diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7813e89a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate.entities;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+@org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQueries({ @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeNumber", query = "from DeptEmployee where employeeNumber = :employeeNo"),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindAllByDesgination", query = "from DeptEmployee where designation = :designation"),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_UpdateEmployeeDepartment", query = "Update DeptEmployee set department = :newDepartment where employeeNumber = :employeeNo"),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindAllByDepartment", query = "from DeptEmployee where department = :department", timeout = 1, fetchSize = 10) })
+@org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQueries({ @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeName", query = "select * from deptemployee emp where name=:name", resultClass = DeptEmployee.class),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_UpdateEmployeeDesignation", query = "call UPDATE_EMPLOYEE_DESIGNATION(:employeeNumber, :newDesignation)", resultClass = DeptEmployee.class) })
+@Entity
+public class DeptEmployee {
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE)
+    private long id;
+
+    private String employeeNumber;
+
+    private String designation;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    @ManyToOne
+    private Department department;
+
+    public DeptEmployee(String name, String employeeNumber, Department department) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.employeeNumber = employeeNumber;
+        this.department = department;
+    }
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getEmployeeNumber() {
+        return employeeNumber;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmployeeNumber(String employeeNumber) {
+        this.employeeNumber = employeeNumber;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Department getDepartment() {
+        return department;
+    }
+
+    public void setDepartment(Department department) {
+        this.department = department;
+    }
+
+    public String getDesignation() {
+        return designation;
+    }
+
+    public void setDesignation(String designation) {
+        this.designation = designation;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/resources/init_database.sql b/hibernate5/src/main/resources/init_database.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..154a5a0bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate5/src/main/resources/init_database.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+CREATE ALIAS UPDATE_EMPLOYEE_DESIGNATION AS $$
+import java.sql.CallableStatement;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+@CODE
+void updateEmployeeDesignation(final Connection conn, final String employeeNumber, final String designation) throws SQLException {
+        CallableStatement updateStatement = conn.prepareCall("update deptemployee set designation = '" + designation + "' where employeeNumber = '" + employeeNumber + "'");
+        updateStatement.execute();
+}
+$$;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/NamedQueryIntegrationTest.java b/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/NamedQueryIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef6ec89bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/NamedQueryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package com.baeldung.hibernate;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.hibernate.query.NativeQuery;
+import org.hibernate.query.Query;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.entities.Department;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.entities.DeptEmployee;
+
+public class NamedQueryIntegrationTest {
+    private static Session session;
+
+    private Transaction transaction;
+    
+    private Long purchaseDeptId;
+    
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUpClass() throws IOException {
+        session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory("hibernate-namedquery.properties").openSession();
+    }
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws IOException {
+        transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+        session.createNativeQuery("delete from deptemployee").executeUpdate();
+        session.createNativeQuery("delete from department").executeUpdate();
+        Department salesDepartment = new Department("Sales");
+        Department purchaseDepartment = new Department("Purchase");        
+        DeptEmployee employee1 = new DeptEmployee("John Wayne", "001", salesDepartment);
+        DeptEmployee employee2 = new DeptEmployee("Sarah Vinton", "002", salesDepartment);
+        DeptEmployee employee3 = new DeptEmployee("Lisa Carter", "003", salesDepartment);
+        session.persist(salesDepartment);
+        session.persist(purchaseDepartment);
+        purchaseDeptId = purchaseDepartment.getId();
+        session.persist(employee1);
+        session.persist(employee2);
+        session.persist(employee3);
+        transaction.commit();
+        transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+    }
+    
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() {
+        if(transaction.isActive()) {
+            transaction.rollback();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenNamedQueryIsCalledUsingCreateNamedQuery_ThenOk() {
+        Query<DeptEmployee> query = session.createNamedQuery("DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeNumber", DeptEmployee.class);
+        query.setParameter("employeeNo", "001");
+        DeptEmployee result = query.getSingleResult();
+        Assert.assertNotNull(result);
+        Assert.assertEquals("John Wayne", result.getName());
+    }
+       
+    @Test
+    public void whenNamedNativeQueryIsCalledUsingCreateNamedQuery_ThenOk() {
+        Query<DeptEmployee> query = session.createNamedQuery("DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeName", DeptEmployee.class);
+        query.setParameter("name", "John Wayne");
+        DeptEmployee result = query.getSingleResult();
+        Assert.assertNotNull(result);
+        Assert.assertEquals("001", result.getEmployeeNumber());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenNamedNativeQueryIsCalledUsingGetNamedNativeQuery_ThenOk() {
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        NativeQuery query = session.getNamedNativeQuery("DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeName");
+        query.setParameter("name", "John Wayne");
+        DeptEmployee result = (DeptEmployee) query.getSingleResult();
+        Assert.assertNotNull(result);
+        Assert.assertEquals("001", result.getEmployeeNumber());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenUpdateQueryIsCalledWithCreateNamedQuery_ThenOk() {
+        Query spQuery = session.createNamedQuery("DeptEmployee_UpdateEmployeeDepartment");
+        spQuery.setParameter("employeeNo", "001");
+        Department newDepartment = session.find(Department.class, purchaseDeptId);
+        spQuery.setParameter("newDepartment", newDepartment);
+        spQuery.executeUpdate();
+        transaction.commit();        
+    } 
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenNamedStoredProcedureIsCalledWithCreateNamedQuery_ThenOk() {
+        Query spQuery = session.createNamedQuery("DeptEmployee_UpdateEmployeeDesignation");
+        spQuery.setParameter("employeeNumber", "002");
+        spQuery.setParameter("newDesignation", "Supervisor");
+        spQuery.executeUpdate();
+        transaction.commit();        
+    }       
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-namedquery.properties b/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-namedquery.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..457f965347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-namedquery.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:mem:mydb1;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;INIT=RUNSCRIPT FROM 'src/main/resources/init_database.sql'
+hibernate.connection.username=sa
+hibernate.connection.autocommit=true
+jdbc.password=
+
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+hibernate.show_sql=true
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java
index 8b5d9c41f3..6510e70650 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/entities/DeptEmployee.java
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 package com.baeldung.hibernate.entities;
 
-import javax.persistence.*;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
 
+@org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQueries({ @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeNumber", query = "from DeptEmployee where employeeNumber = :employeeNo"),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindAllByDesgination", query = "from DeptEmployee where designation = :designation"),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_UpdateEmployeeDepartment", query = "Update DeptEmployee set department = :newDepartment where employeeNumber = :employeeNo"),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindAllByDepartment", query = "from DeptEmployee where department = :department", timeout = 1, fetchSize = 10) })
+@org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQueries({ @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_FindByEmployeeName", query = "select * from deptemployee emp where name=:name", resultClass = DeptEmployee.class),
+        @org.hibernate.annotations.NamedNativeQuery(name = "DeptEmployee_UpdateEmployeeDesignation", query = "call UPDATE_EMPLOYEE_DESIGNATION(:employeeNumber, :newDesignation)", resultClass = DeptEmployee.class) })
 @Entity
 public class DeptEmployee {
     @Id
@@ -16,7 +26,7 @@ public class DeptEmployee {
 
     @ManyToOne
     private Department department;
-    
+
     public DeptEmployee(String name, String employeeNumber, Department department) {
         this.name = name;
         this.employeeNumber = employeeNumber;