diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.java
index 0d5849a9753..2189332b98e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public class ThymeleafAutoConfiguration {
 	protected static class ThymeleafWebLayoutConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
+		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 		public LayoutDialect layoutDialect() {
 			return new LayoutDialect();
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 81075f9c4e7..0b426406f52 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/thymeleaf/ThymeleafAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf.LayoutDialect;
+import nz.net.ultraq.thymeleaf.decorators.strategies.GroupingStrategy;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -31,12 +33,16 @@ import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ITemplateResolver;
 import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.TemplateResolver;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.test.ImportAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.EnvironmentTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.OutputCapture;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceUrlEncodingFilter;
@@ -230,4 +236,24 @@ public class ThymeleafAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(this.context.getBean(ResourceUrlEncodingFilter.class)).isNotNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void layoutDialectCanBeCustomized() throws Exception {
+		this.context.register(LayoutDialectConfiguration.class);
+		this.context.refresh();
+		LayoutDialect layoutDialect = this.context.getBean(LayoutDialect.class);
+		assertThat(ReflectionTestUtils.getField(layoutDialect, "sortingStrategy"))
+				.isInstanceOf(GroupingStrategy.class);
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@ImportAutoConfiguration({ ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.class,
+			PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class })
+	static class LayoutDialectConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		public LayoutDialect layoutDialect() {
+			return new LayoutDialect(new GroupingStrategy());
+		}
+	}
+
 }