diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistry.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistry.java
index 8c187d518f0..cceecc09304 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistry.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.View;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerViewResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.script.ScriptTemplateConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.script.ScriptTemplateViewResolver;
 
 /**
  * Assist with the configuration of a chain of {@link ViewResolver}'s supporting
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerViewRes
  * JSON, XML, etc.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.0
  */
 public class ViewResolverRegistry {
@@ -83,6 +86,28 @@ public class ViewResolverRegistry {
 		return registration;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Register a script template view resolver with an empty default view name prefix and suffix.
+	 * <p><strong>Note</strong> that you must also configure script templating by
+	 * adding a {@link ScriptTemplateConfigurer} bean.
+	 * @since 5.0.4
+	 */
+	public UrlBasedViewResolverRegistration scriptTemplate() {
+		if (!checkBeanOfType(ScriptTemplateConfigurer.class)) {
+			throw new BeanInitializationException("In addition to a script template view resolver " +
+					"there must also be a single ScriptTemplateConfig bean in this web application context " +
+					"(or its parent): ScriptTemplateConfigurer is the usual implementation. " +
+					"This bean may be given any name.");
+		}
+		ScriptRegistration registration = new ScriptRegistration();
+		UrlBasedViewResolver resolver = registration.getViewResolver();
+		if (this.applicationContext != null) {
+			resolver.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
+		}
+		this.viewResolvers.add(resolver);
+		return registration;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Register a {@link ViewResolver} bean instance. This may be useful to
 	 * configure a 3rd party resolver implementation or as an alternative to
@@ -150,4 +175,12 @@ public class ViewResolverRegistry {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static class ScriptRegistration extends UrlBasedViewResolverRegistration {
+
+		public ScriptRegistration() {
+			super(new ScriptTemplateViewResolver());
+			getViewResolver();
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistryTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistryTests.java
index e7a0d82b408..6e477e1d1e4 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/config/ViewResolverRegistryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -15,16 +15,22 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.config;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.json.Jackson2JsonEncoder;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.StaticWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.HttpMessageWriterView;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.UrlBasedViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.View;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.script.ScriptTemplateConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.result.view.script.ScriptTemplateViewResolver;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
@@ -32,6 +38,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  * Unit tests for {@link ViewResolverRegistry}.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  */
 public class ViewResolverRegistryTests {
 
@@ -42,6 +49,7 @@ public class ViewResolverRegistryTests {
 	public void setup() {
 		StaticWebApplicationContext context = new StaticWebApplicationContext();
 		context.registerSingleton("freeMarkerConfigurer", FreeMarkerConfigurer.class);
+		context.registerSingleton("scriptTemplateConfigurer", ScriptTemplateConfigurer.class);
 		this.registry = new ViewResolverRegistry(context);
 	}
 
@@ -84,4 +92,16 @@ public class ViewResolverRegistryTests {
 		assertSame(view, this.registry.getDefaultViews().get(0));
 	}
 
+	@Test  // SPR-16431
+	public void scriptTemplate() {
+		this.registry.scriptTemplate().prefix("/").suffix(".html");
+
+		List<ViewResolver> viewResolvers = this.registry.getViewResolvers();
+		assertEquals(1, viewResolvers.size());
+		assertEquals(ScriptTemplateViewResolver.class, viewResolvers.get(0).getClass());
+		DirectFieldAccessor accessor =  new DirectFieldAccessor(viewResolvers.get(0));
+		assertEquals("/", accessor.getPropertyValue("prefix"));
+		assertEquals(".html", accessor.getPropertyValue("suffix"));
+	}
+
 }