diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/SpringJUnitTests.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/SpringJUnitTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2013 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 org.springframework.bootstrap;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.bootstrap.SpringJUnitTests.TestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.bootstrap.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.bootstrap.context.initializer.ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializer;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ * 
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = TestConfiguration.class, initializers = ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializer.class)
+public class SpringJUnitTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ApplicationContext context;
+
+	@Value("${foo:spam}")
+	private String foo = "bar";
+
+	@Test
+	public void testContextCreated() {
+		assertNotNull(this.context);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testContextInitialized() {
+		assertEquals("bucket", this.foo);
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@Import({ PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class })
+	public static class TestConfiguration {
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/resources/application.properties b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/resources/application.properties
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+foo: bucket
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