diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceBuilder.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceBuilder.java
index e81eb99c432..d6a48e7f799 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceBuilder.java
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ public class DataSourceBuilder {
 
 	private void bind(DataSource result) {
 		MutablePropertyValues properties = new MutablePropertyValues(this.properties);
-		new RelaxedDataBinder(result).withAlias("url", "jdbcUrl").bind(properties);
+		new RelaxedDataBinder(result)
+				.withAlias("url", "jdbcUrl")
+				.withAlias("username", "user")
+				.bind(properties);
 	}
 
 	public DataSourceBuilder type(Class<? extends DataSource> type) {