diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/RedirectionWebSecurityConfig.xml b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/RedirectionWebSecurityConfig.xml
index cdee8dab43..659347f610 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/RedirectionWebSecurityConfig.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-login/src/main/resources/RedirectionWebSecurityConfig.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <beans:bean class="org.springframework.security.web.authentication.SavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler" name="awareAuthenticationSuccessHandler"/>
     <beans:bean class="com.baeldung.security.RefererAuthenticationSuccessHandler" name="refererHandler"/>
     <beans:bean class="com.baeldung.controller.SecuredResourceController" />
+    <beans:bean id ="passwordEncoder" class = "org.springframework.security.crypto.password.NoOpPasswordEncoder" factory-method = "getInstance" />
 
     <authentication-manager>
         <authentication-provider>