diff --git a/spring-core/pom.xml b/spring-core/pom.xml
index 16984a387b..70002bf3c1 100644
--- a/spring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${mockito.spring.boot.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+        <mockito.spring.boot.version>1.4.4.RELEASE</mockito.spring.boot.version>
         <spring.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/value/ClassNotManagedBySpring.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/value/ClassNotManagedBySpring.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0329769d3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/value/ClassNotManagedBySpring.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.value;
+
+public class ClassNotManagedBySpring {
+
+    private String customVariable;
+    private String anotherCustomVariable;
+
+    public ClassNotManagedBySpring(String someInitialValue, String anotherManagedValue) {
+        this.customVariable = someInitialValue;
+        this.anotherCustomVariable = anotherManagedValue;
+    }
+
+    public String getCustomVariable() {
+        return customVariable;
+    }
+
+    public void setCustomVariable(String customVariable) {
+        this.customVariable = customVariable;
+    }
+
+    public String getAnotherCustomVariable() {
+        return anotherCustomVariable;
+    }
+
+    public void setAnotherCustomVariable(String anotherCustomVariable) {
+        this.anotherCustomVariable = anotherCustomVariable;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/value/InitializerBean.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/value/InitializerBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c8634c767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/value/InitializerBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.value;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class InitializerBean {
+
+    private String someInitialValue;
+    private String anotherManagedValue;
+
+    public InitializerBean(@Value("someInitialValue") String someInitialValue, @Value("anotherValue") String anotherManagedValue) {
+        this.someInitialValue = someInitialValue;
+        this.anotherManagedValue = anotherManagedValue;
+    }
+
+    public ClassNotManagedBySpring initClass() {
+        return new ClassNotManagedBySpring(this.someInitialValue, this.anotherManagedValue);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-core/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc6536237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+someInitialValue=This is only sample value
+anotherValue=Another configured value
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diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/value/ClassNotManagedBySpringTest.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/value/ClassNotManagedBySpringTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d07d490642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/value/ClassNotManagedBySpringTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.value;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.mock.mockito.MockBean;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+public class ClassNotManagedBySpringTest {
+
+    @MockBean
+    private InitializerBean initializerBean;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        when(initializerBean.initClass())
+          .thenReturn(new ClassNotManagedBySpring("This is only sample value", "Another configured value"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInitializerBean_whenInvokedInitClass_shouldInitialize() throws Exception {
+
+        //given
+        ClassNotManagedBySpring classNotManagedBySpring = initializerBean.initClass();
+
+        //when
+        String initializedValue = classNotManagedBySpring.getCustomVariable();
+        String anotherCustomVariable = classNotManagedBySpring.getAnotherCustomVariable();
+
+        //then
+        assertEquals("This is only sample value", initializedValue);
+        assertEquals("Another configured value", anotherCustomVariable);
+
+    }
+
+}
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