diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java
index 7a78615d..47dbf308 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLoader.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class ConfigServerConfigDataLoader implements ConfigDataLoader<ConfigServ
 
 		String path = "/{name}/{profile}";
 		String name = properties.getName();
-		String profile = StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(resource.getProfiles().getAccepted());
+		String profile = resource.getProfiles();
 		String token = properties.getToken();
 		int noOfUrls = properties.getUri().length;
 		if (noOfUrls > 1) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataResource.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataResource.java
index 4f794e46..e567b725 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataResource.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataResource.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataResource;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.Profiles;
 import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 public class ConfigServerConfigDataResource extends ConfigDataResource {
 
@@ -44,8 +45,11 @@ public class ConfigServerConfigDataResource extends ConfigDataResource {
 		return this.optional;
 	}
 
-	public Profiles getProfiles() {
-		return this.profiles;
+	public String getProfiles() {
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(properties.getProfile())) {
+			return properties.getProfile();
+		}
+		return StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(profiles.getAccepted());
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLocationResolverTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLocationResolverTests.java
index 9e4112e2..499af5d7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLocationResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-client/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/client/ConfigServerConfigDataLocationResolverTests.java
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.config.client;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.ConfigurableBootstrapContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocation;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocationResolverContext;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.config.Profiles;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.DeferredLog;
 import org.springframework.mock.env.MockEnvironment;
@@ -63,4 +67,28 @@ public class ConfigServerConfigDataLocationResolverTests {
 		assertThat(this.resolver.isResolvable(this.context, ConfigDataLocation.of("configserver:"))).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void defaultSpringProfiles() {
+		ConfigServerConfigDataResource resource = testResolveProvileSpecific();
+		assertThat(resource.getProfiles()).isEqualTo("default");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void configClientProfilesOverridesSpringProfilesActive() {
+		this.environment.setProperty(ConfigClientProperties.PREFIX + ".profile", "myprofile");
+		ConfigServerConfigDataResource resource = testResolveProvileSpecific();
+		assertThat(resource.getProfiles()).isEqualTo("myprofile");
+	}
+
+	private ConfigServerConfigDataResource testResolveProvileSpecific() {
+		when(context.getBootstrapContext()).thenReturn(mock(ConfigurableBootstrapContext.class));
+		Profiles profiles = mock(Profiles.class);
+
+		List<ConfigServerConfigDataResource> resources = this.resolver.resolveProfileSpecific(context,
+				ConfigDataLocation.of("configserver:"), profiles);
+		assertThat(resources).hasSize(1);
+		ConfigServerConfigDataResource resource = resources.get(0);
+		return resource;
+	}
+
 }