diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index a9a373d6750..1fe5e133374 100755
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@
 			<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-ehcache</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfiguration.java
index ddf6943ed23..d5ff2058277 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.CacheAutoConfiguration.CacheConfigurationImportSelector;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
@@ -60,9 +59,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 @ConditionalOnBean(CacheAspectSupport.class)
 @ConditionalOnMissingBean(value = CacheManager.class, name = "cacheResolver")
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(CacheProperties.class)
-@AutoConfigureBefore(HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class)
 @AutoConfigureAfter({ CouchbaseAutoConfiguration.class, HazelcastAutoConfiguration.class,
-		RedisAutoConfiguration.class })
+		HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class, RedisAutoConfiguration.class })
 @Import(CacheConfigurationImportSelector.class)
 public class CacheAutoConfiguration {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/Hibernate2ndLevelCacheEhCacheIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/Hibernate2ndLevelCacheEhCacheIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ceea6ffda83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/Hibernate2ndLevelCacheEhCacheIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * 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.autoconfigure.orm.jpa;
+
+import org.hibernate.cache.ehcache.SingletonEhCacheRegionFactory;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.cache.CacheAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.runner.classpath.ClassPathExclusions;
+import org.springframework.boot.testsupport.runner.classpath.ModifiedClassPathRunner;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for Hibernate 2nd level cache with ehcache2.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+@RunWith(ModifiedClassPathRunner.class)
+@ClassPathExclusions("ehcache-3*.jar")
+public class Hibernate2ndLevelCacheEhCacheIntegrationTests {
+
+	private final ApplicationContextRunner contextRunner = new ApplicationContextRunner()
+			.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(CacheAutoConfiguration.class,
+					DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class,
+					HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class))
+			.withPropertyValues("spring.datasource.initialization-mode=never")
+			.withUserConfiguration(TestConfiguration.class);
+
+	@Test
+	public void hibernate2ndLevelCacheWithEhCache2() {
+		this.contextRunner
+				.withPropertyValues("spring.cache.type=ehcache",
+						"spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.cache.region.factory_class="
+								+ SingletonEhCacheRegionFactory.class.getName())
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context).hasNotFailed());
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableCaching
+	static class TestConfiguration {
+
+	}
+
+}