diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java
index d449646848..882ceaa4c5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/TypeElementMembers.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.
@@ -110,14 +110,16 @@ class TypeElementMembers {
 
 	private boolean isGetter(ExecutableElement method) {
 		String name = method.getSimpleName().toString();
-		return (name.startsWith("get") || name.startsWith("is"))
+		return ((name.startsWith("get") && name.length() > 3)
+				|| (name.startsWith("is") && name.length() > 2))
 				&& method.getParameters().isEmpty()
 				&& (TypeKind.VOID != method.getReturnType().getKind());
 	}
 
 	private boolean isSetter(ExecutableElement method) {
 		final String name = method.getSimpleName().toString();
-		return name.startsWith("set") && method.getParameters().size() == 1
+		return (name.startsWith("set") && name.length() > 3)
+				&& method.getParameters().size() == 1
 				&& (isSetterReturnType(method));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessorTests.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessorTests.java
index a5c4959629..2fe51dbaac 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessorTests.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.specific.ExcludedTypesPojo;
 import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.specific.InnerClassAnnotatedGetterConfig;
 import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.specific.InnerClassProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.specific.InnerClassRootConfig;
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.specific.InvalidAccessorProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.specific.SimplePojo;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 
@@ -334,6 +335,13 @@ public class ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessorTests {
 		assertThat(metadata).isNotEqualTo(Metadata.withProperty("excluded.writer-array"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void invalidAccessor() throws IOException {
+		ConfigurationMetadata metadata = compile(InvalidAccessorProperties.class);
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withGroup("config"));
+		assertThat(metadata.getItems()).hasSize(1);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void lombokDataProperties() throws Exception {
 		ConfigurationMetadata metadata = compile(LombokSimpleDataProperties.class);
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/specific/InvalidAccessorProperties.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/specific/InvalidAccessorProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9af572dadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/specific/InvalidAccessorProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2016 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.boot.configurationsample.specific;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+/**
+ * Demonstrates that invalid accessors are ignored.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "config")
+public class InvalidAccessorProperties {
+
+	private String name;
+	private boolean flag;
+
+	public void set(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public String get() {
+		return this.name;
+	}
+
+	public void setFlag(boolean flag) {
+		this.flag = flag;
+	}
+
+	public boolean is() {
+		return this.flag;
+	}
+
+}