diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 48589fb442..8699ee2fff 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -1053,6 +1053,11 @@
 				<artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
 				<version>${jersey.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jersey-bean-validation</artifactId>
+				<version>${jersey.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jersey-spring3</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/JerseyConfig.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/JerseyConfig.java
index 85c763f7b1..c1c5b364b2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/JerseyConfig.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/JerseyConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class JerseyConfig extends ResourceConfig {
 
 	public JerseyConfig() {
 		register(Endpoint.class);
+		register(ReverseEndpoint.class);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/ReverseEndpoint.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/ReverseEndpoint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..722e89844e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/main/java/sample/jersey/ReverseEndpoint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package sample.jersey;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@Path("/reverse")
+public class ReverseEndpoint {
+
+	@GET
+	public String reverse(@QueryParam("input") @NotNull String input) {
+		return new StringBuilder(input).reverse().toString();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/test/java/sample/jersey/SampleJerseyApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/test/java/sample/jersey/SampleJerseyApplicationTests.java
index 2902f7c924..724c716dd5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/test/java/sample/jersey/SampleJerseyApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-jersey/src/test/java/sample/jersey/SampleJerseyApplicationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -48,4 +48,19 @@ public class SampleJerseyApplicationTests {
 		assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, entity.getStatusCode());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void reverse() {
+		ResponseEntity<String> entity = this.restTemplate.getForEntity(
+				"http://localhost:" + this.port + "/reverse?input=olleh", String.class);
+		assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, entity.getStatusCode());
+		assertEquals("hello", entity.getBody());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void validation() {
+		ResponseEntity<String> entity = this.restTemplate.getForEntity(
+				"http://localhost:" + this.port + "/reverse", String.class);
+		assertEquals(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, entity.getStatusCode());
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jersey/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jersey/pom.xml
index 47700b5af6..8430b1650e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.containers</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-container-servlet</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey-bean-validation</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+					<artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
+					<artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.ext</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jersey-spring3</artifactId>