diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index 59053be596..9f99d83a42 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@
             <artifactId>tomcat-dbcp</artifactId>
             <version>${tomcat-dbcp.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <version>${h2.version}</version>            
+        </dependency>
+        
         <!-- utils -->
 
         <dependency>
@@ -127,39 +133,52 @@
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <excludes>
-                        <!-- <exclude>**/*ProductionTest.java</exclude> -->
+                        <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude> 
                     </excludes>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>h2</provPersistenceTarget> -->
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${cargo-maven2-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <wait>true</wait>
-                    <container>
-                        <containerId>jetty8x</containerId>
-                        <type>embedded</type>
-                        <systemProperties>
-                            <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>cargo</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                        </systemProperties>
-                    </container>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <properties>
-                            <cargo.servlet.port>8082</cargo.servlet.port>
-                        </properties>
-                    </configuration>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>integration</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>integration-test</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>test</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <test.mime>json</test.mime>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+    
     <properties>
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
@@ -170,6 +189,7 @@
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.38</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.47</tomcat-dbcp.version>
+        <h2.version>1.4.191</h2.version>
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.13</org.slf4j.version>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
index 15752165cc..fea76dfc70 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableTransactionManagement
-@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-h2.properties" })
 @ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.persistence.dao", "org.baeldung.persistence.service" })
 public class PersistenceConfig {
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2fcd9545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/src/main/resources/persistence-h2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# jdbc.X
+jdbc.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
+jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:mem:spring_hibernate3_01;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
+jdbc.user=sa
+jdbc.pass=
+
+# hibernate.X
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+hibernate.show_sql=false
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
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