diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..594ba0a09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.baeldung.properties.spring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+
+@Configuration
+@PropertySource("classpath:bar.properties")
+public class PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther {
+
+    public PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    // beans
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9061cc10d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.baeldung.properties.spring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+
+@Configuration
+@ImportResource("classpath:configForPropertiesOne.xml")
+@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.core")
+public class PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne {
+
+    public PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4365cbc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.baeldung.properties.spring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+
+@Configuration
+@ImportResource("classpath:configForPropertiesTwo.xml")
+public class PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo {
+
+    public PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/bar.properties b/spring-all/src/main/resources/bar.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a41a49c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/bar.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+key.something2=val2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
index fc6cf21069..20a40a3195 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.2.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd">
 
-    <!-- <util:properties id="fooProperties" location="classpath:foo.properties" /> -->
-    <!-- <context:property-placeholder properties-ref="fooProperties" /> -->
-
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" />
 
-    <bean id="componentInXmlUsingProperties" class="org.baeldung.properties.core.ComponentInXmlUsingProperties" >
+    <bean id="componentInXmlUsingProperties" class="org.baeldung.properties.core.ComponentInXmlUsingProperties">
         <constructor-arg value="${key.something}" />
     </bean>
 
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad9716fada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesOne.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.2.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd">
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" ignore-unresolvable="true" order="1" />
+
+    <bean id="componentInXmlUsingProperties" class="org.baeldung.properties.core.ComponentInXmlUsingProperties">
+        <constructor-arg value="${key.something2}" />
+    </bean>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9d5e86c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForPropertiesTwo.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.2.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.2.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd">
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:bar.properties" order="2"/>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithJavaIntegrationTest.java b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithJavaIntegrationTest.java
index 72d4ccb4af..d6c99502d7 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithJavaIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithJavaIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.baeldung.properties.core;
 
 import org.baeldung.properties.spring.PropertiesWithJavaConfig;
+import org.baeldung.properties.spring.PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = { PropertiesWithJavaConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { PropertiesWithJavaConfig.class, PropertiesWithJavaConfigOther.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
 public class PropertiesWithJavaIntegrationTest {
 
     @Autowired
diff --git a/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithMultipleXmlsIntegrationTest.java b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithMultipleXmlsIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fc793fc1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/PropertiesWithMultipleXmlsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.baeldung.properties.core;
+
+import org.baeldung.properties.spring.PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne;
+import org.baeldung.properties.spring.PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+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 = { PropertiesWithXmlConfigOne.class, PropertiesWithXmlConfigTwo.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class PropertiesWithMultipleXmlsIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment env;
+
+    @Value("${key.something}")
+    private String injectedProperty;
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenContextIsInitialized_thenNoException() {
+        System.out.println("in test via @Value: " + injectedProperty);
+        System.out.println("in test Environment: " + env.getProperty("key.something"));
+    }
+
+}