diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 66b2076852..cac363c414 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -141,12 +141,52 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>                
             </plugin>
 
         </plugins>
 
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>live</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>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/*LiveTest.java</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <systemPropertyVariables>
+                                <test.mime>json</test.mime>
+                            </systemPropertyVariables>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
     <properties>
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartLiveTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java
rename to httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartLiveTest.java
index 371657af62..3287faa176 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartTest.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientMultipartLiveTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class HttpClientMultipartTest {
+public class HttpClientMultipartLiveTest {
 
     private static final String SERVER = "http://echo.200please.com";
     private static final String TEXTFILENAME = "temp.txt";
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientPostingTest.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientPostingLiveTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientPostingTest.java
rename to httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientPostingLiveTest.java
index 7b75cdfc19..23cbfde82d 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientPostingTest.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/httpclient/HttpClientPostingLiveTest.java
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.auth.BasicScheme;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class HttpClientPostingTest {
+@Ignore("need spring-rest module running")
+public class HttpClientPostingLiveTest {
     private static final String SAMPLE_URL = "http://localhost:8080/spring-rest/users";
     private static final String URL_SECURED_BY_BASIC_AUTHENTICATION = "http://browserspy.dk/password-ok.php";
     private static final String DEFAULT_USER = "test";