diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/injectionstrategy/spring/_default/CustomerSpringDefaultMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/injectionstrategy/spring/_default/CustomerSpringDefaultMapper.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.spring._default;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.CustomerDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.CustomerEntity;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@Mapper(componentModel = "spring", uses = GenderSpringDefaultMapper.class )
+public interface CustomerSpringDefaultMapper {
+
+    CustomerDto asTarget(CustomerEntity customerEntity);
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/injectionstrategy/spring/_default/GenderSpringDefaultMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/injectionstrategy/spring/_default/GenderSpringDefaultMapper.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.spring._default;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ValueMapping;
+import org.mapstruct.ValueMappings;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.Gender;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.GenderDto;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@Mapper(componentModel = "spring")
+public interface GenderSpringDefaultMapper {
+
+    @ValueMappings({
+        @ValueMapping(source = "MALE", target = "M"),
+        @ValueMapping(source = "FEMALE", target = "F")
+    })
+    GenderDto mapToDto(Gender gender);
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/injectionstrategy/spring/_default/SpringDefaultMapperTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/injectionstrategy/spring/_default/SpringDefaultMapperTest.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.spring._default;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.CustomerDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.CustomerEntity;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.Gender;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.injectionstrategy.shared.GenderDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.IssueKey;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.WithClasses;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.runner.AnnotationProcessorTestRunner;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.runner.GeneratedSource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import static java.lang.System.lineSeparator;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Test field injection for component model spring.
+ *
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@WithClasses({
+    CustomerDto.class,
+    CustomerEntity.class,
+    Gender.class,
+    GenderDto.class,
+    CustomerSpringDefaultMapper.class,
+    GenderSpringDefaultMapper.class
+})
+@IssueKey("571")
+@RunWith(AnnotationProcessorTestRunner.class)
+@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = CustomerSpringDefaultMapper.class)
+@Configuration
+public class SpringDefaultMapperTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public final GeneratedSource generatedSource = new GeneratedSource();
+
+    @Autowired
+    private CustomerSpringDefaultMapper customerMapper;
+    private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
+
+    @Before
+    public void springUp() {
+        context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext( getClass() );
+        context.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().autowireBean( this );
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void springDown() {
+        if ( context != null ) {
+            context.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldConvertToTarget() {
+        // given
+        CustomerEntity customerEntity = new CustomerEntity();
+        customerEntity.setName( "Samuel" );
+        customerEntity.setGender( Gender.MALE );
+
+        // when
+        CustomerDto customerDto = customerMapper.asTarget( customerEntity );
+
+        // then
+        assertThat( customerDto ).isNotNull();
+        assertThat( customerDto.getName() ).isEqualTo( "Samuel" );
+        assertThat( customerDto.getGender() ).isEqualTo( GenderDto.M );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHaveFieldInjection() {
+        generatedSource.forMapper( CustomerSpringDefaultMapper.class )
+            .content()
+            .contains( "@Autowired" + lineSeparator() + "    private GenderSpringDefaultMapper" )
+            .doesNotContain( "public CustomerSpringDefaultMapperImpl(" );
+    }
+}