diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/SpringBootConfigurationFactory.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/SpringBootConfigurationFactory.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.logging.log4j2;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.ConfigurationSource;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.DefaultConfiguration;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Order;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
+
+/**
+ * Spring Boot {@link ConfigurationFactory} that prevents logger warnings from being
+ * printed when the application first starts.
+ *
+ * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @since 1.5.0
+ */
+@Plugin(name = "SpringBootConfigurationFactory", category = ConfigurationFactory.CATEGORY)
+@Order(4) // Order behind XmlConfigurationFactory
+public class SpringBootConfigurationFactory extends ConfigurationFactory {
+
+	private static final String[] ALL_TYPES = { "*" };
+
+	@Override
+	protected String[] getSupportedTypes() {
+		return ALL_TYPES;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Configuration getConfiguration(LoggerContext loggerContext, String name,
+			URI configLocation) {
+		if (configLocation == null) {
+			return new DefaultConfiguration();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Configuration getConfiguration(LoggerContext loggerContext, String name,
+			URI configLocation, ClassLoader loader) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Configuration getConfiguration(LoggerContext loggerContext,
+			ConfigurationSource source) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+}