diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
index 436f3fc60eb..1611428d824 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContext extends GenericWebApplicationContext
 		beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(
 				new WebApplicationContextServletContextAwareProcessor(this));
 		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(ServletContextAware.class);
+		registerWebApplicationScopes(null);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -217,19 +218,22 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContext extends GenericWebApplicationContext
 
 	private void selfInitialize(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
 		prepareEmbeddedWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
-		ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = getBeanFactory();
-		ExistingWebApplicationScopes existingScopes = new ExistingWebApplicationScopes(
-				beanFactory);
-		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerWebApplicationScopes(beanFactory,
-				getServletContext());
-		existingScopes.restore();
-		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerEnvironmentBeans(beanFactory,
-				getServletContext());
+		registerWebApplicationScopes(servletContext);
+		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerEnvironmentBeans(getBeanFactory(),
+				servletContext);
 		for (ServletContextInitializer beans : getServletContextInitializerBeans()) {
 			beans.onStartup(servletContext);
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void registerWebApplicationScopes(ServletContext servletContext) {
+		ExistingWebApplicationScopes existingScopes = new ExistingWebApplicationScopes(
+				getBeanFactory());
+		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerWebApplicationScopes(getBeanFactory(),
+				servletContext);
+		existingScopes.restore();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns {@link ServletContextInitializer}s that should be used with the embedded
 	 * Servlet context. By default this method will first attempt to find
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
index b40475407bd..5fa0bc259fb 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests.java
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ import org.mockito.Captor;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.Scope;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.DelegatingFilterProxyRegistrationBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean;
@@ -466,7 +469,8 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void doesNotReplaceExistingScopes() throws Exception { // gh-2082
+	public void doesNotReplaceExistingScopes() throws Exception {
+		// gh-2082
 		Scope scope = mock(Scope.class);
 		ConfigurableListableBeanFactory factory = this.context.getBeanFactory();
 		factory.registerScope(WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_REQUEST, scope);
@@ -482,6 +486,29 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests {
 				.isSameAs(scope);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void servletRequestCanBeInjectedEarly() throws Exception {
+		// gh-14990
+		addEmbeddedServletContainerFactoryBean();
+		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(
+				WithAutowiredServletRequest.class);
+		beanDefinition.setAutowireMode(AbstractBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR);
+		this.context.registerBeanDefinition("withAutowiredServletRequest",
+				beanDefinition);
+		this.context.addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(new BeanFactoryPostProcessor() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void postProcessBeanFactory(
+					ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+				WithAutowiredServletRequest bean = beanFactory
+						.getBean(WithAutowiredServletRequest.class);
+				assertThat(bean.getRequest()).isNotNull();
+			}
+
+		});
+		this.context.refresh();
+	}
+
 	private void addEmbeddedServletContainerFactoryBean() {
 		this.context.registerBeanDefinition("embeddedServletContainerFactory",
 				new RootBeanDefinition(MockEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.class));
@@ -534,4 +561,18 @@ public class EmbeddedWebApplicationContextTests {
 
 	}
 
+	protected static class WithAutowiredServletRequest {
+
+		private final ServletRequest request;
+
+		public WithAutowiredServletRequest(ServletRequest request) {
+			this.request = request;
+		}
+
+		public ServletRequest getRequest() {
+			return this.request;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }