diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 4154b7e1e87e..2b6c40713b0a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 		<thymeleaf-extras-data-attribute.version>1.3</thymeleaf-extras-data-attribute.version>
 		<tomcat.version>8.0.15</tomcat.version>
 		<undertow.version>1.1.0.Final</undertow.version>
+		<jboss.el.version>1.0.4.Final</jboss.el.version>
 		<velocity.version>1.7</velocity.version>
 		<velocity-tools.version>2.0</velocity-tools.version>
 		<wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>
@@ -555,6 +556,11 @@
 				<artifactId>undertow-servlet</artifactId>
 				<version>${undertow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.el</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jboss-el-api_3.0_spec</artifactId>
+				<version>${jboss.el.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-undertow/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-undertow/pom.xml
index dbfc7f0ac0d9..b2d3b65aa9e9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-undertow/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-undertow/pom.xml
@@ -37,5 +37,9 @@
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.el</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jboss-el-api_3.0_spec</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>