diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/ServerHttpSecurity.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/ServerHttpSecurity.java
index 386af46663..37c3e78e46 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/ServerHttpSecurity.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/ServerHttpSecurity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -621,20 +621,56 @@ public class ServerHttpSecurity {
 			authenticationFilter.setAuthenticationFailureHandler(new RedirectServerAuthenticationFailureHandler("/login?error"));
 			authenticationFilter.setSecurityContextRepository(new WebSessionServerSecurityContextRepository());
 
-			MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher htmlMatcher = new MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher(
-					MediaType.TEXT_HTML);
-			htmlMatcher.setIgnoredMediaTypes(Collections.singleton(MediaType.ALL));
-			Map<String, String> urlToText = http.oauth2Login.getLinks();
-			if (urlToText.size() == 1) {
-				http.defaultEntryPoints.add(new DelegateEntry(htmlMatcher, new RedirectServerAuthenticationEntryPoint(urlToText.keySet().iterator().next())));
-			} else {
-				http.defaultEntryPoints.add(new DelegateEntry(htmlMatcher, new RedirectServerAuthenticationEntryPoint("/login")));
-			}
+			setDefaultEntryPoints(http);
 
 			http.addFilterAt(oauthRedirectFilter, SecurityWebFiltersOrder.HTTP_BASIC);
 			http.addFilterAt(authenticationFilter, SecurityWebFiltersOrder.AUTHENTICATION);
 		}
 
+		private void setDefaultEntryPoints(ServerHttpSecurity http) {
+			String defaultLoginPage = "/login";
+			Map<String, String> urlToText = http.oauth2Login.getLinks();
+			String providerLoginPage = null;
+			if (urlToText.size() == 1) {
+				providerLoginPage = urlToText.keySet().iterator().next();
+			}
+
+			MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher htmlMatcher = new MediaTypeServerWebExchangeMatcher(
+					MediaType.APPLICATION_XHTML_XML, new MediaType("image", "*"),
+					MediaType.TEXT_HTML, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+			htmlMatcher.setIgnoredMediaTypes(Collections.singleton(MediaType.ALL));
+
+			ServerWebExchangeMatcher xhrMatcher = exchange -> {
+				if (exchange.getRequest().getHeaders().getOrDefault("X-Requested-With", Collections.emptyList()).contains("XMLHttpRequest")) {
+					return ServerWebExchangeMatcher.MatchResult.match();
+				}
+				return ServerWebExchangeMatcher.MatchResult.notMatch();
+			};
+			ServerWebExchangeMatcher notXhrMatcher = new NegatedServerWebExchangeMatcher(xhrMatcher);
+
+			ServerWebExchangeMatcher defaultEntryPointMatcher = new AndServerWebExchangeMatcher(
+					notXhrMatcher, htmlMatcher);
+
+			if (providerLoginPage != null) {
+				ServerWebExchangeMatcher loginPageMatcher = new PathPatternParserServerWebExchangeMatcher(defaultLoginPage);
+				ServerWebExchangeMatcher faviconMatcher = new PathPatternParserServerWebExchangeMatcher("/favicon.ico");
+				ServerWebExchangeMatcher defaultLoginPageMatcher = new AndServerWebExchangeMatcher(
+						new OrServerWebExchangeMatcher(loginPageMatcher, faviconMatcher), defaultEntryPointMatcher);
+
+				ServerWebExchangeMatcher matcher = new AndServerWebExchangeMatcher(
+						notXhrMatcher, new NegatedServerWebExchangeMatcher(defaultLoginPageMatcher));
+				RedirectServerAuthenticationEntryPoint entryPoint =
+						new RedirectServerAuthenticationEntryPoint(providerLoginPage);
+				entryPoint.setRequestCache(http.requestCache.requestCache);
+				http.defaultEntryPoints.add(new DelegateEntry(matcher, entryPoint));
+			}
+
+			RedirectServerAuthenticationEntryPoint defaultEntryPoint =
+					new RedirectServerAuthenticationEntryPoint(defaultLoginPage);
+			defaultEntryPoint.setRequestCache(http.requestCache.requestCache);
+			http.defaultEntryPoints.add(new DelegateEntry(defaultEntryPointMatcher, defaultEntryPoint));
+		}
+
 		private ServerWebExchangeMatcher createAttemptAuthenticationRequestMatcher() {
 			return new PathPatternParserServerWebExchangeMatcher("/login/oauth2/code/{registrationId}");
 		}
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/OAuth2LoginTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/OAuth2LoginTests.java
index 25a0758474..090fa7ac2e 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/OAuth2LoginTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/web/server/OAuth2LoginTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.ReactiveAuthenticationManager;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.reactive.EnableWebFluxSecurity;
@@ -61,10 +63,12 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.server.SecurityWebFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.security.web.server.WebFilterChainProxy;
 import org.springframework.security.web.server.authentication.ServerAuthenticationConverter;
 import org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server.WebTestClient;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.config.EnableWebFlux;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.server.WebFilterChain;
 
+import org.springframework.web.server.WebHandler;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -79,6 +83,8 @@ public class OAuth2LoginTests {
 	@Rule
 	public final SpringTestRule spring = new SpringTestRule();
 
+	private WebTestClient client;
+
 	@Autowired
 	private WebFilterChainProxy springSecurity;
 
@@ -94,6 +100,14 @@ public class OAuth2LoginTests {
 			.clientSecret("secret")
 			.build();
 
+	@Autowired
+	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) {
+		if (context.getBeanNamesForType(WebHandler.class).length > 0) {
+			this.client = WebTestClient.bindToApplicationContext(context)
+					.build();
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void defaultLoginPageWithMultipleClientRegistrationsThenLinks() {
 		this.spring.register(OAuth2LoginWithMulitpleClientRegistrations.class).autowire();
@@ -140,6 +154,22 @@ public class OAuth2LoginTests {
 		assertThat(driver.getCurrentUrl()).startsWith("https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize");
 	}
 
+	// gh-8118
+	@Test
+	public void defaultLoginPageWithSingleClientRegistrationAndXhrRequestThenDoesNotRedirectForAuthorization() {
+		this.spring.register(OAuth2LoginWithSingleClientRegistrations.class, WebFluxConfig.class).autowire();
+
+		this.client.get()
+				.uri("/")
+				.header("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest")
+				.exchange()
+				.expectStatus().is3xxRedirection()
+				.expectHeader().valueEquals(HttpHeaders.LOCATION, "/login");
+	}
+
+	@EnableWebFlux
+	static class WebFluxConfig { }
+
 	@EnableWebFluxSecurity
 	static class OAuth2LoginWithSingleClientRegistrations {
 		@Bean