diff --git a/guava/pom.xml b/guava/pom.xml
index da880cc995..b36506f87a 100644
--- a/guava/pom.xml
+++ b/guava/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@
             <version>${assertj.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hamcrest/java-hamcrest -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+            <artifactId>java-hamcrest</artifactId>
+            <version>${java-hamcrest.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -52,6 +60,7 @@
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <java-hamcrest.version>2.0.0.0</java-hamcrest.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/hamcrest/HamcrestCoreMatchersTest.java b/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/hamcrest/HamcrestCoreMatchersTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f3e96c956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guava/src/test/java/org/baeldung/hamcrest/HamcrestCoreMatchersTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+package org.baeldung.hamcrest;
+
+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.StringEndsWith.endsWith;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.StringStartsWith.startsWith;
+
+public class HamcrestCoreMatchersTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingIsForMatch() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, is("hamcrest core"));
+        assertThat(testString, is(equalTo("hamcrest core")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenDifferentStaticTypeTestInput_WhenUsingEqualToObject_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        Object original = 100;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(original, equalToObject(100));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingInstanceOfForClassTypeCheck() {
+
+        assertThat("hamcrest", is(instanceOf(String.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingIsA_ThenAssertType() {
+
+        assertThat("hamcrest core", isA(String.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingEqualToMatcherForEquality() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String actualString = "Hamcrest Core";
+        List<String> actualList = Lists.newArrayList("hamcrest", "core");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(actualString, is(equalTo("Hamcrest Core")));
+        assertThat(actualList, is(equalTo(Lists.newArrayList("hamcrest", "core"))));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingNotForMatch() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, not("hamcrest core"));
+        assertThat(testString, is(not(equalTo("hamcrest core"))));
+        assertThat(testString, is(not(instanceOf(Integer.class))));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingNullValueForNullCheck() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        Integer nullObject = null;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(nullObject, is(nullValue()));
+        assertThat(nullObject, is(nullValue(Integer.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingNotNullValueForNotNullCheck() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        Integer testNumber = 123;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testNumber, is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(testNumber, is(notNullValue(Integer.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenStartsWith_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, startsWith("hamcrest"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void giveString_WhenStartsWithIgnoringCase_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, startsWithIgnoringCase("HAMCREST"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenEndsWith_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, endsWith("core"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenEndsWithIgnoringCase_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, endsWithIgnoringCase("CORE"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenContainsString_ThenCorrect() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, containsString("co"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenString_WhenContainsStringIgnoringCase_ThenCorrect() {
+
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "hamcrest core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, containsStringIgnoringCase("CO"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingHasItemInCollection() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList("java", "spring", "baeldung");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(list, hasItem("java"));
+        assertThat(list, hasItem(isA(String.class)));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingHasItemsInCollection() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        List<String> list = Lists.newArrayList("java", "spring", "baeldung");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(list, hasItems("java", "baeldung"));
+        assertThat(list, hasItems(isA(String.class), endsWith("ing")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingAnyForClassType() {
+
+        assertThat("hamcrest", is(any(String.class)));
+        assertThat("hamcrest", is(any(Object.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingAllOfForAllMatchers() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, allOf(startsWith("Ham"), endsWith("ore"), containsString("Core")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingAnyOfForAnyMatcher() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, anyOf(startsWith("Ham"), containsString("baeldung")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingBothForMatcher() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core Matchers";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, both(startsWith("Ham")).and(containsString("Core")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingEitherForMatcher() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String testString = "Hamcrest Core Matchers";
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testString, either(startsWith("Bael")).or(containsString("Core")));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTestInput_WhenUsingEveryItemForMatchInCollection() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        List<String> testItems = Lists.newArrayList("Common", "Core", "Combinable");
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(testItems, everyItem(startsWith("Co")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoTestInputs_WhenUsingSameInstanceForMatch() {
+
+        // GIVEN
+        String string1 = "hamcrest";
+        String string2 = string1;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(string1, is(sameInstance(string2)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTwoTestInputs_WhenUsingTheInstanceForMatch() {
+        // GIVEN
+        String string1 = "hamcrest";
+        String string2 = string1;
+
+        // ASSERT
+        assertThat(string1, is(theInstance(string2)));
+    }
+
+}
+