diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/README.md b/spring-boot-rest/README.md
index 3fbd21f24e..f7f7ec6598 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/README.md
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/README.md
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Module for the articles that are part of the Spring REST E-book:
 4. [Build a REST API with Spring and Java Config](http://www.baeldung.com/building-a-restful-web-service-with-spring-and-java-based-configuration)
 5. [HATEOAS for a Spring REST Service](http://www.baeldung.com/rest-api-discoverability-with-spring)
 6. [REST API Discoverability and HATEOAS](http://www.baeldung.com/restful-web-service-discoverability)
+7. [Http Message Converters with the Spring Framework](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-httpmessageconverter-rest)
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
index 3c8c4d7486..decaccd148 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
@@ -25,16 +25,26 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-      
+        <!-- We'll need to comment out the jackson-dataformat-xml dependency if we want to use XStream: -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+            <version>${xstream.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-       <dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
-        </dependency>    
-    
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- util -->
 
         <dependency>
@@ -67,5 +77,6 @@
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringBootRestApplication</start-class>
         <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <xstream.version>1.4.11.1</xstream.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
index 9af3d07bed..f19d1c0e0b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
 import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+
+@XStreamAlias("Foo")
 @Entity
 public class Foo implements Serializable {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
index 80ee975e84..f581e4ec10 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/WebConfig.java
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
 package com.baeldung.spring;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
-
 @Configuration
+// If we want to enable xml configurations for message-converter:
+// @ImportResource("classpath:WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml")
 public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
+    // @Override
+    // public void configureMessageConverters(final List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
+    // messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
+    // messageConverters.add(createXmlHttpMessageConverter());
+    // }
+    //
+    // private HttpMessageConverter<Object> createXmlHttpMessageConverter() {
+    // final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter xmlConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
+    //
+    // final XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
+    // xstreamMarshaller.setAutodetectAnnotations(true);
+    // xmlConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
+    // xmlConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
+    //
+    // return xmlConverter;
+    // }
+
+    // Another possibility is to create a bean which will be automatically added to the Spring Boot Autoconfigurations
+//    @Bean
+//    public HttpMessageConverter<Object> createXmlHttpMessageConverter() {
+//        final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter xmlConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
+//
+//        final XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
+//        xstreamMarshaller.setAutodetectAnnotations(true);
+//        xmlConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
+//        xmlConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
+//
+//        return xmlConverter;
+//    }
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78e38e1448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/resources/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd 
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd 
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-4.0.xsd">
+
+    <!-- We have to exclude Spring Boot's WebMvcAutoConfiguration if we want the xml-configured message-converters to work properly -->
+<!--     <mvc:annotation-driven> -->
+<!--         <mvc:message-converters -->
+<!--             register-defaults="true"> -->
+            
+<!--                 <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter"> -->
+<!--                     <property name="marshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" /> -->
+<!--                     <property name="unmarshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" /> -->
+<!--                 </bean>  -->
+<!--             <bean -->
+<!--                 class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter" /> -->
+<!--         </mvc:message-converters> -->
+<!--     </mvc:annotation-driven> -->
+
+<!--     <bean id="xstreamMarshaller" -->
+<!--         class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller"> -->
+<!--         <property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" /> -->
+<!--     </bean> -->
+    <!-- -->
+    
+    <!-- Also, we can JUST add a HttpMessageConverter Bean to the existing Spring Boot Autoconfiguration: -->
+<!--     <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter">  -->
+<!--         <property name="marshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" />  -->
+<!--         <property name="unmarshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" />  -->
+<!--     </bean>   -->
+<!--     <bean id="xstreamMarshaller" -->
+<!--         class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller"> -->
+<!--         <property name="autodetectAnnotations" value="true" /> -->
+<!--     </bean> -->
+</beans>
+
+
diff --git a/spring-rest/README.md b/spring-rest/README.md
index 4921ab012c..9a2c1fd96c 100644
--- a/spring-rest/README.md
+++ b/spring-rest/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Spring @RequestMapping](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-requestmapping)
-- [Http Message Converters with the Spring Framework](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-httpmessageconverter-rest)
 - [Returning Custom Status Codes from Spring Controllers](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-controller-custom-http-status-code)
 - [A Guide to OkHttp](http://www.baeldung.com/guide-to-okhttp)
 - [Binary Data Formats in a Spring REST API](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-rest-api-with-binary-data-formats)
diff --git a/spring-rest/pom.xml b/spring-rest/pom.xml
index 5c88697cef..36934af101 100644
--- a/spring-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/pom.xml
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
@@ -86,12 +82,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
-            <artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
-            <version>${xstream.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- util -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -281,7 +271,6 @@
         <protobuf-java-format.version>1.4</protobuf-java-format.version>
         <protobuf-java.version>3.1.0</protobuf-java.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
-        <xstream.version>1.4.9</xstream.version>
 
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/config/WebConfig.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/config/WebConfig.java
index d5209a520b..dc4fb9c695 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/config/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/config/WebConfig.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
@@ -33,22 +31,12 @@ public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
             .dateFormat(new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm"));
         messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter(builder.build()));
         // messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverter(builder.createXmlMapper(true).build()));
-    
-        // messageConverters.add(createXmlHttpMessageConverter());
+
         // messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
     
         // messageConverters.add(new ProtobufHttpMessageConverter());
     
     }
     
-    private HttpMessageConverter<Object> createXmlHttpMessageConverter() {
-        final MarshallingHttpMessageConverter xmlConverter = new MarshallingHttpMessageConverter();
-    
-        final XStreamMarshaller xstreamMarshaller = new XStreamMarshaller();
-        xmlConverter.setMarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
-        xmlConverter.setUnmarshaller(xstreamMarshaller);
-    
-        return xmlConverter;
-    }
     */
 }
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/web/dto/Foo.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/web/dto/Foo.java
index 186df8e678..de1d76ed92 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/web/dto/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sampleapp/web/dto/Foo.java
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package com.baeldung.sampleapp.web.dto;
 
-import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
-
-@XStreamAlias("Foo")
 public class Foo {
     private long id;
     private String name;
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml b/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
index ddb9c91792..3d83ebf6c9 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/api-servlet.xml
@@ -10,21 +10,11 @@
 
     <mvc:annotation-driven content-negotiation-manager="contentNegotiationManager" >
         <mvc:message-converters register-defaults="true">
-           <!--  
-           <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter"/>
-             
-           <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.MarshallingHttpMessageConverter">
-		        <property name="marshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" />
-		        <property name="unmarshaller" ref="xstreamMarshaller" />
-		    </bean> 
-            -->     
            <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter"/>
 <!-- <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.protobuf.ProtobufHttpMessageConverter"/>         -->      
   </mvc:message-converters>
     </mvc:annotation-driven>
     
-    <bean id="xstreamMarshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller" />
-    <!--  -->
 
     <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" />
     <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver">