diff --git a/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/DependencyCustomizer.java b/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/DependencyCustomizer.java
index dd8d4617b2b..405f69236ec 100644
--- a/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/DependencyCustomizer.java
+++ b/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/DependencyCustomizer.java
@@ -222,14 +222,26 @@ public class DependencyCustomizer {
 	 * @param version the version
 	 * @return this {@link DependencyCustomizer} for continued use
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public DependencyCustomizer add(String group, String module, String version) {
+		return this.add(group, module, version, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a single dependencies.
+	 * @param group the group ID
+	 * @param module the module ID
+	 * @param version the version
+	 * @return this {@link DependencyCustomizer} for continued use
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public DependencyCustomizer add(String group, String module, String version,
+			boolean transitive) {
 		if (canAdd()) {
 			Map<String, Object> dependency = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 			dependency.put("group", group);
 			dependency.put("module", module);
 			dependency.put("version", version);
-			dependency.put("transitive", true);
+			dependency.put("transitive", transitive);
 			return add(dependency);
 		}
 		return this;
diff --git a/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/autoconfigure/SpringSecurityCompilerAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/autoconfigure/SpringSecurityCompilerAutoConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dde31cca422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/cli/compiler/autoconfigure/SpringSecurityCompilerAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2013 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.cli.compiler.autoconfigure;
+
+import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.ClassNode;
+import org.codehaus.groovy.control.customizers.ImportCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.cli.compiler.AstUtils;
+import org.springframework.cli.compiler.CompilerAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cli.compiler.DependencyCustomizer;
+
+/**
+ * {@link CompilerAutoConfiguration} for Spring Security.
+ * 
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ */
+public class SpringSecurityCompilerAutoConfiguration extends CompilerAutoConfiguration {
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean matches(ClassNode classNode) {
+		return AstUtils.hasAtLeastOneAnnotation(classNode, "EnableWebSecurity");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void applyDependencies(DependencyCustomizer dependencies) {
+		dependencies
+				.ifAnyMissingClasses(
+						"org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity")
+				.add("org.springframework.security", "spring-security-config",
+						dependencies.getProperty("spring.security.version"))
+				.add("org.springframework.security", "spring-security-web",
+						dependencies.getProperty("spring.security.version"), false);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void applyImports(ImportCustomizer imports) {
+		imports.addImports("org.springframework.security.core.Authentication",
+				"org.springframework.security.core.authority.AuthorityUtils")
+				.addStarImports(
+						"org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration",
+						"org.springframework.security.authentication",
+						"org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web",
+						"org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders");
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cli.compiler.CompilerAutoConfiguration b/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cli.compiler.CompilerAutoConfiguration
index d38b20b129d..c42fcbfc78a 100644
--- a/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cli.compiler.CompilerAutoConfiguration
+++ b/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.springframework.cli.compiler.CompilerAutoConfiguration
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ org.springframework.cli.compiler.autoconfigure.SpringCompilerAutoConfiguration
 org.springframework.cli.compiler.autoconfigure.SpringMvcCompilerAutoConfiguration
 org.springframework.cli.compiler.autoconfigure.SpringBatchCompilerAutoConfiguration
 org.springframework.cli.compiler.autoconfigure.SpringIntegrationCompilerAutoConfiguration
-
+org.springframework.cli.compiler.autoconfigure.SpringSecurityCompilerAutoConfiguration
diff --git a/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/springcli.properties b/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/springcli.properties
index e8c9937e720..92129e177f6 100644
--- a/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/springcli.properties
+++ b/spring-cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/springcli.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 spring.zero.version: ${project.version}
 spring.version: ${spring.version}
 spring.batch.version: ${spring.batch.version}
+spring.security.version: ${spring.security.version}
 spring.integration.version: ${spring.integration.version}
 groovy.version: ${groovy.version}
 jetty.version: ${jetty.version}