diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a5c506b0c5..9760e06bc1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@
                 <module>spring-boot-ops-2</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-rest</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-data</module>
+                <module>spring-boot-parent</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-property-exp</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-security</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-testing</module>
@@ -1311,6 +1312,7 @@
                 <module>spring-boot-ops-2</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-rest</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-data</module>
+                <module>spring-boot-parent</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-property-exp</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-security</module>
                 <module>spring-boot-vue</module>
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0924917505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?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>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-boot-parent</name>
+    <description>spring-boot-parent</description>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>spring-boot-with-starter-parent</module>
+        <module>spring-boot-with-custom-parent</module>
+    </modules>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-custom-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-custom-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de2946fbb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-custom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?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>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-with-custom-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-boot-with-custom-parent</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.1.5.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-custom-parent/src/main/java/com/baeldung/customparent/SpringBootStarterCustomParentApplication.java b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-custom-parent/src/main/java/com/baeldung/customparent/SpringBootStarterCustomParentApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..169717d7bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-custom-parent/src/main/java/com/baeldung/customparent/SpringBootStarterCustomParentApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.customparent;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringBootStarterCustomParentApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootStarterCustomParentApplication.class, args);
+        System.out.println("Spring boot application running without starter parent");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-starter-parent/pom.xml b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-starter-parent/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c6479ca60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-starter-parent/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?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>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-with-starter-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-boot-with-starter-parent</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.5.RELEASE</version>
+        <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+                <version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-starter-parent/src/main/java/com/baeldung/starterparent/SpringBootStarterParentApplication.java b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-starter-parent/src/main/java/com/baeldung/starterparent/SpringBootStarterParentApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f987165ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-parent/spring-boot-with-starter-parent/src/main/java/com/baeldung/starterparent/SpringBootStarterParentApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.starterparent;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringBootStarterParentApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootStarterParentApplication.class, args);
+        System.out.println("Spring boot application running with starter parent");
+    }
+
+}