diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
index d1eb622d3c..132d6ffa2c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.store.ArtifactStoreBuilder;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean;
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Yogesh Lonkar
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Issam El-atif
  * @since 1.3.0
  */
 @Configuration
@@ -210,30 +213,37 @@ public class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on the
-	 * {@code embeddedMongoServer} bean.
+	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on any
+	 * {@link MongodExecutable} beans.
 	 */
 	@Configuration
 	@ConditionalOnClass({ MongoClient.class, MongoClientFactoryBean.class })
-	protected static class EmbeddedMongoDependencyConfiguration extends MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor {
+	protected static class EmbeddedMongoDependencyConfiguration {
 
-		public EmbeddedMongoDependencyConfiguration() {
-			super("embeddedMongoServer");
+		@Bean
+		public MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor mongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(
+				ListableBeanFactory listableBeanFactory) {
+			String[] mongoExecutableBeanNames = BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(listableBeanFactory,
+					MongodExecutable.class);
+			return new MongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(mongoExecutableBeanNames);
 		}
 
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on the
-	 * {@code embeddedMongoServer} bean.
+	 * Additional configuration to ensure that {@link MongoClient} beans depend on any
+	 * {@link MongodExecutable} beans.
 	 */
 	@Configuration
 	@ConditionalOnClass({ com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClient.class, ReactiveMongoClientFactoryBean.class })
-	protected static class EmbeddedReactiveMongoDependencyConfiguration
-			extends ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor {
+	protected static class EmbeddedReactiveMongoDependencyConfiguration {
 
-		public EmbeddedReactiveMongoDependencyConfiguration() {
-			super("embeddedMongoServer");
+		@Bean
+		public ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor reactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(
+				ListableBeanFactory listableBeanFactory) {
+			String[] mongoExecutableBeanNames = BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(listableBeanFactory,
+					MongodExecutable.class);
+			return new ReactiveStreamsMongoClientDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor(mongoExecutableBeanNames);
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 9a11a97509..2e26ffa401 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mongo/embedded/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodExecutable;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.MongodStarter;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.config.IMongodConfig;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.config.Storage;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.distribution.Feature;
 import de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.distribution.Version;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.config.IRuntimeConfig;
 import org.bson.Document;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.util.FileSystemUtils;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration}.
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * @author Henryk Konsek
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Issam El-atif
  */
 public class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests {
 
@@ -171,6 +175,11 @@ public class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(this.context.getBean(MongodExecutable.class).isRegisteredJobKiller()).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void customMongoServerConfiguration() {
+		assertThatCode(() -> load(CustomMongoConfiguration.class)).doesNotThrowAnyException();
+	}
+
 	private void assertVersionConfiguration(String configuredVersion, String expectedVersion) {
 		this.context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
 		TestPropertyValues.of("spring.data.mongodb.port=0").applyTo(this.context);
@@ -216,4 +225,15 @@ public class EmbeddedMongoAutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	static class CustomMongoConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean(initMethod = "start", destroyMethod = "stop")
+		public MongodExecutable customMongoServer(IRuntimeConfig runtimeConfig, IMongodConfig mongodConfig) {
+			MongodStarter mongodStarter = MongodStarter.getInstance(runtimeConfig);
+			return mongodStarter.prepare(mongodConfig);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }