diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
index e289906d4a6..671e240c35d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 				new StartupInfoLogger(this.mainApplicationClass)
 						.logStarted(getApplicationLog(), stopWatch);
 			}
+			callRunners(context, applicationArguments);
 			return context;
 		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
@@ -757,7 +758,6 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 	 */
 	protected void afterRefresh(ConfigurableApplicationContext context,
 			ApplicationArguments args) {
-		callRunners(context, args);
 	}
 
 	private void callRunners(ApplicationContext context, ApplicationArguments args) {
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 f49334c6550..6d4b5913cd2 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
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers;
+import org.mockito.InOrder;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
@@ -582,6 +585,33 @@ public class SpringApplicationTests {
 		assertThat(this.context).has(runTestRunnerBean("runnerC"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void runnersAreCalledAfterApplicationReadyEventIsPublished() throws Exception {
+		SpringApplication application = new SpringApplication(
+				MockRunnerConfiguration.class);
+		application.setWebApplicationType(WebApplicationType.NONE);
+		ApplicationListener<ApplicationReadyEvent> eventListener = mock(
+				ApplicationListener.class);
+		application.addListeners(eventListener);
+		this.context = application.run();
+		ApplicationRunner applicationRunner = this.context
+				.getBean(ApplicationRunner.class);
+		CommandLineRunner commandLineRunner = this.context
+				.getBean(CommandLineRunner.class);
+		InOrder applicationRunnerOrder = Mockito.inOrder(eventListener,
+				applicationRunner);
+		applicationRunnerOrder.verify(eventListener)
+				.onApplicationEvent(ArgumentMatchers.any(ApplicationReadyEvent.class));
+		applicationRunnerOrder.verify(applicationRunner)
+				.run(ArgumentMatchers.any(ApplicationArguments.class));
+		InOrder commandLineRunnerOrder = Mockito.inOrder(eventListener,
+				commandLineRunner);
+		commandLineRunnerOrder.verify(eventListener)
+				.onApplicationEvent(ArgumentMatchers.any(ApplicationReadyEvent.class));
+		commandLineRunnerOrder.verify(commandLineRunner).run();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void loadSources() throws Exception {
 		Class<?>[] sources = { ExampleConfig.class, TestCommandLineRunner.class };
@@ -1217,6 +1247,21 @@ public class SpringApplicationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	static class MockRunnerConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public CommandLineRunner commandLineRunner() {
+			return mock(CommandLineRunner.class);
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public ApplicationRunner applicationRunner() {
+			return mock(ApplicationRunner.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	static class ExitStatusException extends RuntimeException
 			implements ExitCodeGenerator {