diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc
index 3ebf1287..7a435660 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-commons.adoc
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ Thus, sibling contexts (in particular) do not need to have the same profiles or
 [[customizing-bootstrap-properties]]
 === Changing the Location of Bootstrap Properties
 
-You can specify the `bootstrap.yml` (or `.properties`) location by setting `spring.cloud.bootstrap.name` (default: `bootstrap`) or `spring.cloud.bootstrap.location` (default: empty) -- for example, in system properties.
+The `bootstrap.yml` (or `.properties`) location can be specified by setting `spring.cloud.bootstrap.name` (default: `bootstrap`), `spring.cloud.bootstrap.location` (default: empty) or `spring.cloud.bootstrap.additional-location` (default: empty) -- for example, in System properties.
+
 Those properties behave like the `spring.config.*` variants with the same name.
+With `spring.cloud.bootstrap.location` the default locations are replaced and only the specified ones are used.
+To add locations to the list of default ones, `spring.cloud.bootstrap.additional-location` could be used.
 In fact, they are used to set up the bootstrap `ApplicationContext` by setting those properties in its `Environment`.
 If there is an active profile (from `spring.profiles.active` or through the `Environment` API in the context you are building), properties in that profile get loaded as well, the same as in a regular Spring Boot app -- for example, from `bootstrap-development.properties` for a `development` profile.
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java
index 4b172283..033f3508 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/BootstrapApplicationListener.java
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ public class BootstrapApplicationListener
 		}
 		String configLocation = environment
 				.resolvePlaceholders("${spring.cloud.bootstrap.location:}");
+		String configAdditionalLocation = environment
+				.resolvePlaceholders("${spring.cloud.bootstrap.additional-location:}");
 		Map<String, Object> bootstrapMap = new HashMap<>();
 		bootstrapMap.put("spring.config.name", configName);
 		// if an app (or test) uses spring.main.web-application-type=reactive, bootstrap
@@ -168,6 +170,10 @@ public class BootstrapApplicationListener
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(configLocation)) {
 			bootstrapMap.put("spring.config.location", configLocation);
 		}
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(configAdditionalLocation)) {
+			bootstrapMap.put("spring.config.additional-location",
+					configAdditionalLocation);
+		}
 		bootstrapProperties.addFirst(
 				new MapPropertySource(BOOTSTRAP_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME, bootstrapMap));
 		for (PropertySource<?> source : environment.getPropertySources()) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
index 2d6597cc..2ab89dad 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/bootstrap/config/BootstrapConfigurationTests.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class BootstrapConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void pickupExternalBootstrapProperties() {
+	public void pickupOnlyExternalBootstrapProperties() {
 		String externalPropertiesPath = getExternalProperties();
 
 		this.context = new SpringApplicationBuilder().web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
@@ -87,6 +87,25 @@ public class BootstrapConfigurationTests {
 				.run();
 		then(this.context.getEnvironment().getProperty("info.name"))
 				.isEqualTo("externalPropertiesInfoName");
+		then(this.context.getEnvironment().getProperty("info.desc")).isNull();
+		then(this.context.getEnvironment().getPropertySources().contains(
+				PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.BOOTSTRAP_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME
+						+ "-testBootstrap")).isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void pickupAdditionalExternalBootstrapProperties() {
+		String externalPropertiesPath = getExternalProperties();
+
+		this.context = new SpringApplicationBuilder().web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
+				.sources(BareConfiguration.class)
+				.properties("spring.cloud.bootstrap.additional-location="
+						+ externalPropertiesPath)
+				.run();
+		then(this.context.getEnvironment().getProperty("info.name"))
+				.isEqualTo("externalPropertiesInfoName");
+		then(this.context.getEnvironment().getProperty("info.desc"))
+				.isEqualTo("defaultPropertiesInfoDesc");
 		then(this.context.getEnvironment().getPropertySources().contains(
 				PropertySourceBootstrapConfiguration.BOOTSTRAP_PROPERTY_SOURCE_NAME
 						+ "-testBootstrap")).isTrue();
@@ -117,7 +136,7 @@ public class BootstrapConfigurationTests {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	private String getExternalProperties() {
-		String externalPropertiesPath = "classpath:bootstrap.properties,classpath:external-properties/bootstrap.properties";
+		String externalPropertiesPath = "classpath:external-properties/bootstrap.properties";
 		return externalPropertiesPath;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/bootstrap.properties b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/bootstrap.properties
index 3bac76f8..46958535 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/bootstrap.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/bootstrap.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 spring.main.sources:org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.BootstrapConfigurationTests.PropertySourceConfiguration,org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.BootstrapConfigurationTests.CompositePropertySourceConfiguration
 info.name:child
+info.desc: defaultPropertiesInfoDesc
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/external-properties/bootstrap.properties b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/external-properties/bootstrap.properties
index 49cbc6ac..ad04aa1c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/external-properties/bootstrap.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/resources/external-properties/bootstrap.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+spring.main.sources:org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.config.BootstrapConfigurationTests.PropertySourceConfiguration
 info.name:externalPropertiesInfoName