diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBean.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBean.java
index af56ac60ad6..0d064facf0f 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBean.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBean.java
@@ -210,6 +210,23 @@ public class FilterRegistrationBean extends RegistrationBean {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Convenience method to {@link #setDispatcherTypes(EnumSet) set dispatcher types}
+	 * using the specified elements.
+	 */
+	public void setDispatcherTypes(DispatcherType first, DispatcherType... rest) {
+		this.dispatcherTypes = EnumSet.of(first, rest);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the dispatcher types that should be used with the registration. If not
+	 * specified the types will be deduced based on the value of
+	 * {@link #isAsyncSupported()}.
+	 */
+	public void setDispatcherTypes(EnumSet<DispatcherType> dispatcherTypes) {
+		this.dispatcherTypes = dispatcherTypes;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set if the filter mappings should be matched after any declared filter mappings of
 	 * the ServletContext. Defaults to {@code false} indicating the filters are supposed
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBeanTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBeanTests.java
index b92147c554e..155488152b3 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBeanTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/FilterRegistrationBeanTests.java
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ package org.springframework.boot.context.embedded;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
 import javax.servlet.Filter;
 import javax.servlet.FilterRegistration;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
@@ -222,6 +224,25 @@ public class FilterRegistrationBeanTests {
 		bean.addServletNames((String[]) null);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void withSpecificDispatcherTypes() throws Exception {
+		FilterRegistrationBean bean = new FilterRegistrationBean(this.filter);
+		bean.setDispatcherTypes(DispatcherType.INCLUDE, DispatcherType.FORWARD);
+		bean.onStartup(this.servletContext);
+		verify(this.registration).addMappingForUrlPatterns(
+				EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.INCLUDE, DispatcherType.FORWARD), false, "/*");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void withSpecificDispatcherTypesEnumSet() throws Exception {
+		FilterRegistrationBean bean = new FilterRegistrationBean(this.filter);
+		EnumSet<DispatcherType> types = EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.INCLUDE,
+				DispatcherType.FORWARD);
+		bean.setDispatcherTypes(types);
+		bean.onStartup(this.servletContext);
+		verify(this.registration).addMappingForUrlPatterns(types, false, "/*");
+	}
+
 	private ServletRegistrationBean mockServletRegistation(String name) {
 		ServletRegistrationBean bean = new ServletRegistrationBean();
 		bean.setName(name);