diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/method/OAuth2MethodSecurityConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/method/OAuth2MethodSecurityConfiguration.java
index dddd54683ff..223b9e1e2ea 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/method/OAuth2MethodSecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/method/OAuth2MethodSecurityConfiguration.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.
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.method.DefaultMethodSecurityExpressionHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationTrustResolver;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.GlobalMethodSecurityConfiguration;
@@ -99,10 +98,6 @@ public class OAuth2MethodSecurityConfiguration
 			if (trustResolver != null) {
 				handler.setTrustResolver(trustResolver);
 			}
-			PermissionEvaluator permissions = findInContext(PermissionEvaluator.class);
-			if (permissions != null) {
-				handler.setPermissionEvaluator(permissions);
-			}
 			handler.setExpressionParser(bean.getExpressionParser());
 			return handler;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/OAuth2AutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/OAuth2AutoConfigurationTests.java
index 370d66ce0d8..5c9c04c246f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/OAuth2AutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/security/oauth2/OAuth2AutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -51,12 +51,15 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.access.annotation.Jsr250MethodSecurityMetadataSource;
 import org.springframework.security.access.annotation.SecuredAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.method.MethodSecurityExpressionHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.access.hierarchicalroles.RoleHierarchy;
 import org.springframework.security.access.method.DelegatingMethodSecurityMetadataSource;
 import org.springframework.security.access.method.MethodSecurityMetadataSource;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
+import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreInvocationAuthorizationAdvice;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PrePostAnnotationSecurityMetadataSource;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
 /**
  * Verify Spring Security OAuth2 auto-configuration secures end points properly, accepts
@@ -143,6 +147,39 @@ public class OAuth2AutoConfigurationTests {
 				.isEmpty();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void methodSecurityExpressionHandlerIsConfiguredWithRoleHierarchyFromTheContext() {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext();
+		this.context.register(RoleHierarchyConfiguration.class,
+				AuthorizationAndResourceServerConfiguration.class,
+				MinimalSecureWebApplication.class);
+		this.context.refresh();
+		PreInvocationAuthorizationAdvice advice = this.context
+				.getBean(PreInvocationAuthorizationAdvice.class);
+		MethodSecurityExpressionHandler expressionHandler = (MethodSecurityExpressionHandler) ReflectionTestUtils
+				.getField(advice, "expressionHandler");
+		RoleHierarchy roleHierarchy = (RoleHierarchy) ReflectionTestUtils
+				.getField(expressionHandler, "roleHierarchy");
+		assertThat(roleHierarchy).isSameAs(this.context.getBean(RoleHierarchy.class));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void methodSecurityExpressionHandlerIsConfiguredWithPermissionEvaluatorFromTheContext() {
+		this.context = new AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext();
+		this.context.register(PermissionEvaluatorConfiguration.class,
+				AuthorizationAndResourceServerConfiguration.class,
+				MinimalSecureWebApplication.class);
+		this.context.refresh();
+		PreInvocationAuthorizationAdvice advice = this.context
+				.getBean(PreInvocationAuthorizationAdvice.class);
+		MethodSecurityExpressionHandler expressionHandler = (MethodSecurityExpressionHandler) ReflectionTestUtils
+				.getField(advice, "expressionHandler");
+		PermissionEvaluator permissionEvaluator = (PermissionEvaluator) ReflectionTestUtils
+				.getField(expressionHandler, "permissionEvaluator");
+		assertThat(permissionEvaluator)
+				.isSameAs(this.context.getBean(PermissionEvaluator.class));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testEnvironmentalOverrides() {
 		this.context = new AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext();
@@ -610,4 +647,24 @@ public class OAuth2AutoConfigurationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	protected static class RoleHierarchyConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public RoleHierarchy roleHierarchy() {
+			return mock(RoleHierarchy.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	protected static class PermissionEvaluatorConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public PermissionEvaluator permissionEvaluator() {
+			return mock(PermissionEvaluator.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }