diff --git a/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nAutoConfiguration.java b/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nAutoConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..439f6e28641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package org.grails.plugins.i18n;
+
+import grails.config.Settings;
+import grails.core.GrailsApplication;
+import grails.plugins.GrailsPluginManager;
+import grails.util.Environment;
+import org.grails.spring.context.support.PluginAwareResourceBundleMessageSource;
+import org.grails.web.i18n.ParamsAwareLocaleChangeInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnWebApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.MessageSourceAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.LocaleResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.LocaleChangeInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.SessionLocaleResolver;
+
+@AutoConfiguration(before = { MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.class, WebMvcAutoConfiguration.class })
+@ConditionalOnWebApplication(type = ConditionalOnWebApplication.Type.SERVLET)
+public class I18nAutoConfiguration {
+
+    @Value("${" + Settings.GSP_VIEW_ENCODING + ":UTF-8}")
+    private String encoding;
+
+    @Value("${" + Settings.GSP_ENABLE_RELOAD + ":false}")
+    private boolean gspEnableReload;
+
+    @Value("${" + Settings.I18N_CACHE_SECONDS + ":5}")
+    private int cacheSeconds;
+
+    @Value("${" + Settings.I18N_FILE_CACHE_SECONDS + ":5}")
+    private int fileCacheSeconds;
+
+    @Bean(DispatcherServlet.LOCALE_RESOLVER_BEAN_NAME)
+    public LocaleResolver localeResolver() {
+        return new SessionLocaleResolver();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public LocaleChangeInterceptor localeChangeInterceptor() {
+        ParamsAwareLocaleChangeInterceptor localeChangeInterceptor = new ParamsAwareLocaleChangeInterceptor();
+        localeChangeInterceptor.setParamName("lang");
+        return localeChangeInterceptor;
+    }
+
+    @Bean(AbstractApplicationContext.MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME)
+    public MessageSource messageSource(GrailsApplication grailsApplication, GrailsPluginManager pluginManager) {
+        PluginAwareResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource = new PluginAwareResourceBundleMessageSource(grailsApplication, pluginManager);
+        messageSource.setDefaultEncoding(encoding);
+        messageSource.setFallbackToSystemLocale(false);
+        if (Environment.getCurrent().isReloadEnabled() || gspEnableReload) {
+            messageSource.setCacheSeconds(cacheSeconds);
+            messageSource.setFileCacheSeconds(fileCacheSeconds);
+        }
+        return messageSource;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nGrailsPlugin.groovy b/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nGrailsPlugin.groovy
index 34d97d4356e..0c6d7625d3a 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nGrailsPlugin.groovy
+++ b/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/i18n/I18nGrailsPlugin.groovy
@@ -15,19 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.grails.plugins.i18n
 
-import grails.config.Config
-import grails.config.Settings
-import grails.core.GrailsApplication
 import grails.plugins.Plugin
 import grails.util.BuildSettings
-import grails.util.Environment
 import grails.util.GrailsUtil
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
-import org.grails.spring.context.support.PluginAwareResourceBundleMessageSource
-import org.grails.web.i18n.ParamsAwareLocaleChangeInterceptor
 import org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.SessionLocaleResolver
 
 import java.nio.file.Files
 
@@ -44,29 +37,6 @@ class I18nGrailsPlugin extends Plugin {
     String version = GrailsUtil.getGrailsVersion()
     String watchedResources = "file:./${baseDir}/**/*.properties".toString()
 
-    @Override
-    Closure doWithSpring() {{->
-        GrailsApplication application = grailsApplication
-        Config config = application.config
-        boolean gspEnableReload = config.getProperty(Settings.GSP_ENABLE_RELOAD, Boolean, false)
-        String encoding = config.getProperty(Settings.GSP_VIEW_ENCODING, 'UTF-8')
-
-        messageSource(PluginAwareResourceBundleMessageSource, application, pluginManager) {
-            fallbackToSystemLocale = false
-            if (Environment.current.isReloadEnabled() || gspEnableReload) {
-                cacheSeconds = config.getProperty(Settings.I18N_CACHE_SECONDS, Integer, 5)
-                fileCacheSeconds = config.getProperty(Settings.I18N_FILE_CACHE_SECONDS, Integer, 5)
-            }
-            defaultEncoding = encoding
-        }
-
-        localeChangeInterceptor(ParamsAwareLocaleChangeInterceptor) {
-            paramName = "lang"
-        }
-
-        localeResolver(SessionLocaleResolver)
-    }}
-
     @Override
     void onChange(Map<String, Object> event) {
         def ctx = applicationContext
diff --git a/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e4f0121063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grails-plugin-i18n/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.grails.plugins.i18n.I18nAutoConfiguration
diff --git a/grails-web-common/build.gradle b/grails-web-common/build.gradle
index eac6e4ebad5..157ea36afd9 100644
--- a/grails-web-common/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web-common/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api"
     testCompileOnly "org.springframework:spring-test"
 
-    compileOnly "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
+    // now used by plugins for autoconfiguration
+    api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
     api "org.springframework:spring-webmvc"
     api "org.springframework:spring-context-support"
     implementation "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine"