diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java
index 642959797b..d98464d7be 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @since 1.1.0
  */
-@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.groovy.template", ignoreUnknownFields = false)
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.groovy.template", ignoreUnknownFields = true)
 public class GroovyTemplateProperties extends AbstractViewResolverProperties {
 
 	public static final String DEFAULT_PREFIX = "classpath:/templates/";
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 77af19352b..1813f226d6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.groovy.GroovyMarkupConfig;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.groovy.GroovyMarkupConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.groovy.GroovyMarkupViewResolver;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
@@ -171,6 +173,13 @@ public class GroovyTemplateAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(writer.toString(), containsString("Hello World"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void customConfiguration() throws Exception {
+		registerAndRefreshContext("spring.groovy.template.configuration.auto-indent:true");
+		assertThat(this.context.getBean(GroovyMarkupConfigurer.class).isAutoIndent(),
+				is(true));
+	}
+
 	private void registerAndRefreshContext(String... env) {
 		EnvironmentTestUtils.addEnvironment(this.context, env);
 		this.context.register(GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration.class);