diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilder.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilder.java
index 88cf18909c..ad1efb7159 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilder.java
@@ -531,12 +531,12 @@ public class RestTemplateBuilder {
 		if (this.basicAuthorization != null) {
 			restTemplate.getInterceptors().add(this.basicAuthorization);
 		}
+		restTemplate.getInterceptors().addAll(this.interceptors);
 		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.restTemplateCustomizers)) {
 			for (RestTemplateCustomizer customizer : this.restTemplateCustomizers) {
 				customizer.customize(restTemplate);
 			}
 		}
-		restTemplate.getInterceptors().addAll(this.interceptors);
 		return restTemplate;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java
index d94e3f9557..cd87b9a861 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/client/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.client.BufferingClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.client.InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.OkHttp3ClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.support.BasicAuthorizationInterceptor;
@@ -388,6 +389,32 @@ public class RestTemplateBuilderTests {
 		verify(customizer2).customize(template);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void customizerShouldBeAppliedInTheEnd() {
+		ResponseErrorHandler errorHandler = mock(ResponseErrorHandler.class);
+		ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
+		this.builder.interceptors(this.interceptor)
+				.messageConverters(this.messageConverter).rootUri("http://localhost:8080")
+				.errorHandler(errorHandler).basicAuthorization("spring", "boot")
+				.requestFactory(() -> requestFactory).customizers((restTemplate) -> {
+					assertThat(restTemplate.getInterceptors()).hasSize(2)
+							.contains(this.interceptor).anyMatch(
+									(ic) -> ic instanceof BasicAuthorizationInterceptor);
+					assertThat(restTemplate.getMessageConverters())
+							.contains(this.messageConverter);
+					assertThat(restTemplate.getUriTemplateHandler())
+							.isInstanceOf(RootUriTemplateHandler.class);
+					assertThat(restTemplate.getErrorHandler()).isEqualTo(errorHandler);
+					ClientHttpRequestFactory actualRequestFactory = restTemplate
+							.getRequestFactory();
+					assertThat(actualRequestFactory)
+							.isInstanceOf(InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory.class);
+					assertThat(ReflectionTestUtils.getField(actualRequestFactory,
+							"requestFactory")).isSameAs(requestFactory);
+				}).build();
+
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void buildShouldReturnRestTemplate() {
 		RestTemplate template = this.builder.build();