diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBean.java
index c64328ec51..01d7790ae0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBean.java
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ public void setConfiguration(Configuration configuration) {
    *
    * @param mapperLocations
    *          location of MyBatis mapper files
+   * @throws IOException
+   * 		  in case of  I/O errors.
+   * 		  Class.getResource() returns null when trying to get mapperLocations from newly generated files or JAR files,
+   * 		  ClassLoader.getResources() is advisable.
    */
   public void setMapperLocations(Resource... mapperLocations) {
     this.mapperLocations = mapperLocations;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBeanTest.java b/src/test/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBeanTest.java
index 7ada0e4164..4772a8199c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBeanTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mybatis/spring/SqlSessionFactoryBeanTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import com.mockrunner.mock.jdbc.MockDataSource;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@
 import org.mybatis.spring.type.SuperType;
 import org.mybatis.spring.type.TypeHandlerFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
 
 class SqlSessionFactoryBeanTest {
 
@@ -335,6 +338,30 @@ void testMapperLocationsWithNullEntry() throws Exception {
     assertDefaultConfig(factoryBean.getObject());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testSingleResourceWildcardMapperLocationsShouldThrowException() {
+    setupFactoryBean();
+
+    PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
+    Resource resource = resolver.getResource("classpath*:org/mybatis/spring/*Mapper.xml");
+
+    factoryBean.setMapperLocations(resource);
+
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> factoryBean.getObject());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testMultiResourceMapperLocations() throws Exception {
+    setupFactoryBean();
+
+    PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
+    Resource[] resource = resolver.getResources("classpath*:org/mybatis/spring/*Mapper.xml");
+
+    factoryBean.setMapperLocations(resource);
+
+    assertNotNull(factoryBean.getObject());
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testAddATypeHandler() throws Exception {
     setupFactoryBean();