diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegions.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegions.java
index 78454de0..7c509d1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegions.java
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public @interface EnableEntityDefinedRegions {
 	 *
 	 * Use {@link #basePackageClasses()} for a type-safe alternative to String-based package names.
 	 *
+	 * Use the {@literal spring.data.gemfire.entities.base-packages} property in {@literal application.properties}.
+	 *
 	 * @return a {@link String} array specifying the packages to search for application persistent entities.
 	 * @see #value()
 	 */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration.java
index 0a06a241..9eb2c3da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration.java
@@ -188,10 +188,11 @@ public class EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration extends AbstractAnnotationConfigS
 
 		Set<String> resolvedBasePackages = new HashSet<>();
 
-		Collections.addAll(resolvedBasePackages, nullSafeArray(defaultIfEmpty(
-			enableEntityDefinedRegionAttributes.getStringArray("basePackages"),
-				enableEntityDefinedRegionAttributes.getStringArray("value")),
-					String.class));
+		Collections.addAll(resolvedBasePackages, resolveProperty(entitiesProperty("base-packages"),
+			String[].class, nullSafeArray(defaultIfEmpty(
+					enableEntityDefinedRegionAttributes.getStringArray("basePackages"),
+					enableEntityDefinedRegionAttributes.getStringArray("value")),
+				String.class)));
 
 		stream(nullSafeArray(enableEntityDefinedRegionAttributes.getClassArray(
 			"basePackageClasses"), Class.class))
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/support/AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/support/AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport.java
index bf7c6094..a6b063bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/support/AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/support/AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport.java
@@ -722,6 +722,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport
 		return String.format("%1$s%2$s.%3$s", propertyName("disk.store."), name, propertyNameSuffix);
 	}
 
+	/* (non-Javadoc) */
+	protected String entitiesProperty(String propertyNameSuffix) {
+		return String.format("%1$s%2$s", propertyName("entities."), propertyNameSuffix);
+	}
+
 	/* (non-Javadoc) */
 	protected String locatorProperty(String propertyNameSuffix) {
 		return String.format("%1$s%2$s", propertyName("locator."), propertyNameSuffix);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegionsIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegionsIntegrationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..034567ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/annotation/EnableEntityDefinedRegionsIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 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.data.gemfire.config.annotation;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.apache.geode.cache.DataPolicy;
+import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
+import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.test.mock.annotation.EnableGemFireMockObjects;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.test.model.Person;
+import org.springframework.mock.env.MockPropertySource;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for {@link EnableEntityDefinedRegions} and {@link EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration}.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.junit.Test
+ * @see org.apache.geode.cache.Region
+ * @see org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.EnableEntityDefinedRegions
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.EntityDefinedRegionsConfiguration
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.test.mock.annotation.EnableGemFireMockObjects
+ * @since 2.0.2
+ */
+public class EnableEntityDefinedRegionsIntegrationTests {
+
+	private ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext;
+
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() {
+		Optional.ofNullable(this.applicationContext).ifPresent(ConfigurableApplicationContext::close);
+	}
+
+	private ConfigurableApplicationContext newApplicationContext(PropertySource<?> testPropertySource,
+			Class<?>... annotatedClasses) {
+
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext applicationContext = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+
+		MutablePropertySources propertySources = applicationContext.getEnvironment().getPropertySources();
+
+		propertySources.addFirst(testPropertySource);
+
+		applicationContext.register(annotatedClasses);
+		applicationContext.registerShutdownHook();
+		applicationContext.refresh();
+
+		return applicationContext;
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void entityBasePackagesAreIdentifiedByProperty() {
+
+		MockPropertySource testPropertySource = new MockPropertySource()
+			.withProperty("spring.data.gemfire.entities.base-packages", Person.class.getPackage().getName());
+
+		this.applicationContext = newApplicationContext(testPropertySource, TestConfiguration.class);
+
+		assertThat(this.applicationContext).isNotNull();
+
+		Region<Long, Person> people = this.applicationContext.getBean("People", Region.class);
+
+		assertThat(people).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(people.getName()).isEqualTo("People");
+		assertThat(people.getFullPath()).isEqualTo(GemfireUtils.toRegionPath("People"));
+		assertThat(people.getAttributes()).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(people.getAttributes().getDataPolicy()).isEqualTo(DataPolicy.EMPTY);
+	}
+
+	@ClientCacheApplication
+	@EnableGemFireMockObjects
+	@EnableEntityDefinedRegions
+	static class TestConfiguration {
+	}
+}