diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/main/java/sample/web/CustomerController.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/main/java/sample/web/CustomerController.java
index d7019428a8..45cc3d0d52 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/main/java/sample/web/CustomerController.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/main/java/sample/web/CustomerController.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.Resource;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Resources;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public class CustomerController {
 		this.entityLinks = entityLinks;
 	}
 
-	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
+	@RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
 	HttpEntity<Resources<Customer>> showCustomers() {
 		Resources<Customer> resources = new Resources<Customer>(
 				this.repository.findAll());
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class CustomerController {
 		return new ResponseEntity<Resources<Customer>>(resources, HttpStatus.OK);
 	}
 
-	@RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+	@RequestMapping(value = "/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
 	HttpEntity<Resource<Customer>> showCustomer(@PathVariable Long id) {
 		Resource<Customer> resource = new Resource<Customer>(this.repository.findOne(id));
 		resource.add(this.entityLinks.linkToSingleResource(Customer.class, id));
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/test/java/sample/SampleHateoasApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/test/java/sample/SampleHateoasApplicationTests.java
index 365c60acc5..94173c2a45 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/test/java/sample/SampleHateoasApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-hateoas/src/test/java/sample/SampleHateoasApplicationTests.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.
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package sample;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -23,9 +25,12 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.IntegrationTest;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.TestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
 
@@ -38,7 +43,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 @SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SampleHateoasApplication.class)
 @WebAppConfiguration
 @IntegrationTest("server.port:0")
-@DirtiesContext
 public class SampleHateoasApplicationTests {
 
 	@Value("${local.server.port}")
@@ -54,4 +58,17 @@ public class SampleHateoasApplicationTests {
 		assertThat(entity.getBody(), containsString("_links\":{\"self\":{\"href\""));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void producesJsonWhenXmlIsPreferred() throws Exception {
+		HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+		headers.set(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, "application/xml;q=0.9,application/json;q=0.8");
+		RequestEntity<?> request = new RequestEntity<Void>(headers, HttpMethod.GET,
+				URI.create("http://localhost:" + this.port + "/customers/1"));
+		ResponseEntity<String> response = new TestRestTemplate().exchange(request,
+				String.class);
+		assertThat(response.getStatusCode(), equalTo(HttpStatus.OK));
+		assertThat(response.getHeaders().getContentType(),
+				equalTo(MediaType.parseMediaType("application/json;charset=UTF-8")));
+	}
+
 }