diff --git a/jasypt/pom.xml b/jasypt/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..7e0c51f0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jasypt/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?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">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jasypt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jasypt</artifactId>
+            <version>${jasypt.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <jasypt.version>1.9.2</jasypt.version>
+        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    </properties>
+
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/jasypt/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jasypt/JasyptTest.java b/jasypt/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jasypt/JasyptTest.java
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index 0000000000..c81d605e50
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+++ b/jasypt/src/test/java/org/baeldung/jasypt/JasyptTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.baeldung.jasypt;
+
+
+import org.jasypt.util.text.BasicTextEncryptor;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNotSame;
+import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
+
+public class JasyptTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTextPassword_whenDecrypt_shouldCompareToEncrypted() {
+        //given
+        BasicTextEncryptor textEncryptor = new BasicTextEncryptor();
+        String password = "secret-pass";
+        textEncryptor.setPasswordCharArray(password.toCharArray());
+
+        //when
+        String myEncryptedText = textEncryptor.encrypt("secret-pass");
+        assertNotSame("secret-pass", myEncryptedText); //myEncryptedText can be save in db
+
+        //then
+        String plainText = textEncryptor.decrypt(myEncryptedText);
+        assertEquals(plainText, "secret-pass");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 014e4016c5..d42c184993 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         <module>javaslang</module>
         <module>javax-servlets</module>
         <module>javaxval</module>
+        <module>jasypt</module>
         <module>jaxb</module>
         <module>jee7</module>
         <module>jjwt</module>