diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHook.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHook.java
index cc4faff521..128d0c6cfb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHook.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHook.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -59,26 +60,16 @@ class SpringApplicationShutdownHook implements Runnable {
 
 	private final ApplicationContextClosedListener contextCloseListener = new ApplicationContextClosedListener();
 
-	private boolean inProgress;
+	private final AtomicBoolean shutdownHookAdded = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
-	SpringApplicationShutdownHook() {
-		try {
-			addRuntimeShutdownHook();
-		}
-		catch (AccessControlException ex) {
-			// Not allowed in some environments
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected void addRuntimeShutdownHook() {
-		Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(this, "SpringApplicationShutdownHook"));
-	}
+	private boolean inProgress;
 
 	SpringApplicationShutdownHandlers getHandlers() {
 		return this.handlers;
 	}
 
 	void registerApplicationContext(ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
+		addRuntimeShutdownHookIfNecessary();
 		synchronized (SpringApplicationShutdownHook.class) {
 			assertNotInProgress();
 			context.addApplicationListener(this.contextCloseListener);
@@ -86,6 +77,21 @@ class SpringApplicationShutdownHook implements Runnable {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void addRuntimeShutdownHookIfNecessary() {
+		if (this.shutdownHookAdded.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+			addRuntimeShutdownHook();
+		}
+	}
+
+	void addRuntimeShutdownHook() {
+		try {
+			Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread(this, "SpringApplicationShutdownHook"));
+		}
+		catch (AccessControlException ex) {
+			// Not allowed in some environments
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void run() {
 		Set<ConfigurableApplicationContext> contexts;
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHookTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHookTests.java
index d188a1b731..aed3d89ed2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHookTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationShutdownHookTests.java
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
 class SpringApplicationShutdownHookTests {
 
 	@Test
-	void createCallsRegister() {
+	void shutdownHookIsNotAddedUntilContextIsRegistered() {
 		TestSpringApplicationShutdownHook shutdownHook = new TestSpringApplicationShutdownHook();
+		assertThat(shutdownHook.isRuntimeShutdownHookAdded()).isFalse();
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		shutdownHook.registerApplicationContext(context);
 		assertThat(shutdownHook.isRuntimeShutdownHookAdded()).isTrue();
 	}