diff --git a/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml b/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml
index 838c1af0b03..927b5323b94 100644
--- a/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-devtools/pom.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-websocket</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.hateoas</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-hateoas</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
 			<artifactId>tomcat-embed-websocket</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler.java b/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler.java
index eea57cfdc65..23a2714c9b9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler.java
+++ b/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2015 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.
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 
-import org.springframework.objenesis.ObjenesisStd;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
  */
 class HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler {
 
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory
+			.getLog(HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler.class);
+
 	private static boolean cacheDisabled;
 
 	@PostConstruct
@@ -45,20 +50,36 @@ class HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void doDisableCaching() {
+	void doDisableCaching() {
 		try {
 			Class<?> type = ClassUtils.forName(
 					"org.springframework.hateoas.core.DummyInvocationUtils",
 					getClass().getClassLoader());
-			Field objenesis = ReflectionUtils.findField(type, "OBJENESIS");
-			if (objenesis != null) {
-				ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(objenesis);
-				ReflectionUtils.setField(objenesis, null, new ObjenesisStd(false));
-			}
+			removeObjenesisCache(type);
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
 			// Assume that Spring HATEOAS is not on the classpath and continue
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void removeObjenesisCache(Class<?> dummyInvocationUtils) {
+		try {
+			Field objenesisField = ReflectionUtils.findField(dummyInvocationUtils,
+					"OBJENESIS");
+			if (objenesisField != null) {
+				ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(objenesisField);
+				Object objenesis = ReflectionUtils.getField(objenesisField, null);
+				Field cacheField = ReflectionUtils.findField(objenesis.getClass(),
+						"cache");
+				ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(cacheField);
+				ReflectionUtils.setField(cacheField, objenesis, null);
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			logger.warn(
+					"Failed to disable Spring HATEOAS's Objenesis cache. ClassCastExceptions may occur",
+					ex);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisablerTests.java b/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisablerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0066aa41d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-devtools/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/HateoasObjenesisCacheDisablerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * 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.devtools.autoconfigure;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.hateoas.core.DummyInvocationUtils;
+import org.springframework.objenesis.ObjenesisStd;
+import org.springframework.objenesis.instantiator.ObjectInstantiator;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler}.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+public class HateoasObjenesisCacheDisablerTests {
+
+	private ObjenesisStd objenesis;
+
+	@Before
+	@After
+	public void resetCacheField() {
+		this.objenesis = (ObjenesisStd) ReflectionTestUtils
+				.getField(DummyInvocationUtils.class, "OBJENESIS");
+		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(this.objenesis, "cache",
+				new ConcurrentHashMap<String, ObjectInstantiator<?>>());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void cacheIsEnabledByDefault() {
+		assertThat(this.objenesis.getInstantiatorOf(TestObject.class))
+				.isSameAs(this.objenesis.getInstantiatorOf(TestObject.class));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void cacheIsDisabled() {
+		new HateoasObjenesisCacheDisabler().doDisableCaching();
+		assertThat(this.objenesis.getInstantiatorOf(TestObject.class))
+				.isNotSameAs(this.objenesis.getInstantiatorOf(TestObject.class));
+	}
+
+	private static class TestObject {
+
+	}
+
+}