diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties.java
index 3a1353a5..72b7f3d6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties.java
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ public class MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties extends JGitEnvironmentProperties
          */
         private String name;
 
+        public PatternMatchingJGitEnvironmentProperties() {
+        }
+
+        public PatternMatchingJGitEnvironmentProperties(String uri) {
+            setUri(uri);
+        }
+
         public String[] getPattern() {
             return pattern;
         }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepositoryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
index a81a3d82..1e155b36 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -222,6 +223,22 @@ public class MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 				.run();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void patternMatchingShortcutSyntax() throws IOException {
+		String defaultRepoUri = ConfigServerTestUtils.prepareLocalRepo("config-repo");
+		String test1RepoUri = ConfigServerTestUtils.prepareLocalRepo("test1-config-repo");
+
+		this.context = new SpringApplicationBuilder(TestConfiguration.class)
+				.web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
+				.properties("spring.cloud.config.server.git.repos.admin:" + test1RepoUri,
+						"spring.cloud.config.server.git.uri:" + defaultRepoUri)
+				.run();
+
+		MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties properties = this.context.getBean(MultipleJGitEnvironmentProperties.class);
+		Assertions.assertThat(properties.getRepos()).hasSize(1)
+				.containsOnlyKeys("admin");
+	}
+
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableConfigurationProperties(ConfigServerProperties.class)
 	@Import({ PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class,