diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestProperties.java
index 2005f90773c..a4d6579fa03 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.rest;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.config.RepositoryRestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.mapping.RepositoryDetectionStrategy.RepositoryDetectionStrategies;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 
 /**
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ public class RepositoryRestProperties {
 	 */
 	private String sortParamName;
 
+	/**
+	 * Strategy to use to determine which repositories get exposed.
+	 */
+	private RepositoryDetectionStrategies detectionStrategy =
+			RepositoryDetectionStrategies.DEFAULT;
+
 	/**
 	 * Content type to use as a default when none is specified.
 	 */
@@ -130,6 +137,14 @@ public class RepositoryRestProperties {
 		this.sortParamName = sortParamName;
 	}
 
+	public RepositoryDetectionStrategies getDetectionStrategy() {
+		return this.detectionStrategy;
+	}
+
+	public void setDetectionStrategy(RepositoryDetectionStrategies detectionStrategy) {
+		this.detectionStrategy = detectionStrategy;
+	}
+
 	public MediaType getDefaultMediaType() {
 		return this.defaultMediaType;
 	}
@@ -181,6 +196,9 @@ public class RepositoryRestProperties {
 		if (this.sortParamName != null) {
 			configuration.setSortParamName(this.sortParamName);
 		}
+		if (this.detectionStrategy != null) {
+			configuration.setRepositoryDetectionStrategy(this.detectionStrategy);
+		}
 		if (this.defaultMediaType != null) {
 			configuration.setDefaultMediaType(this.defaultMediaType);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 9c19b5bd7b9..0ccfbfe869c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/data/rest/RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.config.RepositoryRestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.mapping.RepositoryDetectionStrategy.RepositoryDetectionStrategies;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.BaseUri;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public class RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfigurationTests {
 				"spring.data.rest.page-param-name:_page",
 				"spring.data.rest.limit-param-name:_limit",
 				"spring.data.rest.sort-param-name:_sort",
+				"spring.data.rest.detection-strategy=visibility",
 				"spring.data.rest.default-media-type:application/my-json",
 				"spring.data.rest.return-body-on-create:false",
 				"spring.data.rest.return-body-on-update:false",
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ public class RepositoryRestMvcAutoConfigurationTests {
 		assertThat(bean.getPageParamName()).isEqualTo("_page");
 		assertThat(bean.getLimitParamName()).isEqualTo("_limit");
 		assertThat(bean.getSortParamName()).isEqualTo("_sort");
+		assertThat(bean.getRepositoryDetectionStrategy())
+				.isEqualTo(RepositoryDetectionStrategies.VISIBILITY);
 		assertThat(bean.getDefaultMediaType())
 				.isEqualTo(MediaType.parseMediaType("application/my-json"));
 		assertThat(bean.returnBodyOnCreate(null)).isFalse();
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 8fe6b743661..4750e0db17b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	# DATA REST ({sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/data/rest/RepositoryRestProperties.{sc-ext}[RepositoryRestProperties])
 	spring.data.rest.base-path= # Base path to be used by Spring Data REST to expose repository resources.
 	spring.data.rest.default-page-size= # Default size of pages.
+	spring.data.rest.detection-strategy=default # Strategy to use to determine which repositories get exposed.
 	spring.data.rest.enable-enum-translation= # Enable enum value translation via the Spring Data REST default resource bundle.
 	spring.data.rest.limit-param-name= # Name of the URL query string parameter that indicates how many results to return at once.
 	spring.data.rest.max-page-size= # Maximum size of pages.