diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index 61129e1a47..e966579fad 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- test scoped -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+			<version>3.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java
index 8842c26d95..8b03df39e7 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Foo.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.baeldung.spring.persistence.model;
 
+import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
 import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
@@ -12,10 +13,19 @@ public class Foo {
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
     private long id;
 
+    @Column(nullable = false)
+    private String name;
+
     public Foo() {
         super();
     }
 
+    public Foo(final String name) {
+        super();
+
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
     // API
 
     public long getId() {
@@ -26,6 +36,46 @@ public class Foo {
         this.id = id;
     }
 
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(final String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
     //
 
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj)
+            return true;
+        if (obj == null)
+            return false;
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+            return false;
+        final Foo other = (Foo) obj;
+        if (name == null) {
+            if (other.name != null)
+                return false;
+        } else if (!name.equals(other.name))
+            return false;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("Foo [name=").append(name).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index eaa72fc6ef..cabb94c2f0 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.baeldung.spring.persistence.service;
 
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
+
 import org.baeldung.spring.persistence.config.PersistenceConfig;
 import org.baeldung.spring.persistence.model.Foo;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ public class FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public final void whenEntityisCreated_thenNoExceptions() {
-        service.create(new Foo());
+        service.create(new Foo(randomAlphabetic(6)));
     }
 
 }