diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml
index 3d6f8d54844..8014af03d8a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/main/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepository.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/main/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepository.java
index 281e75977e8..42819566419 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/main/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepository.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/main/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepository.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package sample.data.jpa.service;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
 
 import sample.data.jpa.domain.City;
@@ -26,9 +27,11 @@ import sample.data.jpa.domain.City;
 @RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = "citys", path = "cities")
 interface CityRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<City, Long> {
 
-	Page<City> findByNameContainingAndCountryContainingAllIgnoringCase(String name,
-			String country, Pageable pageable);
+	Page<City> findByNameContainingAndCountryContainingAllIgnoringCase(
+			@Param("name") String name, @Param("country") String country,
+			Pageable pageable);
 
-	City findByNameAndCountryAllIgnoringCase(String name, String country);
+	City findByNameAndCountryAllIgnoringCase(@Param("name") String name,
+			@Param("country") String country);
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/SampleDataRestApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/SampleDataRestApplicationTests.java
index 825584d5f24..2cbbb97b172 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/SampleDataRestApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/SampleDataRestApplicationTests.java
@@ -29,14 +29,17 @@ import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 /**
  * Integration test to run the application.
  *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SampleDataRestApplication.class)
@@ -61,4 +64,22 @@ public class SampleDataRestApplicationTests {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(content().string(containsString("hotels")));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findByNameAndCountry() throws Exception {
+
+		this.mvc.perform(
+				get("/cities/search/findByNameAndCountryAllIgnoringCase?name=Melbourne&country=Australia"))
+				.andExpect(status().isOk())
+				.andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.citys", hasSize(1)));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findByContaining() throws Exception {
+
+		this.mvc.perform(
+				get("/cities/search/findByNameContainingAndCountryContainingAllIgnoringCase?name=&country=UK"))
+				.andExpect(status().isOk())
+				.andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.citys", hasSize(3)));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepositoryIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
index 70f4eaf4ca4..6fba01038da 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-rest/src/test/java/sample/data/jpa/service/CityRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import sample.data.jpa.SampleDataRestApplication;
 import sample.data.jpa.domain.City;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * Integration tests for {@link CityRepository}.
  *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SampleDataRestApplication.class)
@@ -49,4 +52,20 @@ public class CityRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 		Page<City> cities = this.repository.findAll(new PageRequest(0, 10));
 		assertThat(cities.getTotalElements(), is(greaterThan(20L)));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findByNameAndCountry() {
+		City city = this.repository.findByNameAndCountryAllIgnoringCase("Melbourne",
+				"Australia");
+		assertThat(city, notNullValue());
+		assertThat(city.getName(), is(equalTo("Melbourne")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findContaining() {
+		Page<City> cities = this.repository
+				.findByNameContainingAndCountryContainingAllIgnoringCase("", "UK",
+						new PageRequest(0, 10));
+		assertThat(cities.getTotalElements(), is(equalTo(3L)));
+	}
 }