diff --git a/aspectj/pom.xml b/aspectj/pom.xml
index 2fca4031fb..6e7ef1b961 100644
--- a/aspectj/pom.xml
+++ b/aspectj/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,37 @@
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <version>${junit.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+        	<version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+        	<version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+        	<version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>cglib</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
+        	<version>3.2.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
+        	<version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        	<version>1.2.17</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/AopConfiguration.java b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/AopConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ebe9a7fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/AopConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.baeldung.performancemonitor;
+
+import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
+import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;
+import org.springframework.aop.Advisor;
+import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut;
+import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.PerformanceMonitorInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultPointcutAdvisor;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableAspectJAutoProxy;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableAspectJAutoProxy
+public class AopConfiguration {
+    
+    @Pointcut("execution(public int com.baeldung.performancemonitor.Person.getAge())")
+    public void monitor() { }
+    
+    @Pointcut("execution(public void com.baeldung.performancemonitor.Person.setAge(int))")
+    public void myMonitor() { }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public PerformanceMonitorInterceptor performanceMonitorInterceptor() {
+        return new PerformanceMonitorInterceptor(true);
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public Advisor performanceMonitorAdvisor() {
+        AspectJExpressionPointcut pointcut = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();
+        pointcut.setExpression("com.baeldung.performancemonitor.AopConfiguration.monitor()");
+        return new DefaultPointcutAdvisor(pointcut, performanceMonitorInterceptor());
+    }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public Person person(){
+        return new Person();
+    }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor myPerformanceMonitorInterceptor() {
+        return new MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor(true);
+    }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public Advisor myPerformanceMonitorAdvisor() {
+        AspectJExpressionPointcut pointcut = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();
+        pointcut.setExpression("com.baeldung.performancemonitor.AopConfiguration.myMonitor()");
+        return new DefaultPointcutAdvisor(pointcut, myPerformanceMonitorInterceptor());
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor.java b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c036359851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.baeldung.performancemonitor;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
+import org.springframework.aop.interceptor.AbstractMonitoringInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
+
+public class MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor extends AbstractMonitoringInterceptor {
+    
+    public MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor() {
+    }
+
+    public MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor(boolean useDynamicLogger) {
+            setUseDynamicLogger(useDynamicLogger);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object invokeUnderTrace(MethodInvocation invocation, Log log) throws Throwable {
+        
+        String name = createInvocationTraceName(invocation);
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        log.info("Method "+name+" execution started at:"+new Date());
+        try {
+            return invocation.proceed();
+        }
+        finally {
+            long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            long time = end - start;
+            log.info("Method "+name+" execution lasted:"+time+" ms");
+            log.info("Method "+name+" execution ended at:"+new Date());
+            
+            if (time > 10){
+                log.warn("Method execution longer than 10 ms!");
+            }
+            
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/PerfomanceApp.java b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/PerfomanceApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62b8287649
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/PerfomanceApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.performancemonitor;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+
+public class PerfomanceApp {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        ApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AopConfiguration.class);
+        Person person = (Person) context.getBean("person");
+        
+        person.setAge(20);
+        System.out.println("Age is:"+person.getAge());
+        
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/Person.java b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02c779e6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspectj/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performancemonitor/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.performancemonitor;
+
+public class Person {
+    private int age;
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aspectj/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/aspectj/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e2afcd5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aspectj/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+log4j.rootLogger=TRACE, stdout
+
+# Redirect log messages to console
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
+
+log4j.logger.org.springframework.aop.interceptor.PerformanceMonitorInterceptor=TRACE, stdout
+log4j.logger.com.baeldung.performancemonitor.MyPerformanceMonitorInterceptor=INFO, stdout
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