diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efc4ea7fa51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanClassLoaderAware;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link TypeFilter} implementation that matches registered auto-configuration
+ * classes.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @since 1.5.0
+ */
+public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter implements TypeFilter, BeanClassLoaderAware {
+
+	private ClassLoader beanClassLoader;
+
+	private List<String> candidateAutoConfigurations;
+
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader beanClassLoader) {
+		this.beanClassLoader = beanClassLoader;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean match(MetadataReader metadataReader,
+			MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory) throws IOException {
+		return isConfiguration(metadataReader) && isAutoConfiguration(metadataReader);
+	}
+
+	protected List<String> getCandidateAutoConfigurations() {
+		if (this.candidateAutoConfigurations == null) {
+			this.candidateAutoConfigurations = SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactoryNames(
+					EnableAutoConfiguration.class, this.beanClassLoader);
+		}
+		return this.candidateAutoConfigurations;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isConfiguration(MetadataReader metadataReader) {
+		return metadataReader.getAnnotationMetadata()
+				.isAnnotated(Configuration.class.getName());
+	}
+
+	private boolean isAutoConfiguration(MetadataReader metadataReader) {
+		return getCandidateAutoConfigurations().contains(
+				metadataReader.getClassMetadata().getClassName());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/SpringBootApplication.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/SpringBootApplication.java
index 20052873c6c..8967ec09354 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/SpringBootApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/SpringBootApplication.java
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
 @Inherited
 @SpringBootConfiguration
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
-@ComponentScan(excludeFilters = @Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = TypeExcludeFilter.class))
+@ComponentScan(excludeFilters = {
+		@Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = TypeExcludeFilter.class),
+		@Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.class) })
 public @interface SpringBootApplication {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..411f10b0487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.filtersample.ExampleConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.filtersample.ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.FilterType;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter}.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+public class AutoConfigurationExcludeFilterTests {
+
+	@Rule
+	public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
+	private AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context;
+
+	@After
+	public void cleanUp() {
+		if (this.context != null) {
+			this.context.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void filterExcludeAutoConfiguration() {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Config.class);
+		assertThat(this.context.getBeansOfType(String.class)).hasSize(1);
+		assertThat(this.context.getBean(String.class)).isEqualTo("test");
+		this.thrown.expect(NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.class);
+		this.context.getBean(ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.class);
+	}
+
+
+	@Configuration
+	@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = ExampleConfiguration.class, excludeFilters = @ComponentScan.Filter(type = FilterType.CUSTOM, classes = TestAutoConfigurationExcludeFilter.class))
+	static class Config {
+
+	}
+
+	static class TestAutoConfigurationExcludeFilter
+			extends AutoConfigurationExcludeFilter {
+		@Override
+		protected List<String> getCandidateAutoConfigurations() {
+			return Collections.singletonList(ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.class.getName());
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/filtersample/ExampleConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/filtersample/ExampleConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af951723130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/filtersample/ExampleConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.context.filtersample;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class ExampleConfiguration {
+
+	@Bean
+	public String example() {
+		return "test";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/filtersample/ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/filtersample/ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9a4ebf50267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/filtersample/ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.context.filtersample;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class ExampleFilteredAutoConfiguration {
+
+	@Bean
+	public String anotherExample() {
+		return "fail";
+	}
+
+}