diff --git a/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationContextLoader.java b/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationContextLoader.java
index dd3587a762..68a094f3c6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationContextLoader.java
+++ b/spring-boot-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationContextLoader.java
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ public class SpringApplicationContextLoader extends AbstractContextLoader {
 				WebMergedContextConfiguration webConfiguration) {
 			SpringBootMockServletContext servletContext = new SpringBootMockServletContext(
 					webConfiguration.getResourceBasePath());
-			initializers.add(0,
-					new ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer(servletContext));
+			initializers.add(0, new ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer(
+					servletContext, true));
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockMvcTests.java b/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockMvcTests.java
index 8113bdac56..53c6e50992 100644
--- a/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockMvcTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockMvcTests.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 /**
- * Tests for {@link WebAppConfiguration} integration.
+ * Tests for {@link WebAppConfiguration} with {@link MockMvc}.
  *
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
  */
diff --git a/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockServletTests.java b/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockServletTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9ff2782bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/test/SpringApplicationMockServletTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.test;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationMockServletTests.Config;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link WebAppConfiguration} using {@link SpringApplicationContextLoader} with
+ * a plain mock Servlet environment.
+ *
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = Config.class, loader = SpringApplicationContextLoader.class)
+@WebAppConfiguration
+@Deprecated
+public class SpringApplicationMockServletTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private WebApplicationContext context;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ServletContext servletContext;
+
+	@Test
+	public void webApplicationContextIsSetOnServletContext() {
+		assertThat(this.context).isSameAs(
+				WebApplicationContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(this.servletContext));
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	protected static class Config {
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer.java
index 11c5a8c956..57f1810ca0 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/web/ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer implements
 	 * @param servletContext the servlet that should be ultimately set.
 	 * @param addApplicationContextAttribute if the {@link ApplicationContext} should be
 	 * stored as an attribute in the {@link ServletContext}
-	 * @since 1.4.0
+	 * @since 1.3.4
 	 */
 	public ServletContextApplicationContextInitializer(ServletContext servletContext,
 			boolean addApplicationContextAttribute) {