diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionConfiguration.java
index e71503d722..00d81db753 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionConfiguration.java
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class JdbcSessionConfiguration {
 				setMaxInactiveIntervalInSeconds(timeout);
 			}
 			setTableName(jdbcSessionProperties.getTableName());
+			setCleanupCron(jdbcSessionProperties.getCleanupCron());
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionProperties.java
index 51cda062d5..11fc18d11d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/JdbcSessionProperties.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class JdbcSessionProperties {
 
 	private static final String DEFAULT_TABLE_NAME = "SPRING_SESSION";
 
+	private static final String DEFAULT_CLEANUP_CRON = "0 * * * * *";
+
 	/**
 	 * Path to the SQL file to use to initialize the database schema.
 	 */
@@ -43,6 +45,11 @@ public class JdbcSessionProperties {
 	 */
 	private String tableName = DEFAULT_TABLE_NAME;
 
+	/**
+	 * Cron expression for expired session cleanup job.
+	 */
+	private String cleanupCron = DEFAULT_CLEANUP_CRON;
+
 	/**
 	 * Database schema initialization mode.
 	 */
@@ -64,6 +71,14 @@ public class JdbcSessionProperties {
 		this.tableName = tableName;
 	}
 
+	public String getCleanupCron() {
+		return this.cleanupCron;
+	}
+
+	public void setCleanupCron(String cleanupCron) {
+		this.cleanupCron = cleanupCron;
+	}
+
 	public DataSourceInitializationMode getInitializeSchema() {
 		return this.initializeSchema;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionConfiguration.java
index 2ca21fa073..e34383a805 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionConfiguration.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class RedisSessionConfiguration {
 			}
 			setRedisNamespace(redisSessionProperties.getNamespace());
 			setRedisFlushMode(redisSessionProperties.getFlushMode());
+			setCleanupCron(redisSessionProperties.getCleanupCron());
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionProperties.java
index 3d87e1cb6d..8aede5002e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/RedisSessionProperties.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.springframework.session.data.redis.RedisFlushMode;
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.session.redis")
 public class RedisSessionProperties {
 
+	private static final String DEFAULT_CLEANUP_CRON = "0 * * * * *";
+
 	/**
 	 * Namespace for keys used to store sessions.
 	 */
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@ public class RedisSessionProperties {
 	 */
 	private RedisFlushMode flushMode = RedisFlushMode.ON_SAVE;
 
+	/**
+	 * Cron expression for expired session cleanup job.
+	 */
+	private String cleanupCron = DEFAULT_CLEANUP_CRON;
+
 	public String getNamespace() {
 		return this.namespace;
 	}
@@ -54,4 +61,12 @@ public class RedisSessionProperties {
 		this.flushMode = flushMode;
 	}
 
+	public String getCleanupCron() {
+		return this.cleanupCron;
+	}
+
+	public void setCleanupCron(String cleanupCron) {
+		this.cleanupCron = cleanupCron;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests.java
index c177416548..7a66c2dfc4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceTransactionManagerAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.JdbcTemplateAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.session.JdbcSessionConfiguration.SpringBootJdbcHttpSessionConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DataSourceInitializationMode;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.HideClassesClassLoader;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.assertj.AssertableWebApplicationContext;
@@ -82,7 +83,10 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests
 				.isEqualTo(DataSourceInitializationMode.EMBEDDED);
 		assertThat(context.getBean(JdbcOperations.class)
 				.queryForList("select * from SPRING_SESSION")).isEmpty();
-
+		SpringBootJdbcHttpSessionConfiguration configuration = context
+				.getBean(SpringBootJdbcHttpSessionConfiguration.class);
+		assertThat(new DirectFieldAccessor(configuration).getPropertyValue("cleanupCron"))
+				.isEqualTo("0 * * * * *");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -114,10 +118,9 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests
 
 	@Test
 	public void customTableName() {
-		this.contextRunner
-				.withPropertyValues("spring.session.store-type=jdbc",
-						"spring.session.jdbc.table-name=FOO_BAR",
-						"spring.session.jdbc.schema=classpath:session/custom-schema-h2.sql")
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.session.store-type=jdbc",
+				"spring.session.jdbc.table-name=FOO_BAR",
+				"spring.session.jdbc.schema=classpath:session/custom-schema-h2.sql")
 				.run((context) -> {
 					JdbcOperationsSessionRepository repository = validateSessionRepository(
 							context, JdbcOperationsSessionRepository.class);
@@ -131,4 +134,20 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationJdbcTests
 				});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void customCleanupCron() {
+		this.contextRunner
+				.withPropertyValues("spring.session.store-type=jdbc",
+						"spring.session.jdbc.cleanup-cron=0 0 12 * * *")
+				.run((context) -> {
+					assertThat(
+							context.getBean(JdbcSessionProperties.class).getCleanupCron())
+									.isEqualTo("0 0 12 * * *");
+					SpringBootJdbcHttpSessionConfiguration configuration = context
+							.getBean(SpringBootJdbcHttpSessionConfiguration.class);
+					assertThat(new DirectFieldAccessor(configuration)
+							.getPropertyValue("cleanupCron")).isEqualTo("0 0 12 * * *");
+				});
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests.java
index bca2455409..0c24ae097e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/session/SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.redis.RedisAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.session.RedisSessionConfiguration.SpringBootRedisHttpSessionConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.HideClassesClassLoader;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.assertj.AssertableWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ContextConsumer;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * Redis specific tests for {@link SessionAutoConfiguration}.
  *
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Vedran Pavic
  */
 public class SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests
 		extends AbstractSessionAutoConfigurationTests {
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests
 		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.session.store-type=redis")
 				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(RedisAutoConfiguration.class))
 				.run(validateSpringSessionUsesRedis("spring:session:event:created:",
-						RedisFlushMode.ON_SAVE));
+						RedisFlushMode.ON_SAVE, "0 * * * * *"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests
 								MongoOperationsSessionRepository.class))
 				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(RedisAutoConfiguration.class))
 				.run(validateSpringSessionUsesRedis("spring:session:event:created:",
-						RedisFlushMode.ON_SAVE));
+						RedisFlushMode.ON_SAVE, "0 * * * * *"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -75,13 +77,15 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests
 				.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(RedisAutoConfiguration.class))
 				.withPropertyValues("spring.session.store-type=redis",
 						"spring.session.redis.namespace=foo",
-						"spring.session.redis.flush-mode=immediate")
+						"spring.session.redis.flush-mode=immediate",
+						"spring.session.redis.cleanup-cron=0 0 12 * * *")
 				.run(validateSpringSessionUsesRedis("spring:session:foo:event:created:",
-						RedisFlushMode.IMMEDIATE));
+						RedisFlushMode.IMMEDIATE, "0 0 12 * * *"));
 	}
 
 	private ContextConsumer<AssertableWebApplicationContext> validateSpringSessionUsesRedis(
-			String sessionCreatedChannelPrefix, RedisFlushMode flushMode) {
+			String sessionCreatedChannelPrefix, RedisFlushMode flushMode,
+			String cleanupCron) {
 		return (context) -> {
 			RedisOperationsSessionRepository repository = validateSessionRepository(
 					context, RedisOperationsSessionRepository.class);
@@ -89,6 +93,10 @@ public class SessionAutoConfigurationRedisTests
 					.isEqualTo(sessionCreatedChannelPrefix);
 			assertThat(new DirectFieldAccessor(repository)
 					.getPropertyValue("redisFlushMode")).isEqualTo(flushMode);
+			SpringBootRedisHttpSessionConfiguration configuration = context
+					.getBean(SpringBootRedisHttpSessionConfiguration.class);
+			assertThat(new DirectFieldAccessor(configuration)
+					.getPropertyValue("cleanupCron")).isEqualTo(cleanupCron);
 		};
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 9dbea83a3b..6ad5d6aead 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.session.hazelcast.map-name=spring:session:sessions # Name of the map used to store sessions.
 
 	# SPRING SESSION JDBC ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/session/JdbcSessionProperties.{sc-ext}[JdbcSessionProperties])
+	spring.session.jdbc.cleanup-cron=0 * * * * * # Cron expression for expired session cleanup job.
 	spring.session.jdbc.initialize-schema=embedded # Database schema initialization mode.
 	spring.session.jdbc.schema=classpath:org/springframework/session/jdbc/schema-@@platform@@.sql # Path to the SQL file to use to initialize the database schema.
 	spring.session.jdbc.table-name=SPRING_SESSION # Name of database table used to store sessions.
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.session.mongodb.collection-name=sessions # Collection name used to store sessions.
 
 	# SPRING SESSION REDIS ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/session/RedisSessionProperties.{sc-ext}[RedisSessionProperties])
+	spring.session.redis.cleanup-cron=0 * * * * * # Cron expression for expired session cleanup job.
 	spring.session.redis.flush-mode=on-save # Sessions flush mode.
 	spring.session.redis.namespace= # Namespace for keys used to store sessions.