diff --git a/spring-rest-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-rest-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
index bf26eb3292..e8cb218258 100644
--- a/spring-rest-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
+++ b/spring-rest-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
 import org.baeldung.web.dto.Foo;
 import org.baeldung.web.dto.FooProtos;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 
 @Controller
 public class FooController {
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ public class FooController {
     }
 
     @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "/foos/new")
-    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
+    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.CREATED)
     @ResponseBody
     public Foo createFoo(@RequestBody final Foo foo) {
         return foo;
@@ -60,4 +56,11 @@ public class FooController {
         return id;
     }
 
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "/foos/form")
+    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.CREATED)
+    @ResponseBody
+    public String submitFoo(@RequestParam("id") String id) {
+        return id;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-resttemplate/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java b/spring-resttemplate/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java
index 7bcaab6a07..143aa079d5 100644
--- a/spring-resttemplate/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java
+++ b/spring-resttemplate/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RequestCallback;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
@@ -213,7 +215,23 @@ public class RestTemplateBasicLiveTest {
         }
     }
 
-    //
+    @Test
+    public void givenFooService_whenFormSubmit_thenResourceIsCreated() {
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);
+
+        MultiValueMap<String, String> map= new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+        map.add("id", "1");
+
+        HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>> request = new HttpEntity<>(map, headers);
+
+        ResponseEntity<String> response = restTemplate.postForEntity( fooResourceUrl+"/form", request , String.class);
+
+        assertThat(response.getStatusCode(), is(HttpStatus.CREATED));
+        final String fooResponse = response.getBody();
+        assertThat(fooResponse, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(fooResponse, is("1"));
+    }
 
     private HttpHeaders prepareBasicAuthHeaders() {
         final HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();