diff --git a/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java b/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java
index 75a22c0b425..114eeb749c3 100644
--- a/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java
+++ b/jetty-annotations/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/annotations/ServletContainerInitializersStarter.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.plus.annotation.ContainerInitializer;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ConcurrentHashSet;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
@@ -36,11 +37,10 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext;
  * Call the onStartup() method on all ServletContainerInitializers, after having 
  * found all applicable classes (if any) to pass in as args.
  */
-public class ServletContainerInitializersStarter extends AbstractLifeCycle
+public class ServletContainerInitializersStarter extends AbstractLifeCycle implements ServletContextHandler.ServletContainerInitializerCaller
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = Log.getLogger(ServletContainerInitializersStarter.class);
     WebAppContext _context;
-
     
     /**
      * @param context
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ServletContextHandler.java b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ServletContextHandler.java
index 041065bf29e..ff85019e18c 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ServletContextHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ServletContextHandler.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import javax.servlet.Filter;
 import javax.servlet.FilterRegistration;
 import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
 import javax.servlet.Servlet;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.BaseHolder.Source;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedAttribute;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedObject;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
 
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -82,6 +84,8 @@ public class ServletContextHandler extends ContextHandler
     public final static int SECURITY=2;
     public final static int NO_SESSIONS=0;
     public final static int NO_SECURITY=0;
+    
+    public interface ServletContainerInitializerCaller extends LifeCycle {};
 
     protected final List<Decorator> _decorators= new ArrayList<>();
     protected Class<? extends SecurityHandler> _defaultSecurityHandlerClass=org.eclipse.jetty.security.ConstraintSecurityHandler.class;
@@ -267,6 +271,9 @@ public class ServletContextHandler extends ContextHandler
     @Override
     protected void startContext() throws Exception
     {
+        ServletContainerInitializerCaller sciBean = getBean(ServletContainerInitializerCaller.class);
+        if (sciBean!=null)
+            sciBean.start();
 
         if (_servletHandler != null)
         {