diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb098a1eb3..a73d7ed357 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
         <module>spring-boot-keycloak</module>
         <module>spring-boot-bootstrap</module>
         <module>spring-boot-admin</module>
+        <module>spring-boot-tomcat</module>
         <module>spring-boot-security</module>
         <module>spring-cloud-data-flow</module>
         <module>spring-cloud</module>
@@ -530,4 +531,4 @@
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.0.2</junit.jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-tomcat/pom.xml b/spring-boot-tomcat/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29c8ce95d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tomcat/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-tomcat</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>war</packaging>
+
+	<name>spring-boot-tomcat</name>
+	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot and Tomcat setup</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<finalName>${artifactId}</finalName>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/SpringBootTomcatApplication.java b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/SpringBootTomcatApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9f90683ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/SpringBootTomcatApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootsimple;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.*;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.*;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.*;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringBootTomcatApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootTomcatApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/TomcatController.java b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/TomcatController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcf7ecd6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/TomcatController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootsimple;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.stream.*;
+
+@RestController
+public class TomcatController {
+
+    @GetMapping(value = "/hello")
+    public Collection<String> sayHello() {
+        return IntStream.range(0, 10)
+                .mapToObj(i -> "Hello number " + i)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/SpringBootTomcatApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/SpringBootTomcatApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c0d4d577a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootsimple/SpringBootTomcatApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootsimple;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class SpringBootTomcatApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}