diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index aba2146aaf..7dd41c5040 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 		<nekohtml.version>1.9.22</nekohtml.version>
 		<neo4j-ogm.version>3.1.0</neo4j-ogm.version>
 		<netty.version>4.1.27.Final</netty.version>
+		<netty-tcnative.version>2.0.12.Final</netty-tcnative.version>
 		<nio-multipart-parser.version>1.1.0</nio-multipart-parser.version>
 		<postgresql.version>42.2.4</postgresql.version>
 		<quartz.version>2.3.0</quartz.version>
@@ -924,6 +925,11 @@
 				<scope>import</scope>
 				<type>pom</type>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+				<artifactId>netty-tcnative-boringssl-static</artifactId>
+				<version>${netty-tcnative.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
 				<artifactId>reactor-bom</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 3022d8d285..f6b27e9112 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -753,6 +753,22 @@ This error is not fatal, and the application still starts with HTTP/1.1 SSL supp
 
 
 
+[[howto-configure-http2-netty]]
+==== HTTP/2 with Reactor Netty
+The `spring-boot-webflux-starter` is using by default Reactor Netty as a server.
+Reactor Netty can be configured for HTTP/2 using the JDK support with JDK 9 or later.
+For JDK 8 environments, or for optimal runtime performance, this server also supports
+HTTP/2 with native libraries. To enable that, your application needs to have an
+additional dependency.
+
+Spring Boot manages the version for the
+`io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static` "uber jar", containing native libraries for
+all platforms. Developers can choose to import only the required dependendencies using
+a classifier (see http://netty.io/wiki/forked-tomcat-native.html[the Netty official
+documentation]).
+
+
+
 [[howto-configure-webserver]]
 === Configure the Web Server
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml
index f8682f0da0..85dca2014d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
 			<artifactId>reactor-netty</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>netty-tcnative-boringssl-static</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.undertow</groupId>
 			<artifactId>undertow-servlet</artifactId>
@@ -373,6 +378,21 @@
 			<artifactId>jaybird-jdk18</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-client</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
+			<artifactId>http2-client</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.http2</groupId>
+			<artifactId>http2-http-client-transport</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/NettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/NettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java
index 526cda5fef..0bafb6eaba 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/NettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/NettyReactiveWebServerFactory.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import reactor.netty.http.HttpProtocol;
 import reactor.netty.http.server.HttpServer;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.web.reactive.server.AbstractReactiveWebServerFactory;
@@ -110,10 +111,10 @@ public class NettyReactiveWebServerFactory extends AbstractReactiveWebServerFact
 
 	private HttpServer createHttpServer() {
 		HttpServer server = HttpServer.create().tcpConfiguration(
-				(tcpServer) -> tcpServer.addressSupplier(() -> getListenAddress()));
+				(tcpServer) -> tcpServer.addressSupplier(this::getListenAddress));
 		if (getSsl() != null && getSsl().isEnabled()) {
 			SslServerCustomizer sslServerCustomizer = new SslServerCustomizer(getSsl(),
-					getSslStoreProvider());
+					getHttp2(), getSslStoreProvider());
 			server = sslServerCustomizer.apply(server);
 		}
 		if (getCompression() != null && getCompression().getEnabled()) {
@@ -121,10 +122,23 @@ public class NettyReactiveWebServerFactory extends AbstractReactiveWebServerFact
 					getCompression());
 			server = compressionCustomizer.apply(server);
 		}
+		server = server.protocol(listProtocols());
 		server = (this.useForwardHeaders ? server.forwarded() : server.noForwarded());
 		return applyCustomizers(server);
 	}
 
+	private HttpProtocol[] listProtocols() {
+		if (getHttp2() != null && getHttp2().isEnabled()) {
+			if (getSsl() != null && getSsl().isEnabled()) {
+				return new HttpProtocol[] { HttpProtocol.H2, HttpProtocol.HTTP11 };
+			}
+			else {
+				return new HttpProtocol[] { HttpProtocol.H2C, HttpProtocol.HTTP11 };
+			}
+		}
+		return new HttpProtocol[] { HttpProtocol.HTTP11 };
+	}
+
 	private InetSocketAddress getListenAddress() {
 		if (getAddress() != null) {
 			return new InetSocketAddress(getAddress().getHostAddress(), getPort());
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/SslServerCustomizer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/SslServerCustomizer.java
index 032547626b..e3b800b539 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/SslServerCustomizer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/netty/SslServerCustomizer.java
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.ClientAuth;
 import io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContextBuilder;
 import reactor.netty.http.server.HttpServer;
-import reactor.netty.tcp.SslProvider.DefaultConfigurationType;
+import reactor.netty.tcp.SslProvider;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.web.server.Http2;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.server.Ssl;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.server.SslStoreProvider;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
@@ -42,19 +43,26 @@ public class SslServerCustomizer implements NettyServerCustomizer {
 
 	private final Ssl ssl;
 
+	private final Http2 http2;
+
 	private final SslStoreProvider sslStoreProvider;
 
-	public SslServerCustomizer(Ssl ssl, SslStoreProvider sslStoreProvider) {
+	public SslServerCustomizer(Ssl ssl, Http2 http2, SslStoreProvider sslStoreProvider) {
 		this.ssl = ssl;
+		this.http2 = http2;
 		this.sslStoreProvider = sslStoreProvider;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public HttpServer apply(HttpServer server) {
 		try {
-			return server
-					.secure((contextSpec) -> contextSpec.sslContext(getContextBuilder())
-							.defaultConfiguration(DefaultConfigurationType.NONE));
+			return server.secure((contextSpec) -> {
+				SslProvider.DefaultConfigurationSpec spec = contextSpec
+						.sslContext(getContextBuilder());
+				if (this.http2 != null && this.http2.isEnabled()) {
+					spec.defaultConfiguration(SslProvider.DefaultConfigurationType.H2);
+				}
+			});
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(ex);