diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml
index 17e99e5c850..ae97b3200be 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-actuator-ui/pom.xml
@@ -21,20 +21,13 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-			<artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jolokia</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml
index 668ea45b8b5..b7403a3ab4d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-secure/pom.xml
@@ -21,13 +21,9 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-			<artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml
index 3f0aea9d985..74a88ae02a7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-web-ui/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,7 @@
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
-			<artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf</groupId>
-			<artifactId>thymeleaf-layout-dialect</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
index 89b5c5c0c9e..8b6fb1ae84d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-security</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-shell-remote</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-test</module>
+		<module>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-web</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-websocket</module>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/pom.xml
index 59f1e20ff38..2bb22f0f8f3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
+				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd00cacc98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starters</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
+			<artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf</groupId>
+			<artifactId>thymeleaf-layout-dialect</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55305437281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+provides: thymeleaf-spring4,thymeleaf-layout-dialect
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