEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82bdcfbe222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/ApplicationContextInitializedEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 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
+ *
+ *      http://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.context.event;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * Event published when a {@link SpringApplication} is starting up and the
+ * {@link ApplicationContext} is prepared and ApplicationContextInitializers have been
+ * called but before any bean definitions are loaded.
+ *
+ * @author Artsiom Yudovin
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class ApplicationContextInitializedEvent extends SpringApplicationEvent {
+
+	private final ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link ApplicationContextInitializedEvent} instance.
+	 * @param application the current application
+	 * @param args the arguments the application is running with
+	 * @param context the context that was being created (maybe null)
+	 */
+	public ApplicationContextInitializedEvent(SpringApplication application,
+			String[] args, ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
+		super(application, args);
+		this.context = context;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the application context.
+	 * @return the context
+	 */
+	public ConfigurableApplicationContext getContext() {
+		return this.context;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/EventPublishingRunListener.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/EventPublishingRunListener.java
index 6468222163d..902495b4ef3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/EventPublishingRunListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/event/EventPublishingRunListener.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ErrorHandler;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Artsiom Yudovin
  */
 public class EventPublishingRunListener implements SpringApplicationRunListener, Ordered {
 
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ public class EventPublishingRunListener implements SpringApplicationRunListener,
 
 	@Override
 	public void contextPrepared(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
-
+		this.initialMulticaster.multicastEvent(new ApplicationContextInitializedEvent(
+				this.application, this.args, context));
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
index 8fd562e5f94..b249eed191b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionOverrideException
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanNameGenerator;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultBeanNameGenerator;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationContextInitializedEvent;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationFailedEvent;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationPreparedEvent;
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
  * @author Craig Burke
  * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @author Brian Clozel
+ * @author Artsiom Yudovin
  */
 public class SpringApplicationTests {
 
@@ -383,6 +385,8 @@ public class SpringApplicationTests {
 		inOrder.verify(listener).onApplicationEvent(isA(ApplicationStartingEvent.class));
 		inOrder.verify(listener)
 				.onApplicationEvent(isA(ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent.class));
+		inOrder.verify(listener)
+				.onApplicationEvent(isA(ApplicationContextInitializedEvent.class));
 		inOrder.verify(listener).onApplicationEvent(isA(ApplicationPreparedEvent.class));
 		inOrder.verify(listener).onApplicationEvent(isA(ContextRefreshedEvent.class));
 		inOrder.verify(listener).onApplicationEvent(isA(ApplicationStartedEvent.class));
@@ -1000,6 +1004,7 @@ public class SpringApplicationTests {
 		catch (ApplicationContextException ex) {
 			verifyListenerEvents(listener, ApplicationStartingEvent.class,
 					ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent.class,
+					ApplicationContextInitializedEvent.class,
 					ApplicationPreparedEvent.class, ApplicationFailedEvent.class);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1019,6 +1024,7 @@ public class SpringApplicationTests {
 		catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
 			verifyListenerEvents(listener, ApplicationStartingEvent.class,
 					ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent.class,
+					ApplicationContextInitializedEvent.class,
 					ApplicationPreparedEvent.class, ApplicationFailedEvent.class);
 		}
 	}