diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriter.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriter.java
index 97b8c91a..0d2f80db 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriter.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.gradle;
 
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.Dependency;
 import io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.DependencyScope;
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +26,15 @@ import io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.DependencyScope;
  */
 public class Gradle3BuildWriter extends GroovyDslGradleBuildWriter {
 
-	protected String configurationForScope(DependencyScope type) {
+	@Override
+	protected String configurationForScope(Dependency dependency) {
+		if (dependency instanceof GradleDependency) {
+			String configuration = ((GradleDependency) dependency).getConfiguration();
+			if (configuration != null) {
+				return configuration;
+			}
+		}
+		DependencyScope type = dependency.getScope();
 		switch (type) {
 		case ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR:
 			return "compileOnly";
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleBuildWriter.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleBuildWriter.java
index 4f637bf3..31570bde 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleBuildWriter.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleBuildWriter.java
@@ -157,7 +157,14 @@ public abstract class GradleBuildWriter {
 	protected abstract void writeDependency(IndentingWriter writer,
 			Dependency dependency);
 
-	protected String configurationForScope(DependencyScope type) {
+	protected String configurationForScope(Dependency dependency) {
+		if (dependency instanceof GradleDependency) {
+			String configuration = ((GradleDependency) dependency).getConfiguration();
+			if (configuration != null) {
+				return configuration;
+			}
+		}
+		DependencyScope type = dependency.getScope();
 		switch (type) {
 		case ANNOTATION_PROCESSOR:
 			return "annotationProcessor";
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleDependency.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleDependency.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3eac8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GradleDependency.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.gradle;
+
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.Dependency;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link Dependency} with specific settings for the Gradle build system.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+public class GradleDependency extends Dependency {
+
+	private final String configuration;
+
+	public GradleDependency(Builder builder) {
+		super(builder);
+		this.configuration = builder.configuration;
+	}
+
+	public static Builder withCoordinates(String groupId, String artifactId) {
+		return new Builder(groupId, artifactId);
+	}
+
+	public String getConfiguration() {
+		return this.configuration;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Builder for a Gradle dependency.
+	 *
+	 * @see GradleDependency#withCoordinates(String, String)
+	 */
+	public static class Builder extends Dependency.Builder<Builder> {
+
+		private String configuration;
+
+		protected Builder(String groupId, String artifactId) {
+			super(groupId, artifactId);
+		}
+
+		public Builder configuration(String configuration) {
+			this.configuration = configuration;
+			return self();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Dependency build() {
+			return new GradleDependency(this);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriter.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriter.java
index 433c8ebe..b5d2b7a7 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriter.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriter.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class GroovyDslGradleBuildWriter extends GradleBuildWriter {
 		String version = determineVersion(dependency.getVersion());
 		String type = dependency.getType();
 		boolean hasExclusions = !dependency.getExclusions().isEmpty();
-		writer.print(configurationForScope(dependency.getScope()));
+		writer.print(configurationForScope(dependency));
 		writer.print((hasExclusions) ? "(" : " ");
 		writer.print(quoteStyle + dependency.getGroupId() + ":"
 				+ dependency.getArtifactId() + ((version != null) ? ":" + version : "")
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriter.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriter.java
index 83dcd891..707309a8 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriter.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriter.java
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ public class KotlinDslGradleBuildWriter extends GradleBuildWriter {
 	protected void writeDependency(IndentingWriter writer, Dependency dependency) {
 		String version = determineVersion(dependency.getVersion());
 		String type = dependency.getType();
-		writer.print(configurationForScope(dependency.getScope()) + "(\""
-				+ dependency.getGroupId() + ":" + dependency.getArtifactId()
+		writer.print(configurationForScope(dependency) + "(\"" + dependency.getGroupId()
+				+ ":" + dependency.getArtifactId()
 				+ ((version != null) ? ":" + version : "")
 				+ ((type != null) ? "@" + type : "") + "\")");
 		if (!dependency.getExclusions().isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriterTests.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriterTests.java
index 09eefacd..98ba813e 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriterTests.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/Gradle3BuildWriterTests.java
@@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ class Gradle3BuildWriterTests {
 				"    compile 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter@tar.gz'", "}");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void gradleBuildWithCustomDependencyConfiguration() throws IOException {
+		GradleBuild build = new GradleBuild();
+		build.dependencies().add("test", GradleDependency
+				.withCoordinates("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-foobar")
+				.scope(DependencyScope.RUNTIME).configuration("myRuntime"));
+		List<String> lines = generateBuild(build);
+		assertThat(lines).containsSequence("dependencies {",
+				"    myRuntime 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-foobar'",
+				"}");
+	}
+
 	private List<String> generateBuild(GradleBuild build) throws IOException {
 		Gradle3BuildWriter writer = new Gradle3BuildWriter();
 		StringWriter out = new StringWriter();
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java
index 1611e6ae..6eba96ab 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/GroovyDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java
@@ -412,6 +412,18 @@ class GroovyDslGradleBuildWriterTests {
 				"    }", "}");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void gradleBuildWithCustomDependencyConfiguration() throws IOException {
+		GradleBuild build = new GradleBuild();
+		build.dependencies().add("test", GradleDependency
+				.withCoordinates("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-foobar")
+				.scope(DependencyScope.RUNTIME).configuration("myRuntime"));
+		List<String> lines = generateBuild(build);
+		assertThat(lines).containsSequence("dependencies {",
+				"    myRuntime 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-foobar'",
+				"}");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void gradleBuildWithNonNullArtifactTypeDependency() throws IOException {
 		GradleBuild build = new GradleBuild();
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java
index 3f533b1e..a97139bd 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/buildsystem/gradle/KotlinDslGradleBuildWriterTests.java
@@ -416,6 +416,18 @@ class KotlinDslGradleBuildWriterTests {
 				"    }", "}");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void gradleBuildWithCustomDependencyConfiguration() throws IOException {
+		GradleBuild build = new GradleBuild();
+		build.dependencies().add("test", GradleDependency
+				.withCoordinates("org.springframework.boot", "spring-boot-starter-foobar")
+				.scope(DependencyScope.RUNTIME).configuration("myRuntime"));
+		List<String> lines = generateBuild(build);
+		assertThat(lines).containsSequence("dependencies {",
+				"    myRuntime(\"org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-foobar\")",
+				"}");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void gradleBuildWithNonNullArtifactTypeDependency() throws IOException {
 		GradleBuild build = new GradleBuild();