diff --git a/STATUS.adoc b/STATUS.adoc
index 8b1cb2a8..e0228769 100644
--- a/STATUS.adoc
+++ b/STATUS.adoc
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ h|nativeTest
 |
 |
 
+|xml-config
+|image:https://ci.spring.io/api/v1/teams/spring-aot-smoke-tests/pipelines/spring-aot-smoke-tests-1.0.x/jobs/xml-config-app-test/badge[link=https://ci.spring.io/teams/spring-aot-smoke-tests/pipelines/spring-aot-smoke-tests-1.0.x/jobs/xml-config-app-test]
+|image:https://ci.spring.io/api/v1/teams/spring-aot-smoke-tests/pipelines/spring-aot-smoke-tests-1.0.x/jobs/xml-config-native-app-test/badge[link=https://ci.spring.io/teams/spring-aot-smoke-tests/pipelines/spring-aot-smoke-tests-1.0.x/jobs/xml-config-native-app-test]
+|
+|
+
 
 5+^h|Cloud
 h|Smoke Test
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/README.adoc b/boot/xml-config/README.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52053a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/README.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Tests if the XML configuration works
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/build.gradle b/boot/xml-config/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..499b7ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'java'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot'
+	id 'org.springframework.aot.smoke-test'
+	id 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native'
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	implementation(platform(org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin.BOM_COORDINATES))
+	implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter")
+
+	appTestImplementation(project(":aot-smoke-test-support"))
+	appTestImplementation("org.awaitility:awaitility:4.2.0")
+}
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/src/appTest/java/com/example/xmlconfig/XmlConfigApplicationAotTests.java b/boot/xml-config/src/appTest/java/com/example/xmlconfig/XmlConfigApplicationAotTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..232ea79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/src/appTest/java/com/example/xmlconfig/XmlConfigApplicationAotTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.example.xmlconfig;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.aot.smoketest.support.assertj.AssertableOutput;
+import org.springframework.aot.smoketest.support.junit.ApplicationTest;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@ApplicationTest
+class XmlConfigApplicationAotTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void expectedLoggingIsProduced(AssertableOutput output) {
+		Awaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).untilAsserted(() -> {
+			assertThat(output).hasSingleLineContaining("Hello from MyServiceImpl");
+		});
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/CLR.java b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/CLR.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d7215b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/CLR.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.example.xmlconfig;
+
+import com.example.xmlconfig.service.MyService;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class CLR implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+	private final MyService myService;
+
+	public CLR(MyService myService) {
+		this.myService = myService;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run(String... args) {
+		this.myService.sayHello();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/XmlConfigApplication.java b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/XmlConfigApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1df9e1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/XmlConfigApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.example.xmlconfig;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class XmlConfigApplication {
+
+	private static final String CONTEXT_XML = "classpath:/application-context.xml";
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication application = new SpringApplication();
+		application.setSources(Collections.singleton(CONTEXT_XML));
+		application.run(args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/service/MyService.java b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/service/MyService.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b06bae85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/service/MyService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.example.xmlconfig.service;
+
+public interface MyService {
+
+	void sayHello();
+
+}
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/service/MyServiceImpl.java b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/service/MyServiceImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba2d5d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/src/main/java/com/example/xmlconfig/service/MyServiceImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.example.xmlconfig.service;
+
+class MyServiceImpl implements MyService {
+
+	@Override
+	public void sayHello() {
+		System.out.println("Hello from MyServiceImpl");
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/boot/xml-config/src/main/resources/application-context.xml b/boot/xml-config/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98e2eb74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/xml-config/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+				http://www.springframework.org/schema/context https://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
+
+	<context:annotation-config/>
+	<context:property-placeholder/>
+
+	<bean id="myService" class="com.example.xmlconfig.service.MyServiceImpl"/>
+	<bean id="application" class="com.example.xmlconfig.XmlConfigApplication"/>
+
+</beans>
diff --git a/ci/smoke-tests.yml b/ci/smoke-tests.yml
index c87cec5c..7fac1fae 100644
--- a/ci/smoke-tests.yml
+++ b/ci/smoke-tests.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ groups:
      - name: tracing-brave-zipkin
        app_test: true
        test: false
+     - name: xml-config
+       app_test: true
+       test: false
   - name: cloud
     smoke_tests:
      - name: cloud-config-client