diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1e59681..4eaea85 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 swfobject/
 flex2/
 thirdparty/
-META-INF/
 tempDoc/
 air/
 
diff --git a/opt/blazeds-spring-boot-starter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/opt/blazeds-spring-boot-starter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7803ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opt/blazeds-spring-boot-starter/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+################################################################################
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+##
+################################################################################
+
+org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=org.apache.flex.blazeds.spring.BlazeDsAutoConfiguration