diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml
index 7992c0ce12..8ef3d34056 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
         <module>spring-boot-springdoc</module>
         <module>spring-boot-testing</module>
         <module>spring-boot-vue</module>
+        <module>spring-boot-xml</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd575ff414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-xml</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/Pojo.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/Pojo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c8b47ed40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/Pojo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootxml;
+
+public class Pojo {
+
+    private String field;
+
+    public Pojo() {
+    }
+
+    public String getField() {
+        return field;
+    }
+
+    public void setField(String field) {
+        this.field = field;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a0350fd26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootxml;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableAutoConfiguration
+@ImportResource("classpath:beans.xml")
+public class SpringBootXmlApplication implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+    @Autowired private Pojo pojo;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootXmlApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+    public void run(String... args) {
+        System.out.println(pojo.getField());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c36ac7905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootxml/SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootxml;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+
+@Configuration
+@ImportResource("classpath:beansconf.xml")
+public class SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+    @Autowired private Pojo pojo;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootXmlWithConfigApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
+        System.out.println(pojo.getField());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab9de92c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sample=string loaded from properties!
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diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beans.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dac0d9e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?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"
+        xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+        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-4.0.xsd">
+
+    <bean class="com.baeldung.springbootxml.Pojo">
+        <property name="field" value="${sample}"></property>
+    </bean>
+</beans>
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diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beansconf.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beansconf.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f328370a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-xml/src/main/resources/beansconf.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans
+        xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+        xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.0.xsd">
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:application.properties"/>
+
+    <bean class="com.baeldung.springbootxml.Pojo">
+        <property name="field" value="${sample}"></property>
+    </bean>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file