diff --git a/spring-groovy/pom.xml b/spring-groovy/pom.xml
index 59c7ba4a7c..9086369fa4 100644
--- a/spring-groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-groovy/pom.xml
@@ -37,5 +37,38 @@
 	    <artifactId>spring-integration-groovy</artifactId>
 	    <version>4.3.7.RELEASE</version>
 	</dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+        <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4.12</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+  <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <compilerId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</compilerId>
+                    <verbose>true</verbose>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
+                </configuration>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-compiler</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.9.2-01</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy-eclipse-batch</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.4.3-01</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+
+        </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/BandsBean.java b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/BandsBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1deba5d2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/BandsBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class BandsBean {
+    
+    private List<String> bandsList = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    public List<String> getBandsList() {
+        return bandsList;
+    }
+
+    public void setBandsList(List<String> bandsList) {
+        this.bandsList = bandsList;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/GroovyBeanConfig.groovy b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/GroovyBeanConfig.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32a6fedff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/GroovyBeanConfig.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+beans {
+    javaPesronBean(JavaPersonBean) {
+        firstName = 'John'
+        lastName = 'Doe'
+        age ='32'
+        eyesColor = 'blue'
+        hairColor='black'
+    }
+
+    bandsBean(BandsBean) { bean->
+        bean.scope = "singleton"
+        bandsList=['Nirvana', 'Pearl Jam', 'Foo Fighters']
+    }
+
+    registerAlias("bandsBean","bands")
+}
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaBeanConfig.java b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaBeanConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c4238ae28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaBeanConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class JavaBeanConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public JavaPersonBean javaPerson() {
+        JavaPersonBean jPerson = new JavaPersonBean();
+        jPerson.setFirstName("John");
+        jPerson.setLastName("Doe");
+        jPerson.setAge("31");
+        jPerson.setEyesColor("green");
+        jPerson.setHairColor("blond");
+        
+        return jPerson;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaPersonBean.java b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaPersonBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db988d4abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaPersonBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+public class JavaPersonBean {
+    
+    public String jj;
+
+    private String firstName;
+
+    private String lastName;
+
+    private String age;
+
+    private String eyesColor;
+
+    private String hairColor;
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public String getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(String age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String getEyesColor() {
+        return eyesColor;
+    }
+
+    public void setEyesColor(String eyesColor) {
+        this.eyesColor = eyesColor;
+    }
+
+    public String getHairColor() {
+        return hairColor;
+    }
+
+    public void setHairColor(String hairColor) {
+        this.hairColor = hairColor;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/main/resources/xml-bean-config.xml b/spring-groovy/src/main/resources/xml-bean-config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b880bbd70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/main/resources/xml-bean-config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+    <bean id="JavaPersonBean" class="com.baeldug.groovyconfig.JavaPersonBean">
+        <property name="firstName" value="John" />
+        <property name="LastName" value="Doe" />
+        <property name="age" value="30" />
+        <property name="eyesColor" value="brown" />
+        <property name="hairColor" value="brown" />
+    </bean>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/GroovyConfigurationTest.java b/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/GroovyConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91ca6dbfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/GroovyConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericGroovyApplicationContext;
+
+public class GroovyConfigurationTest {
+    
+    private static final String FILE_NAME = "GroovyBeanConfig.groovy";
+    private static final String FILE_PATH = "src/main/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/";
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGroovyConfig_thenCorrectPerson() throws Exception {
+
+        GenericGroovyApplicationContext ctx = new GenericGroovyApplicationContext();
+        ctx.load("file:" + getPathPart() + FILE_NAME);
+        ctx.refresh();
+
+        JavaPersonBean j = ctx.getBean(JavaPersonBean.class);
+
+        assertEquals("32", j.getAge());
+        assertEquals("blue", j.getEyesColor());
+        assertEquals("black", j.getHairColor());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGroovyConfig_thenCorrectListLength() throws Exception {
+        
+        GenericGroovyApplicationContext ctx = new GenericGroovyApplicationContext();
+        ctx.load("file:" + getPathPart() + FILE_NAME);
+        ctx.refresh();
+
+        BandsBean bb = ctx.getBean(BandsBean.class);
+
+        assertEquals(3, bb.getBandsList()
+            .size());
+    }
+
+    private String getPathPart() {
+        String pathPart = new File(".").getAbsolutePath();
+        pathPart = pathPart.replace(".", "");
+        pathPart = pathPart.replace("\\", "/");
+        pathPart = pathPart + FILE_PATH;
+
+        return pathPart;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaConfigurationTest.java b/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d9b1000ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/JavaConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+
+public class JavaConfigurationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenJavaConfig_thenCorrectPerson() {
+
+        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+        ctx.register(JavaBeanConfig.class);
+        ctx.refresh();
+
+        JavaPersonBean j = ctx.getBean(JavaPersonBean.class);
+
+        assertEquals("31", j.getAge());
+        assertEquals("green", j.getEyesColor());
+        assertEquals("blond", j.getHairColor());
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/XmlConfigurationTest.java b/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/XmlConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ee724207c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-groovy/src/test/java/com/baeldug/groovyconfig/XmlConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldug.groovyconfig;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+public class XmlConfigurationTest {
+       
+    @Test
+    public void whenXmlConfig_thenCorrectPerson() {
+        final ApplicationContext applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("xml-bean-config.xml");
+        
+        JavaPersonBean j = (JavaPersonBean) applicationContext.getBean("JavaPersonBean");
+        
+        assertEquals("30", j.getAge());
+        assertEquals("brown", j.getEyesColor());
+        assertEquals("brown", j.getHairColor());
+        
+    }
+
+}