diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 5d10f20196..a9a373d675 100755
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -695,6 +695,11 @@
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.atomikos</groupId>
 			<artifactId>transactions-jms</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfiguration.java
index 1cc9d28474..57d8375226 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 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.
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.context.ServletWebServerApplicationC
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.support.StandardServletMultipartResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
 
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ public class MultipartAutoConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ MultipartConfigElement.class,
+			CommonsMultipartResolver.class })
 	public MultipartConfigElement multipartConfigElement() {
 		return this.multipartProperties.createMultipartConfig();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 978193ef40..50a20e59b9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/servlet/MultipartAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.commons.CommonsMultipartResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.support.StandardServletMultipartResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
@@ -184,6 +185,17 @@ public class MultipartAutoConfigurationTests {
 				.getBean(MultipartResolver.class);
 		assertThat(multipartResolver)
 				.isNotInstanceOf(StandardServletMultipartResolver.class);
+		assertThat(this.context.getBeansOfType(MultipartConfigElement.class)).hasSize(1);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void containerWithCommonsMultipartResolver() throws Exception {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext(
+				ContainerWithCommonsMultipartResolver.class, BaseConfiguration.class);
+		MultipartResolver multipartResolver = this.context
+				.getBean(MultipartResolver.class);
+		assertThat(multipartResolver).isInstanceOf(CommonsMultipartResolver.class);
+		assertThat(this.context.getBeansOfType(MultipartConfigElement.class)).hasSize(0);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -351,6 +363,15 @@ public class MultipartAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	public static class ContainerWithCommonsMultipartResolver {
+
+		@Bean
+		CommonsMultipartResolver multipartResolver() {
+			return mock(CommonsMultipartResolver.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Controller
 	public static class WebController {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
index 318033ff1e..b8461d103d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 				<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
 				<version>1.2.17</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
+				<version>1.3.3</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.nhaarman</groupId>
 				<artifactId>mockito-kotlin</artifactId>