diff --git a/spring-hibernate-dao/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate-dao/pom.xml
index 3eee877117..d60e33bcd2 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate-dao/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate-dao/pom.xml
@@ -29,16 +29,22 @@
 
         <!-- persistence -->
 
-        <!-- <dependency> -->
-        <!-- <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> -->
-        <!-- <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> -->
-        <!-- <version>4.2.1.Final</version> -->
-        <!-- </dependency> -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
+            <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>4.2.1.Final</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.25</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- utils -->
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java
index fa7138f742..7e8a78b0c4 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/config/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -8,17 +8,19 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource;
-import org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableTransactionManagement
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
 @ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.spring.persistence.dao", "org.baeldung.spring.persistence.service" })
 public class PersistenceConfig {
 
@@ -30,10 +32,10 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     }
 
     @Bean
-    public AnnotationSessionFactoryBean alertsSessionFactory() {
-        final AnnotationSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new AnnotationSessionFactoryBean();
+    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
+        final LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
         sessionFactory.setDataSource(restDataSource());
-        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "org.rest" });
+        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "org.baeldung.spring.persistence.model" });
         sessionFactory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
 
         return sessionFactory;
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ public class PersistenceConfig {
     @Bean
     public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager() {
         final HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
-        txManager.setSessionFactory(alertsSessionFactory().getObject());
+        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
 
         return txManager;
     }
diff --git a/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java b/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java
index 01a3693325..8842c26d95 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate-dao/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java
@@ -1,8 +1,31 @@
 package org.baeldung.spring.persistence.model;
 
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
 
 @Entity
 public class Foo {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private long id;
+
+    public Foo() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(final long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
     //
+
 }