diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/ErrorPageFilterConfiguration.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/ErrorPageFilterConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2e078be2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/ErrorPageFilterConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 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.web.support;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for {@link ErrorPageFilter}.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+@Configuration
+class ErrorPageFilterConfiguration {
+
+	@Bean
+	public ErrorPageFilter errorPageFilter() {
+		return new ErrorPageFilter();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializer.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
index ceca449aa7..717cd102c1 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializer.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -175,17 +174,4 @@ public abstract class SpringBootServletInitializer implements WebApplicationInit
 		return builder;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Configuration for {@link ErrorPageFilter}.
-	 */
-	@Configuration
-	static class ErrorPageFilterConfiguration {
-
-		@Bean
-		public ErrorPageFilter errorPageFilter() {
-			return new ErrorPageFilter();
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java
index 382f4637d9..684ec46c53 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/support/SpringBootServletInitializerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 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.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.web.support;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -25,8 +26,14 @@ import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
-import org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer.ErrorPageFilterConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainer;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedServletContainerFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.undertow.UndertowEmbeddedServletContainerFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.ServletContextInitializer;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
@@ -88,11 +95,43 @@ public class SpringBootServletInitializerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void withErrorPageFilterNotRegistered() throws Exception {
-		new WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered()
-				.createRootApplicationContext(this.servletContext);
-		assertThat(this.application.getSources())
-				.containsOnly(WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered.class);
+	public void errorPageFilterRegistrationCanBeDisabled() throws Exception {
+		EmbeddedServletContainer container = new UndertowEmbeddedServletContainerFactory(
+				0).getEmbeddedServletContainer(new ServletContextInitializer() {
+
+					@Override
+					public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext)
+							throws ServletException {
+						AbstractApplicationContext context = (AbstractApplicationContext) new WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered()
+								.createRootApplicationContext(servletContext);
+						try {
+							assertThat(context.getBeansOfType(ErrorPageFilter.class))
+									.hasSize(0);
+						}
+						finally {
+							context.close();
+						}
+					}
+				});
+		try {
+			container.start();
+		}
+		finally {
+			container.stop();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void executableWarThatUsesServletInitializerDoesNotHaveErrorPageFilterConfigured()
+			throws Exception {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context = new SpringApplication(
+				ExecutableWar.class).run();
+		try {
+			assertThat(context.getBeansOfType(ErrorPageFilter.class)).hasSize(0);
+		}
+		finally {
+			context.close();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -146,8 +185,8 @@ public class SpringBootServletInitializerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Configuration
-	public class WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered
-			extends MockSpringBootServletInitializer {
+	public static class WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered
+			extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
 
 		public WithErrorPageFilterNotRegistered() {
 			setRegisterErrorPageFilter(false);
@@ -155,6 +194,16 @@ public class SpringBootServletInitializerTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	public static class ExecutableWar extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+		@Bean
+		public EmbeddedServletContainerFactory containerFactory() {
+			return new UndertowEmbeddedServletContainerFactory(0);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	public static class Config {