diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index b6a24b6cb7d6..b25933e75f67 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
             <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+	   <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+	   <version>2.3</version>
+        </dependency>     
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/LoggerConfig.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/LoggerConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a22fcfdb0350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/LoggerConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package org.baeldung.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter;
+
+@Configuration
+public class LoggerConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public CommonsRequestLoggingFilter requestLoggingFilter() {
+        CommonsRequestLoggingFilter crlf = new CommonsRequestLoggingFilter();
+        crlf.setIncludeClientInfo(true);
+        crlf.setIncludeQueryString(true);
+        crlf.setIncludePayload(true);
+        crlf.setBeforeMessagePrefix("Before Commons Request Logging--");
+        crlf.setAfterMessagePrefix("After Commons Request Logging--");
+        return crlf;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/controller/HelloController.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/controller/HelloController.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dc572f9dd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/controller/HelloController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.baeldung.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class HelloController {
+    @RequestMapping("/helloGet")
+    public String hello(Model model, @RequestParam(value = "name", required = false, defaultValue = "World") String name) {
+        return "hello";
+    }
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/helloPost", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+    public String helloPost(Model model, @RequestParam(value = "name", required = false, defaultValue = "World") String name) {
+        return "helloPost";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringBootRequestLoggingTest.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringBootRequestLoggingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2566e0af8750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringBootRequestLoggingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.baeldung;
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
+import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = Application.class)
+@WebAppConfiguration
+public class SpringBootRequestLoggingTest {
+    @Autowired
+    private WebApplicationContext webApplicationContext;
+    private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setupMockMvc() {
+        MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(webApplicationContext);
+        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(webApplicationContext).addFilter(webApplicationContext.getBean(CommonsRequestLoggingFilter.class)).build();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRequestHasBeenMade_whenGetMeetsAllOfGivenConditions_thenCorrect() throws Exception {
+        MediaType contentType = new MediaType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.getType(), MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.getSubtype(), Charset.forName("utf8"));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/helloGet?home=Houston").contentType(contentType)).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isOk());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenRequestHasBeenMade_whenPostMeetsAllOfGivenConditions_thenCorrect() throws Exception {
+        MediaType contentType = new MediaType(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.getType(), MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED.getSubtype(), Charset.forName("utf8"));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/helloPost").param("name", "suse").contentType(contentType)).andExpect(MockMvcResultMatchers.status().isOk());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 14b190629e16..86184aee8645 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 spring.mail.host=localhost
 spring.mail.port=8025
-spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=false
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.auth=false
+
+logging.level.org.springframework.web.filter.CommonsRequestLoggingFilter=DEBUG