diff --git a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersAutoConfiguration.java b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersAutoConfiguration.java
index 8e6519111c..9a1ffe3abf 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,23 +1,28 @@
 package org.grails.plugins.web.controllers;
 
 import grails.config.Settings;
+import grails.core.GrailsApplication;
 import jakarta.servlet.DispatcherType;
 import jakarta.servlet.Filter;
 import jakarta.servlet.MultipartConfigElement;
 import org.grails.web.config.http.GrailsFilters;
 import org.grails.web.filters.HiddenHttpMethodFilter;
+import org.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsDispatcherServlet;
 import org.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsWebRequestFilter;
 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.web.servlet.DispatcherServletRegistrationBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.HttpEncodingAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.filter.OrderedCharacterEncodingFilter;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
@@ -54,6 +59,9 @@ public class ControllersAutoConfiguration {
     @Value("${" + Settings.CONTROLLERS_UPLOAD_FILE_SIZE_THRESHOLD + ":0}")
     private int fileSizeThreshold;
 
+    @Value("${" + Settings.WEB_SERVLET_PATH + ":#{null}}")
+    String grailsServletPath;
+
     @Bean
     @ConditionalOnMissingBean(CharacterEncodingFilter.class)
     public CharacterEncodingFilter characterEncodingFilter() {
@@ -100,6 +108,24 @@ public MultipartConfigElement multipartConfigElement() {
         return new MultipartConfigElement(uploadTmpDir, maxFileSize, maxRequestSize, fileSizeThreshold);
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public DispatcherServlet dispatcherServlet() {
+        return new GrailsDispatcherServlet();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public DispatcherServletRegistrationBean dispatcherServletRegistration(GrailsApplication application, DispatcherServlet dispatcherServlet, MultipartConfigElement multipartConfigElement) {
+        if (grailsServletPath == null) {
+            boolean isTomcat = ClassUtils.isPresent("org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat", application.getClassLoader());
+            grailsServletPath = isTomcat ? Settings.DEFAULT_TOMCAT_SERVLET_PATH : Settings.DEFAULT_WEB_SERVLET_PATH;
+        }
+        DispatcherServletRegistrationBean dispatcherServletRegistration = new DispatcherServletRegistrationBean(dispatcherServlet, grailsServletPath);
+        dispatcherServletRegistration.setLoadOnStartup(2);
+        dispatcherServletRegistration.setAsyncSupported(true);
+        dispatcherServletRegistration.setMultipartConfig(multipartConfigElement);
+        return dispatcherServletRegistration;
+    }
+
     @Bean
     public GrailsWebMvcConfigurer webMvcConfig() {
         return new GrailsWebMvcConfigurer(resourcesCachePeriod, resourcesEnabled, resourcesPattern);
diff --git a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy
index e73928df14..75bb581b33 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy
+++ b/grails-plugin-controllers/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/web/controllers/ControllersGrailsPlugin.groovy
@@ -23,16 +23,12 @@ import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 import org.grails.core.artefact.ControllerArtefactHandler
 import org.grails.plugins.web.servlet.context.BootStrapClassRunner
 import org.grails.web.errors.GrailsExceptionResolver
-import org.grails.web.servlet.mvc.GrailsDispatcherServlet
 import org.grails.web.servlet.mvc.TokenResponseActionResultTransformer
 import org.grails.web.servlet.view.CompositeViewResolver
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.DispatcherServletRegistrationBean
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping
-import jakarta.servlet.MultipartConfigElement
 
 /**
  * Handles the configuration of controllers for Grails.
@@ -57,8 +53,6 @@ class ControllersGrailsPlugin extends Plugin {
         def config = application.config
 
         boolean useJsessionId = config.getProperty(Settings.GRAILS_VIEWS_ENABLE_JSESSIONID, Boolean, false)
-        boolean isTomcat = ClassUtils.isPresent("org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat", application.classLoader)
-        String grailsServletPath = config.getProperty(Settings.WEB_SERVLET_PATH, isTomcat ? Settings.DEFAULT_TOMCAT_SERVLET_PATH : Settings.DEFAULT_WEB_SERVLET_PATH)
 
         if (!Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(Settings.SETTING_SKIP_BOOTSTRAP))) {
             bootStrapClassRunner(BootStrapClassRunner)
@@ -80,14 +74,6 @@ class ControllersGrailsPlugin extends Plugin {
         annotationHandlerMapping(RequestMappingHandlerMapping, interceptorsClosure)
         annotationHandlerAdapter(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter)
 
-        // add the dispatcher servlet
-        dispatcherServlet(GrailsDispatcherServlet)
-        dispatcherServletRegistration(DispatcherServletRegistrationBean, ref("dispatcherServlet"), grailsServletPath) {
-            loadOnStartup = 2
-            asyncSupported = true
-            multipartConfig = ref('multipartConfigElement')
-        }
-
         for (controller in application.getArtefacts(ControllerArtefactHandler.TYPE)) {
             log.debug "Configuring controller $controller.fullName"
             if (controller.available) {