diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchive.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchive.java
index 46c8db3cd5..3ab193e493 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchive.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchive.java
@@ -99,4 +99,22 @@ public interface BootArchive extends Task {
 	 */
 	void classpath(Object... classpath);
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns {@code true} if the Devtools jar should be excluded, otherwise
+	 * {@code false}.
+	 *
+	 * @return {@code true} if the Devtools jar should be excluded, or {@code false} if
+	 * not
+	 */
+	@Input
+	boolean isExcludeDevtools();
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets whether or not the Devtools jar should be excluded.
+	 *
+	 * @param excludeDevtools {@code true} if the Devtools jar should be excluded, or
+	 * {@code false} if not
+	 */
+	void setExcludeDevtools(boolean excludeDevtools);
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchiveSupport.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchiveSupport.java
index 2c40538c0b..99d5ef3fe4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchiveSupport.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootArchiveSupport.java
@@ -45,13 +45,18 @@ class BootArchiveSupport {
 
 	private final Set<String> storedPathPrefixes;
 
+	private final PatternSet exclusions = new PatternSet();
+
 	private String loaderMainClass;
 
 	private LaunchScriptConfiguration launchScript = new LaunchScriptConfiguration();
 
+	private boolean excludeDevtools = true;
+
 	BootArchiveSupport(String... storedPathPrefixes) {
 		this.storedPathPrefixes = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(storedPathPrefixes));
 		this.requiresUnpack.include(Specs.satisfyNone());
+		configureExclusions();
 	}
 
 	void configureManifest(Jar jar, String mainClass) {
@@ -62,18 +67,15 @@ class BootArchiveSupport {
 
 	CopyAction createCopyAction(Jar jar) {
 		CopyAction copyAction = new BootZipCopyAction(jar.getArchivePath(),
-				jar.isPreserveFileTimestamps(), this::requiresUnpacking,
-				this.launchScript, this.storedPathPrefixes);
+				jar.isPreserveFileTimestamps(), this.requiresUnpack.getAsSpec(),
+				this.exclusions.getAsExcludeSpec(), this.launchScript,
+				this.storedPathPrefixes);
 		if (!jar.isReproducibleFileOrder()) {
 			return copyAction;
 		}
 		return new ReproducibleOrderingCopyAction(copyAction);
 	}
 
-	private boolean requiresUnpacking(FileTreeElement fileTreeElement) {
-		return this.requiresUnpack.getAsSpec().isSatisfiedBy(fileTreeElement);
-	}
-
 	String getLoaderMainClass() {
 		return this.loaderMainClass;
 	}
@@ -98,6 +100,23 @@ class BootArchiveSupport {
 		this.requiresUnpack.include(spec);
 	}
 
+	boolean isExcludeDevtools() {
+		return this.excludeDevtools;
+	}
+
+	void setExcludeDevtools(boolean excludeDevtools) {
+		this.excludeDevtools = excludeDevtools;
+		configureExclusions();
+	}
+
+	private void configureExclusions() {
+		Set<String> excludes = new HashSet<String>();
+		if (this.excludeDevtools) {
+			excludes.add("**/spring-boot-devtools-*.jar");
+		}
+		this.exclusions.setExcludes(excludes);
+	}
+
 	private static final class ReproducibleOrderingCopyAction implements CopyAction {
 
 		private final CopyAction delegate;
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootJar.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootJar.java
index 7625ff3cf6..f0af0aed7f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootJar.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootJar.java
@@ -112,4 +112,14 @@ public class BootJar extends Jar implements BootArchive {
 				classpath);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean isExcludeDevtools() {
+		return this.support.isExcludeDevtools();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setExcludeDevtools(boolean excludeDevtools) {
+		this.support.setExcludeDevtools(excludeDevtools);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWar.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWar.java
index 647f42ebf0..59c96290b8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWar.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWar.java
@@ -112,4 +112,14 @@ public class BootWar extends War implements BootArchive {
 				classpath);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public boolean isExcludeDevtools() {
+		return this.support.isExcludeDevtools();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setExcludeDevtools(boolean excludeDevtools) {
+		this.support.setExcludeDevtools(excludeDevtools);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootZipCopyAction.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootZipCopyAction.java
index b29e224c86..a49efae2b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootZipCopyAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootZipCopyAction.java
@@ -55,16 +55,19 @@ class BootZipCopyAction implements CopyAction {
 
 	private final Spec<FileTreeElement> requiresUnpack;
 
+	private final Spec<FileTreeElement> exclusions;
+
 	private final LaunchScriptConfiguration launchScript;
 
 	private final Set<String> storedPathPrefixes;
 
 	BootZipCopyAction(File output, boolean preserveFileTimestamps,
-			Spec<FileTreeElement> requiresUnpack, LaunchScriptConfiguration launchScript,
-			Set<String> storedPathPrefixes) {
+			Spec<FileTreeElement> requiresUnpack, Spec<FileTreeElement> exclusions,
+			LaunchScriptConfiguration launchScript, Set<String> storedPathPrefixes) {
 		this.output = output;
 		this.preserveFileTimestamps = preserveFileTimestamps;
 		this.requiresUnpack = requiresUnpack;
+		this.exclusions = exclusions;
 		this.launchScript = launchScript;
 		this.storedPathPrefixes = storedPathPrefixes;
 	}
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ class BootZipCopyAction implements CopyAction {
 		}
 		try {
 			stream.process(new ZipStreamAction(zipStream, this.output,
-					this.preserveFileTimestamps, this.requiresUnpack,
+					this.preserveFileTimestamps, this.requiresUnpack, this.exclusions,
 					this.storedPathPrefixes));
 		}
 		finally {
@@ -148,20 +151,26 @@ class BootZipCopyAction implements CopyAction {
 
 		private final Spec<FileTreeElement> requiresUnpack;
 
+		private final Spec<FileTreeElement> exclusions;
+
 		private final Set<String> storedPathPrefixes;
 
 		private ZipStreamAction(ZipOutputStream zipStream, File output,
 				boolean preserveFileTimestamps, Spec<FileTreeElement> requiresUnpack,
-				Set<String> storedPathPrefixes) {
+				Spec<FileTreeElement> exclusions, Set<String> storedPathPrefixes) {
 			this.zipStream = zipStream;
 			this.output = output;
 			this.preserveFileTimestamps = preserveFileTimestamps;
 			this.requiresUnpack = requiresUnpack;
+			this.exclusions = exclusions;
 			this.storedPathPrefixes = storedPathPrefixes;
 		}
 
 		@Override
 		public void processFile(FileCopyDetailsInternal details) {
+			if (this.exclusions.isSatisfiedBy(details)) {
+				return;
+			}
 			try {
 				if (details.isDirectory()) {
 					createDirectory(details);
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/AbstractBootArchiveTests.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/AbstractBootArchiveTests.java
index 6a1c2cc7fd..ce7a164a11 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/AbstractBootArchiveTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/AbstractBootArchiveTests.java
@@ -262,6 +262,31 @@ public abstract class AbstractBootArchiveTests<T extends Jar & BootArchive> {
 		assertThat(textFiles).containsExactly("alpha.txt", "bravo.txt", "charlie.txt");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void devtoolsJarIsExcludedByDefault() throws IOException {
+		this.task.setMainClass("com.example.Main");
+		this.task.classpath(this.temp.newFile("spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"));
+		this.task.execute();
+		assertThat(this.task.getArchivePath().exists());
+		try (JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(this.task.getArchivePath())) {
+			assertThat(jarFile.getEntry(this.libPath + "/spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"))
+					.isNull();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void devtoolsJarCanBeIncluded() throws IOException {
+		this.task.setMainClass("com.example.Main");
+		this.task.classpath(this.temp.newFile("spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"));
+		this.task.setExcludeDevtools(false);
+		this.task.execute();
+		assertThat(this.task.getArchivePath().exists());
+		try (JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(this.task.getArchivePath())) {
+			assertThat(jarFile.getEntry(this.libPath + "/spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"))
+					.isNotNull();
+		}
+	}
+
 	private T configure(T task) throws IOException {
 		AbstractArchiveTask archiveTask = task;
 		archiveTask.setBaseName("test");
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWarTests.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWarTests.java
index 383d6350d1..8278678b16 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWarTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/bundling/BootWarTests.java
@@ -47,4 +47,33 @@ public class BootWarTests extends AbstractBootArchiveTests<BootWar> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void devtoolsJarIsExcludedByDefaultWhenItsOnTheProvidedClasspath()
+			throws IOException {
+		getTask().setMainClass("com.example.Main");
+		getTask().providedClasspath(this.temp.newFile("spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"));
+		getTask().execute();
+		assertThat(getTask().getArchivePath().exists());
+		try (JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(getTask().getArchivePath())) {
+			assertThat(jarFile
+					.getEntry("WEB-INF/lib-provided/spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"))
+							.isNull();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void devtoolsJarCanBeIncludedWhenItsOnTheProvidedClasspath()
+			throws IOException {
+		getTask().setMainClass("com.example.Main");
+		getTask().providedClasspath(this.temp.newFile("spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"));
+		getTask().setExcludeDevtools(false);
+		getTask().execute();
+		assertThat(getTask().getArchivePath().exists());
+		try (JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(getTask().getArchivePath())) {
+			assertThat(jarFile
+					.getEntry("WEB-INF/lib-provided/spring-boot-devtools-0.1.2.jar"))
+							.isNotNull();
+		}
+	}
+
 }