diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/BarHibernateDAO.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/BarHibernateDAO.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fc932b256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/BarHibernateDAO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap.model.TestEntity;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+public abstract class BarHibernateDAO {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    public TestEntity findEntity(int id) {
+
+        return getCurrentSession().find(TestEntity.class, 1);
+    }
+
+    public void createEntity(TestEntity entity) {
+
+        getCurrentSession().save(entity);
+    }
+
+    public void createEntity(int id, String newDescription) {
+
+        TestEntity entity = findEntity(id);
+        entity.setDescription(newDescription);
+        getCurrentSession().save(entity);
+    }
+
+    public void deleteEntity(int id) {
+
+        TestEntity entity = findEntity(id);
+        getCurrentSession().delete(entity);
+    }
+
+    protected Session getCurrentSession() {
+        return sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateConf.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateConf.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..150e3778af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateConf.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-h2.properties" })
+public class HibernateConf {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment env;
+
+    @Bean
+    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
+        final LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
+        sessionFactory.setDataSource(dataSource());
+        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap.model" });
+        sessionFactory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
+
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public DataSource dataSource() {
+        final BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
+        dataSource.setDriverClassName(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.driverClassName")));
+        dataSource.setUrl(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.url")));
+        dataSource.setUsername(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.user")));
+        dataSource.setPassword(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.pass")));
+
+        return dataSource;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PlatformTransactionManager hibernateTransactionManager() {
+        final HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
+        transactionManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
+        return transactionManager;
+    }
+
+    private final Properties hibernateProperties() {
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+
+        return hibernateProperties;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateXMLConf.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateXMLConf.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3e979478f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateXMLConf.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+@ImportResource({ "classpath:hibernate5Configuration.xml" })
+public class HibernateXMLConf {
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/model/TestEntity.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/model/TestEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cae41db831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/model/TestEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap.model;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class TestEntity {
+
+    private int id;
+
+    private String description;
+
+    @Id
+    public int getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(int id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/hibernate5Configuration.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/hibernate5Configuration.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb6cf0aa5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/hibernate5Configuration.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" 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">
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:persistence-h2.properties"/>
+
+    <bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
+        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
+        <property name="packagesToScan" value="com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap.model"/>
+        <property name="hibernateProperties">
+            <props>
+                <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">${hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto}</prop>
+                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${hibernate.dialect}</prop>
+            </props>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource">
+        <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}"/>
+        <property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}"/>
+        <property name="username" value="${jdbc.user}"/>
+        <property name="password" value="${jdbc.pass}"/>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager">
+        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory"/>
+    </bean>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties
index 915bc4317b..0325174b67 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 jdbc.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
 jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:mem:db;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
 jdbc.eventGeneratedId=sa
+jdbc.user=sa
 jdbc.pass=sa
 
 # hibernate.X
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateBootstrapIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateBootstrapIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffe82b7ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateBootstrapIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap.model.TestEntity;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { HibernateConf.class })
+@Transactional
+public class HibernateBootstrapIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenBootstrapHibernateSession_thenNoException() {
+
+        Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
+
+        TestEntity newEntity = new TestEntity();
+        newEntity.setId(1);
+        session.save(newEntity);
+
+        TestEntity searchEntity = session.find(TestEntity.class, 1);
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(searchEntity);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateXMLBootstrapIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateXMLBootstrapIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b811ad576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/bootstrap/HibernateXMLBootstrapIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.bootstrap.model.TestEntity;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { HibernateXMLConf.class })
+@Transactional
+public class HibernateXMLBootstrapIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenBootstrapHibernateSession_thenNoException() {
+
+        Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
+
+        TestEntity newEntity = new TestEntity();
+        newEntity.setId(1);
+        session.save(newEntity);
+
+        TestEntity searchEntity = session.find(TestEntity.class, 1);
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(searchEntity);
+    }
+
+}