diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java
index 340adf9c31..4f9d94f3ac 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/builders/WebSecurity.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.SecurityExpressionHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.AbstractConfiguredSecurityBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.ObjectPostProcessor;
@@ -384,6 +385,11 @@ public final class WebSecurity extends
 			throws BeansException {
 		this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler
 				.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
+		try {
+			this.defaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler.setPermissionEvaluator(applicationContext.getBean(
+					PermissionEvaluator.class));
+		} catch(NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {}
+
 		this.ignoredRequestRegistry = new IgnoredRequestConfigurer(applicationContext);
 		try {
 			this.httpFirewall = applicationContext.getBean(HttpFirewall.class);
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurationTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurationTests.java
index 44b7fe94d2..3ddf21e6d6 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/configuration/WebSecurityConfigurationTests.java
@@ -23,15 +23,24 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.security.access.PermissionEvaluator;
+import org.springframework.security.access.expression.AbstractSecurityExpressionHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.access.expression.SecurityExpressionHandler;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.WebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.test.SpringTestRule;
 import org.springframework.security.config.users.AuthenticationTestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy;
+import org.springframework.security.web.FilterInvocation;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.security.web.access.DefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator;
 import org.springframework.security.web.access.WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator;
@@ -41,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -260,6 +270,42 @@ public class WebSecurityConfigurationTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void securityExpressionHandlerWhenPermissionEvaluatorBeanThenPermissionEvaluatorUsed() throws Exception {
+		this.spring.register(WebSecurityExpressionHandlerPermissionEvaluatorBeanConfig.class).autowire();
+		TestingAuthenticationToken authentication = new TestingAuthenticationToken("user", "notused");
+		FilterInvocation invocation = new FilterInvocation(new MockHttpServletRequest(), new MockHttpServletResponse(), new MockFilterChain());
+
+		AbstractSecurityExpressionHandler handler = this.spring.getContext().getBean(AbstractSecurityExpressionHandler.class);
+		EvaluationContext evaluationContext = handler.createEvaluationContext(authentication, invocation);
+		Expression expression = handler.getExpressionParser()
+				.parseExpression("hasPermission(#study,'DELETE')");
+		boolean granted = expression.getValue(evaluationContext, Boolean.class);
+		assertThat(granted).isTrue();
+	}
+
+	@EnableWebSecurity
+	static class WebSecurityExpressionHandlerPermissionEvaluatorBeanConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+		static final PermissionEvaluator PERMIT_ALL_PERMISSION_EVALUATOR = new PermissionEvaluator() {
+			@Override
+			public boolean hasPermission(Authentication authentication,
+					Object targetDomainObject, Object permission) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public boolean hasPermission(Authentication authentication,
+					Serializable targetId, String targetType, Object permission) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		};
+
+		@Bean
+		public PermissionEvaluator permissionEvaluator() {
+			return PERMIT_ALL_PERMISSION_EVALUATOR;
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void loadConfigWhenDefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluatorThenDefaultIsRegistered() throws Exception {
 		this.spring.register(WebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluatorDefaultsConfig.class).autowire();