diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java
index ed306db9882..0ec92b6568b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureOrder;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionOutcome;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SearchStrategy;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SpringBootCondition;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.MessageSourceRuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.ResourceBundleCondition;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ConditionContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportRuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Eddú Meléndez
+ * @author Marc Becker
  * @since 1.5.0
  */
 @AutoConfiguration
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 @AutoConfigureOrder(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
 @Conditional(ResourceBundleCondition.class)
 @EnableConfigurationProperties
+@ImportRuntimeHints(MessageSourceRuntimeHints.class)
 public class MessageSourceAutoConfiguration {
 
 	private static final Resource[] NO_RESOURCES = {};
@@ -125,4 +131,13 @@ public class MessageSourceAutoConfiguration {
 
 	}
 
+	static class MessageSourceRuntimeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
+
+		@Override
+		public void registerHints(RuntimeHints hints, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+			hints.resources().registerPattern("messages.properties").registerPattern("messages_*.properties");
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 313624d8779..e3098316413 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/context/MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.predicate.RuntimeHintsPredicates;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.MessageSourceRuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.assertj.AssertableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ContextConsumer;
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * @author Eddú Meléndez
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
  * @author Kedar Joshi
+ * @author Marc Becker
  */
 class MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests {
 
@@ -180,6 +184,15 @@ class MessageSourceAutoConfigurationTests {
 			.run((context) -> assertThat(context.getMessage("foo", null, Locale.US)).isEqualTo("bar"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void shouldRegisterDefaultHints() {
+		RuntimeHints hints = new RuntimeHints();
+		new MessageSourceRuntimeHints().registerHints(hints, getClass().getClassLoader());
+		assertThat(RuntimeHintsPredicates.resource().forResource("messages.properties")).accepts(hints);
+		assertThat(RuntimeHintsPredicates.resource().forResource("messages_de.properties")).accepts(hints);
+		assertThat(RuntimeHintsPredicates.resource().forResource("messages_zh-CN.properties")).accepts(hints);
+	}
+
 	@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 	@PropertySource("classpath:/switch-messages.properties")
 	static class Config {