diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java
index 9317677fe2..72ac610abd 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java
@@ -26,9 +26,26 @@ public class LoggingAspect {
     @Pointcut("@target(org.springframework.stereotype.Repository)")
     public void repositoryMethods() {}
 
+    @Pointcut("@annotation(org.baeldung.aop.annotations.Loggable)")
+    public void loggableMethods() {}
+
+    @Pointcut("@args(org.baeldung.aop.annotations.Entity)")
+    public void methodsAcceptingEntities() {}
+
     @Before("repositoryMethods()")
-    public void logMethodCall(JoinPoint jp) throws Throwable {
+    public void logMethodCall(JoinPoint jp) {
         String methodName = jp.getSignature().getName();
         logger.info(sdf.get().format(new Date()) + methodName);
     }
+
+    @Before("loggableMethods()")
+    public void logMethod(JoinPoint jp) {
+        String methodName = jp.getSignature().getName();
+        logger.info("Executing method: " + methodName);
+    }
+
+    @Before("methodsAcceptingEntities()")
+    public void logMethodAcceptionEntityAnnotatedBean(JoinPoint jp) {
+        logger.info("Accepting beans with @Entity annotation: " + jp.getArgs()[0]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/annotations/Entity.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/annotations/Entity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f964c3979e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/annotations/Entity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.baeldung.aop.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface Entity {
+}
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/annotations/Loggable.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/annotations/Loggable.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef2863957f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/aop/annotations/Loggable.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.baeldung.aop.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+public @interface Loggable {
+}
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java
index e0da61c547..f204440b2d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.baeldung.dao;
 
+import org.baeldung.aop.annotations.Loggable;
 import org.baeldung.model.Foo;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,12 @@ public class FooDao {
         return "Bazz";
     }
 
+    @Loggable
     public Foo create(Long id, String name) {
         return new Foo(id, name);
     }
+
+    public Foo merge(Foo foo) {
+        return foo;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/model/Foo.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/model/Foo.java
index 17510f4836..0b1a553afc 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/model/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/org/baeldung/model/Foo.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package org.baeldung.model;
 
+import org.baeldung.aop.annotations.Entity;
+
+@Entity
 public class Foo {
     private Long id;
     private String name;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingTest.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingTest.java
index 7aff17c424..4c8fcd50a8 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingTest.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/org/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.baeldung.aop;
 
 import org.baeldung.config.TestConfig;
 import org.baeldung.dao.FooDao;
+import org.baeldung.model.Foo;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsCollectionContaining.hasItem;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ public class AopLoggingTest {
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
+        messages =  new ArrayList<>();
+
         logEventHandler = new Handler() {
             @Override
             public void publish(LogRecord record) {
@@ -42,7 +46,8 @@ public class AopLoggingTest {
             }
         };
 
-        messages = new ArrayList<>();
+        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LoggingAspect.class.getName());
+        logger.addHandler(logEventHandler);
     }
 
     @Autowired
@@ -54,9 +59,6 @@ public class AopLoggingTest {
 
     @Test
     public void givenLoggingAspect_whenCallDaoMethod_thenBeforeAdviceIsCalled() {
-        Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(LoggingAspect.class.getName());
-        logger.addHandler(logEventHandler);
-
         dao.findById(1L);
         assertThat(messages, hasSize(1));
 
@@ -64,4 +66,17 @@ public class AopLoggingTest {
         Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^\\[\\d{4}\\-\\d{2}\\-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{3}\\]findById$");
         assertTrue(pattern.matcher(logMessage).matches());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLoggingAspect_whenCallLoggableAnnotatedMethod_thenMethodIsLogged() {
+        dao.create(42L, "baz");
+        assertThat(messages, hasItem("Executing method: create"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenLoggingAspect_whenCallMethodAcceptingAnnotatedArgument_thenArgumentIsLogged() {
+        Foo foo = new Foo(42L, "baz");
+        dao.merge(foo);
+        assertThat(messages, hasItem("Accepting beans with @Entity annotation: " + foo));
+    }
 }