diff --git a/ci/smoke-tests.yml b/ci/smoke-tests.yml
index 8bd21c48..81324bdf 100644
--- a/ci/smoke-tests.yml
+++ b/ci/smoke-tests.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ smoke_tests:
   - jdbc
   - logging-log4j2
   - logging-logback
+  - rest-template
   - security-webflux
   - security-webmvc
   - scheduled
diff --git a/rest-template/README.adoc b/rest-template/README.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e084c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/README.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Tests if `RestTemplate` works
diff --git a/rest-template/build.gradle b/rest-template/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ccc25b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+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-web")
+
+	testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test")
+
+	aotTestImplementation(project(":aot-smoke-test-support"))
+	aotTestImplementation("org.awaitility:awaitility:4.2.0")
+}
diff --git a/rest-template/src/aotTest/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplicationAotTests.java b/rest-template/src/aotTest/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplicationAotTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e011b36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/src/aotTest/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplicationAotTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.example.resttemplate;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIfEnvironmentVariable;
+
+import org.springframework.aot.smoketest.support.assertj.AssertableOutput;
+import org.springframework.aot.smoketest.support.junit.AotSmokeTest;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@AotSmokeTest
+class RestTemplateApplicationAotTests {
+
+	@Test
+	@DisabledIfEnvironmentVariable(named = "CI", matches = "true", disabledReason = "HTTP is blocked on CI")
+	void httpWorks(AssertableOutput output) {
+		Awaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(30)).untilAsserted(() -> {
+			assertThat(output)
+					.hasSingleLineContaining("http: DataDto{url='http://httpbin.org/anything', method='GET'}");
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void httpsWorks(AssertableOutput output) {
+		Awaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(30)).untilAsserted(() -> {
+			assertThat(output)
+					.hasSingleLineContaining("https: DataDto{url='https://httpbin.org/anything', method='GET'}");
+		});
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/CLR.java b/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/CLR.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..750a8c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/CLR.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.example.resttemplate;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import com.example.resttemplate.DataDto.DataDtoRuntimeHints;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportRuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+@Component
+@ImportRuntimeHints(DataDtoRuntimeHints.class)
+class CLR implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+	private final RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder;
+
+	CLR(RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) {
+		this.restTemplateBuilder = restTemplateBuilder;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run(String... args) {
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = this.restTemplateBuilder.setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+				.setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5)).build();
+		http(restTemplate);
+		https(restTemplate);
+	}
+
+	private void http(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
+		try {
+			DataDto dto = restTemplate.getForObject(URI.create("http://httpbin.org/anything"), DataDto.class);
+			System.out.printf("http: %s%n", dto);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			System.out.println("http failed:");
+			ex.printStackTrace(System.out);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void https(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
+		try {
+			DataDto dto = restTemplate.getForObject(URI.create("https://httpbin.org/anything"), DataDto.class);
+			System.out.printf("https: %s%n", dto);
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			System.out.println("https failed:");
+			ex.printStackTrace(System.out);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/DataDto.java b/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/DataDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d7a1128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/DataDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.example.resttemplate;
+
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
+import org.springframework.context.aot.BindingReflectionHintsRegistrar;
+
+public class DataDto {
+
+	private String url;
+
+	private String method;
+
+	public DataDto() {
+	}
+
+	public String getUrl() {
+		return url;
+	}
+
+	public void setUrl(String url) {
+		this.url = url;
+	}
+
+	public String getMethod() {
+		return method;
+	}
+
+	public void setMethod(String method) {
+		this.method = method;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "DataDto{" + "url='" + url + '\'' + ", method='" + method + '\'' + '}';
+	}
+
+	static class DataDtoRuntimeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+
+		private final BindingReflectionHintsRegistrar bindingReflectionHintsRegistrar = new BindingReflectionHintsRegistrar();
+
+		@Override
+		public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+			this.bindingReflectionHintsRegistrar.registerReflectionHints(hints.reflection(), DataDto.class);
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplication.java b/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb173dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/src/main/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.example.resttemplate;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class RestTemplateApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
+		SpringApplication application = new SpringApplication(RestTemplateApplication.class);
+		application.setWebApplicationType(WebApplicationType.NONE);
+		application.run(args);
+		Thread.currentThread().join(); // To be able to measure memory consumption
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/rest-template/src/test/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplicationTests.java b/rest-template/src/test/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2478f2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-template/src/test/java/com/example/resttemplate/RestTemplateApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.example.resttemplate;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class RestTemplateApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 42ee405e..00891a84 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ include "hateoas"
 include "jdbc"
 include "logging-log4j2"
 include "logging-logback"
+include "rest-template"
 include "scheduled"
 include "security-webflux"
 include "security-webmvc"