diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/.gitignore b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/.gitignore
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index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
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+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/.gitignore
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+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
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diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/pom.xml b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..5d4fdf069f
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+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>mockito-mocks-spring-beans</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<name>mocks</name>
+	<description>Injecting Mockito Mocks into Spring Beans</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
+		</dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <version>1.3.1.RELEASE</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+            <version>1.10.19</version>
+        </dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+	
+
+</project>
diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/MocksApplication.java b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/MocksApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08c3580382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/MocksApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class MocksApplication {
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(MocksApplication.class, args);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/NameService.java b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/NameService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b755692fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/NameService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+@Service
+public class NameService {
+    public String getUserName(String id) {
+        return "Baeldung";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/UserService.java b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/UserService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9ca7b3206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/java/org/baeldung/UserService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+@Service
+public class UserService {
+
+    private NameService nameService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    public UserService(NameService nameService) {
+        this.nameService = nameService;
+    }
+
+    public String getUserName(String id) {
+        return nameService.getUserName(id);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/resources/application.properties b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/test/java/org/baeldung/NameServiceTestConfiguration.java b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/test/java/org/baeldung/NameServiceTestConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f26d9055d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/test/java/org/baeldung/NameServiceTestConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+
+@Profile("test")
+@Configuration
+public class NameServiceTestConfiguration {
+    @Bean
+    @Primary
+    public NameService nameService() {
+        return Mockito.mock(NameService.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/test/java/org/baeldung/UserServiceTest.java b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/test/java/org/baeldung/UserServiceTest.java
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index 0000000000..09ef244147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mockito-mocks-spring-beans/src/test/java/org/baeldung/UserServiceTest.java
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+package org.baeldung;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@ActiveProfiles("test")
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = MocksApplication.class)
+public class UserServiceTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private UserService userService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private NameService nameService;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenUserIdIsProvided_thenRetrievedNameIsCorrect() {
+        Mockito.when(nameService.getUserName("SomeId")).thenReturn("Baeldung");
+
+        String testName = userService.getUserName("SomeId");
+
+        Assert.assertEquals("Baeldung", testName);
+    }
+}
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