diff --git a/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/BasicDbcpPooledDataSourceCreator.java b/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/BasicDbcpPooledDataSourceCreator.java
index 34fcdf5c..ddfc0399 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/BasicDbcpPooledDataSourceCreator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/BasicDbcpPooledDataSourceCreator.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import org.springframework.cloud.service.ServiceConnectorConfig;
 import org.springframework.cloud.service.common.RelationalServiceInfo;
 
+import static org.springframework.cloud.service.Util.hasClass;
+
 /**
  *
  * @author Ramnivas Laddad
@@ -18,9 +20,12 @@ public class BasicDbcpPooledDataSourceCreator<SI extends RelationalServiceInfo>
 	@Override
 	public DataSource create(RelationalServiceInfo serviceInfo, ServiceConnectorConfig serviceConnectorConfig,
 							 String driverClassName, String validationQuery) {
-		logger.info("Found DBCP2 on the classpath. Using it for DataSource connection pooling.");
-		org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource ds = new org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource();
-		setBasicDataSourceProperties(ds, serviceInfo, serviceConnectorConfig, driverClassName, validationQuery);
-		return new UrlDecodingDataSource(ds, "url");
+		if (hasClass(DBCP2_BASIC_DATASOURCE)) {
+			logger.info("Found DBCP2 on the classpath. Using it for DataSource connection pooling.");
+			org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource ds = new org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource();
+			setBasicDataSourceProperties(ds, serviceInfo, serviceConnectorConfig, driverClassName, validationQuery);
+			return new UrlDecodingDataSource(ds, "url");
+		}
+		return null;
 	}
 }