diff --git a/feign-eager-instantiation/pom.xml b/feign-eager-instantiation/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.sample</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-cloud-sample-feign-eager-instantiation</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>spring-cloud-sample-feign-eager-instantiation</name>
+    <description>Demo project for Spring Cloud</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.7</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-feign</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
+                <version>Camden.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <!--skip deploy (this is just a test module) -->
+                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skip>true</skip>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>spring-milestones</id>
+            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>spring-releases</id>
+            <name>Spring Releases</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/release</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>spring-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>spring-milestones</id>
+            <name>Spring Milestones</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>spring-releases</id>
+            <name>Spring Releases</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/release</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/java/demo/ExampleClient.java b/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/java/demo/ExampleClient.java
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+++ b/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/java/demo/ExampleClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package demo;
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.FeignClient;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+
+@FeignClient(name = "example", url = "http://example.com")
+public interface ExampleClient {
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    String get();
+}
diff --git a/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/java/demo/FeignEagerInstantiationApplication.java b/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/java/demo/FeignEagerInstantiationApplication.java
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+package demo;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.EnableFeignClients;
+
+@EnableFeignClients
+// Workaround for Camden.RELEASE
+// @ImportAutoConfiguration(FeignAutoConfiguration.class)
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class FeignEagerInstantiationApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(FeignEagerInstantiationApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/resources/application.properties b/feign-eager-instantiation/src/main/resources/application.properties
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diff --git a/feign-eager-instantiation/src/test/java/demo/FeignEagerInstantiationApplicationTests.java b/feign-eager-instantiation/src/test/java/demo/FeignEagerInstantiationApplicationTests.java
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+++ b/feign-eager-instantiation/src/test/java/demo/FeignEagerInstantiationApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package demo;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+@DirtiesContext
+public class FeignEagerInstantiationApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 33a1371..16a0412 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 		<module>eureka-noweb</module>
 		<module>eureka-server</module>
 		<module>feign</module>
+		<module>feign-eager-instantiation</module>
 		<module>feign-eureka</module>
 		<module>feign-hystrix</module>
 		<module>hystrix</module>