diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CaffeineCacheConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CaffeineCacheConfiguration.java
index 8ab62b4567df..64e209e00404 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CaffeineCacheConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CaffeineCacheConfiguration.java
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ class CaffeineCacheConfiguration {
 
 	private final CaffeineSpec caffeineSpec;
 
-	private final CacheLoader<Object, Object> cacheLoader;
+	private final CacheLoader cacheLoader;
 
 	CaffeineCacheConfiguration(CacheProperties cacheProperties,
 			CacheManagerCustomizers customizers,
 			ObjectProvider<Caffeine<Object, Object>> caffeineProvider,
 			ObjectProvider<CaffeineSpec> caffeineSpecProvider,
-			ObjectProvider<CacheLoader<Object, Object>> cacheLoaderProvider) {
+			ObjectProvider<CacheLoader> cacheLoaderProvider) {
 		this.cacheProperties = cacheProperties;
 		this.customizers = customizers;
 		this.caffeine = caffeineProvider.getIfAvailable();
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 959b2a17b326..1a8552026f05 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/cache/CacheAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import javax.cache.Caching;
 import javax.cache.configuration.CompleteConfiguration;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.couchbase.client.java.bucket.BucketManager;
 import com.couchbase.client.spring.cache.CouchbaseCache;
 import com.couchbase.client.spring.cache.CouchbaseCacheManager;
+import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.CacheLoader;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.CaffeineSpec;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
@@ -714,6 +718,21 @@ public void caffeineCacheExplicitWithSpecString() {
 		validateCaffeineCacheWithStats();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void caffeineCacheExplicitWithLoader() {
+		load(CaffeineCacheLoaderConfiguration.class, "spring.cache.type=caffeine",
+				"spring.cache.cacheNames[0]=foo", "spring.cache.cacheNames[1]=bar",
+				"spring.cache.caffeine.spec=recordStats");
+		validateCaffeineCacheWithStats();
+
+		CaffeineCacheManager cacheManager = (CaffeineCacheManager) this.context.getBean(CacheManager.class);
+		Cache.ValueWrapper value = cacheManager.getCache("bar").get("hi");
+		assertThat(value).as("Cache miss should be loaded from the provided CacheLoader")
+				.isNotNull();
+		assertThat((List<String>) value.get()).containsExactly("One", "two", "three");
+	}
+
 	private void validateCaffeineCacheWithStats() {
 		CaffeineCacheManager cacheManager = validateCacheManager(
 				CaffeineCacheManager.class);
@@ -1028,6 +1047,35 @@ CaffeineSpec caffeineSpec() {
 
 	}
 
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableCaching
+	static class CaffeineCacheLoaderConfiguration {
+
+		@Bean
+		CacheLoader<String, List<String>> cacheLoader() {
+			return new CacheLoader<String, List<String>>() {
+				@Override
+				public CompletableFuture<List<String>> asyncLoad(final String key, Executor executor) {
+					return CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(new Supplier<List<String>>() {
+						@Override
+						public List<String> get() {
+							return getValues(key);
+						}
+					}, executor);
+				}
+
+				@Override
+				public List<String> load(String key) throws Exception {
+					return getValues(key);
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+		private List<String> getValues(String key) {
+			return Arrays.asList("One", "two", "three");
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	static class CacheManagerCustomizersConfiguration {