diff --git a/java/resource-overrides/pom.xml b/java/resource-overrides/pom.xml
index 80704781a9..5c052bc920 100644
--- a/java/resource-overrides/pom.xml
+++ b/java/resource-overrides/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@
             <version>28.1-jre</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/junit/junit -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.skyscreamer/jsonassert -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/java/resource-overrides/src/main/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStack.java b/java/resource-overrides/src/main/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStack.java
index cb61da1946..42dd13f7f8 100644
--- a/java/resource-overrides/src/main/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStack.java
+++ b/java/resource-overrides/src/main/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStack.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public ResourceOverridesStack(final Construct parent, final String name) {
         // The default child resource is called `Resource`, but secondary resources, such as
         // an LaunchConfig, InstanceRole will have a different ID.
         // See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/@aws-cdk_core.ConstructNode.html#defaultchild
+        // You can see all the resources under given construct by running `cdk synth` and looking for `aws:cdk:path`
         //
         CfnLaunchConfiguration launchConfiguration = (CfnLaunchConfiguration) asg.getNode().findChild("LaunchConfig");
         launchConfiguration.addPropertyOverride("Foo.Bar", "Hello");
diff --git a/java/resource-overrides/src/test/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStackTest.java b/java/resource-overrides/src/test/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStackTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6bbb648ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/resource-overrides/src/test/java/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/ResourceOverridesStackTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package software.amazon.awscdk.examples;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONCompareMode;
+import software.amazon.awscdk.core.App;
+import software.amazon.awscdk.core.ConstructNode;
+import software.amazon.awscdk.core.IConstruct;
+import software.amazon.awscdk.core.Stack;
+import software.amazon.awscdk.cxapi.CloudFormationStackArtifact;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class ResourceOverridesStackTest {
+    private static final ObjectMapper JSON = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldGenerateValidCloudFormationTemplate() throws Exception {
+        App app = new App();
+        Stack stack = new ResourceOverridesStack(app, "resource-overrides");
+
+        String actual = getStackTemplateJson(stack)
+                .toPrettyString();
+        String expected = readJsonFromResource("testResourceOverrides.expected.json")
+                .toPrettyString();
+
+        JSONAssert.assertEquals(expected, actual, JSONCompareMode.LENIENT);
+    }
+
+    private static JsonNode readJsonFromResource(String resourceName) throws IOException {
+        return JSON.readTree(
+                ResourceOverridesStackTest.class.getResource(resourceName)
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static JsonNode getStackTemplateJson(Stack stack) {
+        IConstruct root = stack.getNode().getRoot();
+        CloudFormationStackArtifact stackArtifact = ConstructNode.synth(root.getNode())
+                .getStackByName(stack.getStackName());
+
+        return JSON.valueToTree(stackArtifact.getTemplate());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/resource-overrides/src/test/resources/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/testResourceOverrides.expected.json b/java/resource-overrides/src/test/resources/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/testResourceOverrides.expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20c62234d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/resource-overrides/src/test/resources/software/amazon/awscdk/examples/testResourceOverrides.expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,400 @@
+{
+  "Resources": {
+    "Other34654A52": {
+      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket",
+      "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Retain",
+      "DeletionPolicy": "Retain"
+    },
+    "MyBucketF68F3FF0": {
+      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucketeer",
+      "Properties": {
+        "AnalyticsConfigurations": [
+          {
+            "Id": "config1",
+            "StorageClassAnalysis": {
+              "DataExport": {
+                "Destination": {
+                  "BucketArn": {
+                    "Fn::GetAtt": [
+                      "Other34654A52",
+                      "Arn"
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  "Format": "html"
+                },
+                "OutputSchemaVersion": "1"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "BucketEncryption": {
+          "ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration": [
+            {
+              "EncryptEverythingAndAlways": true
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "CorsConfiguration": {
+          "Custom": 123
+        },
+        "LoggingConfiguration": {
+          "DestinationBucketName": {
+            "Ref": "Other34654A52"
+          }
+        },
+        "VersioningConfiguration": {
+          "Status": "NewStatus"
+        },
+        "Token": {
+          "Fn::GetAtt": [
+            "Other34654A52",
+            "Arn"
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "DependsOn": [
+        "Other34654A52"
+      ],
+      "UpdatePolicy": {
+        "AutoScalingRollingUpdate": {
+          "PauseTime": "390"
+        }
+      },
+      "UpdateReplacePolicy": "Retain",
+      "DeletionPolicy": "Retain",
+      "Transform": "Boom"
+    },
+    "VPCB9E5F0B4": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::VPC",
+      "Properties": {
+        "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/16",
+        "EnableDnsHostnames": true,
+        "EnableDnsSupport": true,
+        "InstanceTenancy": "default",
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPublicSubnet1SubnetB4246D30": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
+      "Properties": {
+        "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/17",
+        "VpcId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
+        },
+        "AvailabilityZone": {
+          "Fn::Select": [
+            0,
+            {
+              "Fn::GetAZs": ""
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": true,
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC/PublicSubnet1"
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
+            "Value": "Public"
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
+            "Value": "Public"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPublicSubnet1RouteTableFEE4B781": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
+      "Properties": {
+        "VpcId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
+        },
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC/PublicSubnet1"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPublicSubnet1RouteTableAssociation0B0896DC": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
+      "Properties": {
+        "RouteTableId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1RouteTableFEE4B781"
+        },
+        "SubnetId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1SubnetB4246D30"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPublicSubnet1DefaultRoute91CEF279": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
+      "Properties": {
+        "RouteTableId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1RouteTableFEE4B781"
+        },
+        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
+        "GatewayId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCIGWB7E252D3"
+        }
+      },
+      "DependsOn": [
+        "VPCVPCGW99B986DC"
+      ]
+    },
+    "VPCPublicSubnet1EIP6AD938E8": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::EIP",
+      "Properties": {
+        "Domain": "vpc"
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPublicSubnet1NATGatewayE0556630": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::NatGateway",
+      "Properties": {
+        "AllocationId": {
+          "Fn::GetAtt": [
+            "VPCPublicSubnet1EIP6AD938E8",
+            "AllocationId"
+          ]
+        },
+        "SubnetId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1SubnetB4246D30"
+        },
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC/PublicSubnet1"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPrivateSubnet1Subnet8BCA10E0": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Subnet",
+      "Properties": {
+        "CidrBlock": "10.0.128.0/17",
+        "VpcId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
+        },
+        "AvailabilityZone": {
+          "Fn::Select": [
+            0,
+            {
+              "Fn::GetAZs": ""
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "MapPublicIpOnLaunch": false,
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC/PrivateSubnet1"
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-name",
+            "Value": "Private"
+          },
+          {
+            "Key": "aws-cdk:subnet-type",
+            "Value": "Private"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPrivateSubnet1RouteTableBE8A6027": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::RouteTable",
+      "Properties": {
+        "VpcId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
+        },
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC/PrivateSubnet1"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPrivateSubnet1RouteTableAssociation347902D1": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SubnetRouteTableAssociation",
+      "Properties": {
+        "RouteTableId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet1RouteTableBE8A6027"
+        },
+        "SubnetId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet1Subnet8BCA10E0"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCPrivateSubnet1DefaultRouteAE1D6490": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Route",
+      "Properties": {
+        "RouteTableId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet1RouteTableBE8A6027"
+        },
+        "DestinationCidrBlock": "0.0.0.0/0",
+        "NatGatewayId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCPublicSubnet1NATGatewayE0556630"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCIGWB7E252D3": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::InternetGateway",
+      "Properties": {
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/VPC"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "VPCVPCGW99B986DC": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::VPCGatewayAttachment",
+      "Properties": {
+        "VpcId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
+        },
+        "InternetGatewayId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCIGWB7E252D3"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "ASGInstanceSecurityGroup0525485D": {
+      "Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
+      "Properties": {
+        "GroupDescription": "resource-overrides/ASG/InstanceSecurityGroup",
+        "SecurityGroupEgress": [
+          {
+            "CidrIp": "0.0.0.0/0",
+            "Description": "Allow all outbound traffic by default",
+            "IpProtocol": "-1"
+          }
+        ],
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/ASG"
+          }
+        ],
+        "VpcId": {
+          "Ref": "VPCB9E5F0B4"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "ASGInstanceRoleE263A41B": {
+      "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
+      "Properties": {
+        "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
+          "Statement": [
+            {
+              "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
+              "Effect": "Allow",
+              "Principal": {
+                "Service": {
+                  "Fn::Join": [
+                    "",
+                    [
+                      "ec2.",
+                      {
+                        "Ref": "AWS::URLSuffix"
+                      }
+                    ]
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ],
+          "Version": "2012-10-17"
+        },
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/ASG"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "ASGInstanceProfile0A2834D7": {
+      "Type": "AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile",
+      "Properties": {
+        "Roles": [
+          {
+            "Ref": "ASGInstanceRoleE263A41B"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "ASGLaunchConfigC00AF12B": {
+      "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
+      "Properties": {
+        "ImageId": {
+          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceamiamazonlinuxlatestamznamihvmx8664gp2C96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
+        },
+        "InstanceType": "r4.xlarge",
+        "IamInstanceProfile": {
+          "Ref": "ASGInstanceProfile0A2834D7"
+        },
+        "SecurityGroups": [
+          {
+            "Fn::GetAtt": [
+              "ASGInstanceSecurityGroup0525485D",
+              "GroupId"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "UserData": {
+          "Fn::Base64": "#!/bin/bash"
+        },
+        "Foo": {
+          "Bar": "Hello"
+        }
+      },
+      "DependsOn": [
+        "ASGInstanceRoleE263A41B"
+      ]
+    },
+    "ASG46ED3070": {
+      "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
+      "Properties": {
+        "MaxSize": "1",
+        "MinSize": "1",
+        "DesiredCapacity": "1",
+        "LaunchConfigurationName": {
+          "Ref": "ASGLaunchConfigC00AF12B"
+        },
+        "Tags": [
+          {
+            "Key": "Name",
+            "PropagateAtLaunch": true,
+            "Value": "resource-overrides/ASG"
+          }
+        ],
+        "VPCZoneIdentifier": [
+          {
+            "Ref": "VPCPrivateSubnet1Subnet8BCA10E0"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "UpdatePolicy": {
+        "AutoScalingScheduledAction": {
+          "IgnoreUnmodifiedGroupSizeProperties": true
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "Parameters": {
+    "SsmParameterValueawsserviceamiamazonlinuxlatestamznamihvmx8664gp2C96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
+      "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<AWS::EC2::Image::Id>",
+      "Default": "/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2"
+    }
+  }
+}