diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGenerator.java b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGenerator.java
index a5d01e35aa..565015005c 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGenerator.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGenerator.java
@@ -124,10 +124,9 @@ public <T> T generate(ProjectDescription description, ProjectAssetGenerator<T> p
 	 * @param description the description of the project to generate
 	 * @return a list of candidate configurations
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+
 	protected List<String> getCandidateProjectGenerationConfigurations(ProjectDescription description) {
-		List<String> candidates = SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactoryNames(ProjectGenerationConfiguration.class,
-				getClass().getClassLoader());
+		List<String> candidates = getProjectGenerationConfigurationFactoryNames();
 		ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter filter = getProjectGenerationConfigurationExclusionFilter();
 		return candidates.stream().filter((candidate) -> {
 			Class<?> type = this.resolveClass(candidate);
@@ -144,6 +143,12 @@ private Class<?> resolveClass(String candidate) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	List<String> getProjectGenerationConfigurationFactoryNames() {
+		return SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactoryNames(ProjectGenerationConfiguration.class,
+				getClass().getClassLoader());
+	}
+
 	ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter getProjectGenerationConfigurationExclusionFilter() {
 		List<ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter> filters = SpringFactoriesLoader
 			.loadFactories(ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter.class, getClass().getClassLoader());
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGeneratorTests.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGeneratorTests.java
index a9ce7bb6d3..02eb013112 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGeneratorTests.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/ProjectGeneratorTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 import io.spring.initializr.generator.buildsystem.maven.MavenBuildSystem;
 import io.spring.initializr.generator.project.contributor.TestProjectGenerationConfiguration;
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.project.contributor.TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2;
+import org.assertj.core.util.Lists;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.mockito.InOrder;
@@ -196,6 +198,37 @@ protected List<String> getCandidateProjectGenerationConfigurations(
 		verify(description).getBuildSystem();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void loadAndConstructProjectGenerationTypeExclusionFilter() {
+		ProjectGenerator generator = new ProjectGenerator(mockContextInitializr());
+		ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter filter = generator.getProjectGenerationConfigurationExclusionFilter();
+		assertThat(filter).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(filter.match(TestProjectGenerationConfiguration.class)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(filter.match(TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.class)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(filter.match(Integer.class)).isFalse();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void filterProjectContributorsCorrectly(@TempDir Path projectDir) {
+		ProjectDescription description = mock(ProjectDescription.class);
+		given(description.getArtifactId()).willReturn("test-custom-contributor");
+		given(description.getBuildSystem()).willReturn(new MavenBuildSystem());
+		ProjectGenerator generator = new ProjectGenerator(mockContextInitializr()) {
+			@Override
+			List<String> getProjectGenerationConfigurationFactoryNames() {
+				return Lists.list(TestProjectGenerationConfiguration.class.getName(),
+						TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.class.getName());
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter getProjectGenerationConfigurationExclusionFilter() {
+				return TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.class::equals;
+			}
+		};
+		List<String> candidates = generator.getCandidateProjectGenerationConfigurations(description);
+		assertThat(candidates).containsOnly(TestProjectGenerationConfiguration.class.getCanonicalName());
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private Consumer<ProjectGenerationContext> mockContextInitializr() {
 		return mock(Consumer.class);
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b23ffe6621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 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.project.contributor;
+
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.project.ProjectGenerationConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * Test contributor.
+ */
+@ProjectGenerationConfiguration
+public class TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2 {
+
+}
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2ExcludingTypeFilter.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2ExcludingTypeFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fa713b32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2ExcludingTypeFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 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.project.contributor;
+
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.project.ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter;
+
+public class TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2ExcludingTypeFilter
+		implements ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter {
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean match(Class<?> type) {
+		return TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2.class.equals(type);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfigurationExcludingTypeFilter.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfigurationExcludingTypeFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42884f9717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/project/contributor/TestProjectGenerationConfigurationExcludingTypeFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2020 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.project.contributor;
+
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.project.ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter;
+
+public class TestProjectGenerationConfigurationExcludingTypeFilter implements ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter {
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean match(Class<?> type) {
+		return TestProjectGenerationConfiguration.class.equals(type);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d001923c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+io.spring.initializr.generator.project.ProjectGenerationConfigurationTypeFilter=\
+  io.spring.initializr.generator.project.contributor.TestProjectGenerationConfigurationExcludingTypeFilter,\
+  io.spring.initializr.generator.project.contributor.TestProjectGenerationConfiguration2ExcludingTypeFilter
+