diff --git a/vaadin-cdi/src/main/java/com/vaadin/cdi/CdiServletDeployer.java b/vaadin-cdi/src/main/java/com/vaadin/cdi/CdiServletDeployer.java
index 451bc2d0..070a3648 100644
--- a/vaadin-cdi/src/main/java/com/vaadin/cdi/CdiServletDeployer.java
+++ b/vaadin-cdi/src/main/java/com/vaadin/cdi/CdiServletDeployer.java
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public void onStartup(Set<Class<?>> classSet, ServletContext ctx) {
 
         registration.setAsyncSupported(true);
         registration.addMapping("/*");
+        registration.setLoadOnStartup(1);
     }
 
     private static ServletRegistration findRootServlet(ServletContext context) {