diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index c4c4cf7963..6e765d5a9e 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,24 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <spring.profiles.active>dev</spring.profiles.active>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>prod</id>
+            <properties>
+                <spring.profiles.active>prod</spring.profiles.active>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+    
     <properties>
         <start-class>org.baeldung.sample.App</start-class>
         <!-- Spring -->
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesConfig.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesConfig.java
index eb5543e3db..2d1905ee9c 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesConfig.java
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesConfig.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package org.baeldung.profiles;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 
 @Configuration
 @ComponentScan("org.baeldung.profiles")
+@PropertySource(value = "classpath:application.properties")
 public class SpringProfilesConfig {
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-all/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbfe3f2df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.profiles.active=@spring.profiles.active@
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diff --git a/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesWithMavenPropertiesIntegrationTest.java b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesWithMavenPropertiesIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..929d088a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/profiles/SpringProfilesWithMavenPropertiesIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.baeldung.profiles;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { SpringProfilesConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class SpringProfilesWithMavenPropertiesIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    DatasourceConfig datasourceConfig;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSpringProfiles() {
+        Assert.assertTrue(datasourceConfig instanceof DevDatasourceConfig);
+    }
+}
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