diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/AbstractDataSourceInitializerDatabaseInitializerDetector.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/AbstractDataSourceInitializerDatabaseInitializerDetector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9ea33c233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/AbstractDataSourceInitializerDatabaseInitializerDetector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.jdbc;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.sql.init.dependency.AbstractBeansOfTypeDatabaseInitializerDetector;
+import org.springframework.boot.sql.init.dependency.DatabaseInitializerDetector;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link DatabaseInitializerDetector} for {@link AbstractDataSourceInitializer}.
+ *
+ * @author Henning Pöttker
+ */
+class AbstractDataSourceInitializerDatabaseInitializerDetector extends AbstractBeansOfTypeDatabaseInitializerDetector {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Set<Class<?>> getDatabaseInitializerBeanTypes() {
+		return Collections.singleton(AbstractDataSourceInitializer.class);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index 45d7d40af2..c688a6996c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter
 # Database Initializer Detectors
 org.springframework.boot.sql.init.dependency.DatabaseInitializerDetector=\
 org.springframework.boot.flyway.FlywayDatabaseInitializerDetector,\
+org.springframework.boot.jdbc.AbstractDataSourceInitializerDatabaseInitializerDetector,\
 org.springframework.boot.jdbc.init.DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializerDetector,\
 org.springframework.boot.liquibase.LiquibaseDatabaseInitializerDetector,\
 org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.JpaDatabaseInitializerDetector,\
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/AbstractDataSourceInitializerDependencyConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/AbstractDataSourceInitializerDependencyConfigurationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a09876af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/AbstractDataSourceInitializerDependencyConfigurationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.jdbc;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.sql.init.dependency.DatabaseInitializationDependencyConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.boot.sql.init.dependency.DependsOnDatabaseInitialization;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the configuration of dependencies on {@link AbstractDataSourceInitializer}
+ * beans.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+class AbstractDataSourceInitializerDependencyConfigurationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void beanThatDependsOnDatabaseInitializationDependsOnAbstractDataSourceInitializerBeans() {
+		try (AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(
+				TestConfiguration.class)) {
+			assertThat(context.getBeanFactory().getBeanDefinition("dependsOnDataSourceInitialization").getDependsOn())
+					.contains("initializer");
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Import(DatabaseInitializationDependencyConfigurer.class)
+	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+	static class TestConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		DataSource dataSource() {
+			return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		@DependsOnDatabaseInitialization
+		String dependsOnDataSourceInitialization() {
+			return "test";
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		AbstractDataSourceInitializer initializer(DataSource dataSource, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
+			return new AbstractDataSourceInitializer(dataSource, resourceLoader) {
+
+				@Override
+				protected String getSchemaLocation() {
+					return null;
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				protected DataSourceInitializationMode getMode() {
+					return DataSourceInitializationMode.NEVER;
+				}
+
+			};
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}