diff --git a/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom/pom.xml b/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom/pom.xml
index 234404a6c0..cfce323eab 100644
--- a/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-custom/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
                     <include>**/application*.properties</include>
                 </includes>
             </resource>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+                <excludes>
+                    <exclude>**/application*.yml</exclude>
+                    <exclude>**/application*.yaml</exclude>
+                    <exclude>**/application*.properties</exclude>
+                </excludes>
+            </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -53,6 +62,14 @@
                     <useDefaultDelimiters>true</useDefaultDelimiters>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.propertyexpansion.SpringBootPropertyExpansionApp</mainClass>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/build.gradle b/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/build.gradle
index f3c5f4a378..ec27de7c41 100644
--- a/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
+springBoot {
+    executable = true
+}
+
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 processResources {
     with copySpec {
diff --git a/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/pom.xml b/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/pom.xml
index 3629e56111..2544800e6a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-property-exp/property-exp-default/pom.xml
@@ -30,4 +30,16 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <executable>true</executable>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 </project>