diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/BootstrapUtils.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/BootstrapUtils.java
index 1469160cc1..ff88ade862 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/BootstrapUtils.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/BootstrapUtils.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ abstract class BootstrapUtils {
 	}
 
 	private static Class<?> resolveDefaultTestContextBootstrapper(Class<?> testClass) throws Exception {
-		boolean webApp = (TestContextAnnotationUtils.findMergedAnnotation(testClass, webAppConfigurationClass) != null);
+		boolean webApp = TestContextAnnotationUtils.hasAnnotation(testClass, webAppConfigurationClass);
 		String bootstrapperClassName = (webApp ? DEFAULT_WEB_TEST_CONTEXT_BOOTSTRAPPER_CLASS_NAME :
 				DEFAULT_TEST_CONTEXT_BOOTSTRAPPER_CLASS_NAME);
 		return ClassUtils.forName(bootstrapperClassName, BootstrapUtils.class.getClassLoader());
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContextAnnotationUtils.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContextAnnotationUtils.java
index 1c01b0a07e..4d8550e6f2 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContextAnnotationUtils.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestContextAnnotationUtils.java
@@ -78,6 +78,22 @@ public abstract class TestContextAnnotationUtils {
 	private static volatile EnclosingConfiguration defaultEnclosingConfigurationMode;
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine if an annotation of the specified {@code annotationType} is
+	 * present or meta-present on the supplied {@link Class} according to the
+	 * search algorithm used in {@link #findMergedAnnotation(Class, Class)}.
+	 * <p>If this method returns {@code true}, then {@code findMergedAnnotation(...)}
+	 * will return a non-null value.
+	 * @param clazz the class to look for annotations on
+	 * @param annotationType the type of annotation to look for
+	 * @return {@code true} if a matching annotation is present
+	 * @since 5.3.3
+	 * @see #findMergedAnnotation(Class, Class)
+	 */
+	public static boolean hasAnnotation(Class<?> clazz, Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
+		return (findMergedAnnotation(clazz, annotationType) != null);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Find the first annotation of the specified {@code annotationType} within
 	 * the annotation hierarchy <em>above</em> the supplied class, merge that