diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcManagementContextConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcManagementContextConfiguration.java
index 154d7e9fb1..67f8f1891e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcManagementContextConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcManagementContextConfiguration.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.ManagementServerProperties.Security;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.condition.ConditionalOnEnabledEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.Endpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.EnvironmentEndpoint;
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
@@ -145,9 +145,8 @@ public class EndpointWebMvcManagementContextConfiguration {
 	@ConditionalOnBean(HealthEndpoint.class)
 	@ConditionalOnEnabledEndpoint("health")
 	public HealthMvcEndpoint healthMvcEndpoint(HealthEndpoint delegate) {
-		Security security = this.managementServerProperties.getSecurity();
-		boolean secure = (security != null && security.isEnabled());
-		HealthMvcEndpoint healthMvcEndpoint = new HealthMvcEndpoint(delegate, secure);
+		HealthMvcEndpoint healthMvcEndpoint = new HealthMvcEndpoint(delegate,
+				isHealthSecure());
 		if (this.healthMvcEndpointProperties.getMapping() != null) {
 			healthMvcEndpoint
 					.addStatusMapping(this.healthMvcEndpointProperties.getMapping());
@@ -176,6 +175,17 @@ public class EndpointWebMvcManagementContextConfiguration {
 		return new ShutdownMvcEndpoint(delegate);
 	}
 
+	private boolean isHealthSecure() {
+		return isSpringSecurityAvailable()
+				&& this.managementServerProperties.getSecurity().isEnabled();
+	}
+
+	private boolean isSpringSecurityAvailable() {
+		return ClassUtils.isPresent(
+				"org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.WebSecurityConfigurer",
+				getClass().getClassLoader());
+	}
+
 	private static class LogFileCondition extends SpringBootCondition {
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/NoSpringSecurityHealthMvcEndpointIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/NoSpringSecurityHealthMvcEndpointIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a7e63e419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/NoSpringSecurityHealthMvcEndpointIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * 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.actuate.endpoint.mvc;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.EndpointAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.ManagementServerPropertiesAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ImportAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jackson.JacksonAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.WebMvcAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.testutil.ClassPathExclusions;
+import org.springframework.boot.testutil.FilteredClassPathRunner;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for the health endpoint when Spring Security is not available.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+@RunWith(FilteredClassPathRunner.class)
+@ClassPathExclusions("spring-security-*.jar")
+public class NoSpringSecurityHealthMvcEndpointIntegrationTests {
+
+	private AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context;
+
+	@After
+	public void closeContext() {
+		this.context.close();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void healthDetailIsPresent() throws Exception {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+		this.context.setServletContext(new MockServletContext());
+		this.context.register(TestConfiguration.class);
+		this.context.refresh();
+		MockMvc mockMvc = webAppContextSetup(this.context).build();
+		mockMvc.perform(get("/health")).andExpect(status().isOk())
+				.andExpect(content().string(containsString("\"hello\":\"world\"")));
+	}
+
+	@ImportAutoConfiguration({ JacksonAutoConfiguration.class,
+			HttpMessageConvertersAutoConfiguration.class, EndpointAutoConfiguration.class,
+			EndpointWebMvcAutoConfiguration.class,
+			ManagementServerPropertiesAutoConfiguration.class,
+			PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class, WebMvcAutoConfiguration.class })
+	@Configuration
+	static class TestConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public HealthIndicator testHealthIndicator() {
+			return new HealthIndicator() {
+
+				@Override
+				public Health health() {
+					return Health.up().withDetail("hello", "world").build();
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}