diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfiguration.java
index fdf49125..60a20025 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfiguration.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class HateoasConfiguration {
 
 		ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource = new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
 		messageSource.setResourceLoader(context);
-		messageSource.setBasename(I18N_BASE_NAME);
+		messageSource.setBasename("classpath:".concat(I18N_BASE_NAME));
 		messageSource.setDefaultEncoding(StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString());
 
 		if (!candidates.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfigurationIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfigurationIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c66d0f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/config/HateoasConfigurationIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.hateoas.config;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.mediatype.MessageResolver;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for {@link HateoasConfiguration}.
+ *
+ * @author Oliver Drotbohm
+ */
+class HateoasConfigurationIntegrationTest {
+
+	@Test // #1075
+	void loadsLanguageSpecificResourceBundle() throws Exception {
+
+		ReflectionTestUtils.setField(HateoasConfiguration.class, "I18N_BASE_NAME",
+				"org/springframework/hateoas/config/rest-messages");
+
+		try (AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext()) {
+
+			context.register(HateoasConfiguration.class);
+			context.setServletContext(new MockServletContext());
+			context.refresh();
+
+			MessageResolver resolver = context.getBean(MessageResolver.class);
+
+			assertThat(resolver.resolve(() -> new String[] { "key" })).isEqualTo("Schlüssel");
+		}
+	}
+}