diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java
index e462af5649..14cae94634 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/LogbackLoggingSystemTests.java
@@ -362,6 +362,22 @@ public class LogbackLoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 				.toString()).isEqualTo("100 MB");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testMaxFileSizePropertyWithXmlConfiguration() throws Exception {
+		MockEnvironment environment = new MockEnvironment();
+		environment.setProperty("logging.file.max-size", "100MB");
+		LoggingInitializationContext loggingInitializationContext = new LoggingInitializationContext(
+				environment);
+		File file = new File(tmpDir(), "logback-test.log");
+		LogFile logFile = getLogFile(file.getPath(), null);
+		this.loggingSystem.initialize(loggingInitializationContext,
+				"classpath:logback-include-base.xml", logFile);
+		this.logger.info("Hello world");
+		assertThat(getLineWithText(file, "Hello world")).contains("INFO");
+		assertThat(ReflectionTestUtils.getField(getRollingPolicy(), "maxFileSize")
+				.toString()).isEqualTo("100 MB");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testMaxHistoryProperty() throws Exception {
 		MockEnvironment environment = new MockEnvironment();
@@ -376,6 +392,21 @@ public class LogbackLoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 		assertThat(getRollingPolicy().getMaxHistory()).isEqualTo(30);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testMaxHistoryPropertyWithXmlConfiguration() throws Exception {
+		MockEnvironment environment = new MockEnvironment();
+		environment.setProperty("logging.file.max-history", "30");
+		LoggingInitializationContext loggingInitializationContext = new LoggingInitializationContext(
+				environment);
+		File file = new File(tmpDir(), "logback-test.log");
+		LogFile logFile = getLogFile(file.getPath(), null);
+		this.loggingSystem.initialize(loggingInitializationContext,
+				"classpath:logback-include-base.xml", logFile);
+		this.logger.info("Hello world");
+		assertThat(getLineWithText(file, "Hello world")).contains("INFO");
+		assertThat(getRollingPolicy().getMaxHistory()).isEqualTo(30);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void exceptionsIncludeClassPackaging() throws Exception {
 		this.loggingSystem.beforeInitialize();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/logback-include-base.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/logback-include-base.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8a41480d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/resources/logback-include-base.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml"/>
+</configuration>