diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/initializer/ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializerTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/initializer/ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
index bce3a93ab3..7bf9b05a2b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/initializer/ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/initializer/ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ public class ConfigFileApplicationContextInitializerTests {
 		assertThat(property, equalTo("fromprofilepropertiesfile"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void profilePropertiesUsedInPlaceholders() throws Exception {
+		this.initializer.setNames("enableprofile");
+		this.initializer.initialize(this.context);
+		String property = this.context.getEnvironment().getProperty("one.more");
+		assertThat(property, equalTo("fromprofilepropertiesfile"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void yamlProfiles() throws Exception {
 		this.initializer.setNames("testprofiles");
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/resources/enableprofile.properties b/spring-boot/src/test/resources/enableprofile.properties
index 01c6230de7..1e4e426e17 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/resources/enableprofile.properties
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/resources/enableprofile.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 spring.profiles.active=myprofile
 my.property=frompropertiesfile
+one.more=${my.property}