diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 67665a4998..3317bb162c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.9.0.DATAMONGO-1291-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
index fd36debedd..d14e78b483 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.9.0.DATAMONGO-1291-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>1.9.0.DATAMONGO-1291-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 28c91bc332..5501abf62d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.9.0.DATAMONGO-1291-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
index dfe146ff96..203577a808 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.9.0.DATAMONGO-1291-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 628b1ec633..c5b562dd29 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.9.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>1.9.0.DATAMONGO-1291-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java
index 7c56c8c283..d182a9460a 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.context.expression.BeanFactoryAccessor;
 import org.springframework.context.expression.BeanFactoryResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.AssociationHandler;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public BasicMongoPersistentEntity(TypeInformation<T> typeInformation) {
 		Class<?> rawType = typeInformation.getType();
 		String fallback = MongoCollectionUtils.getPreferredCollectionName(rawType);
 
-		Document document = rawType.getAnnotation(Document.class);
+		Document document = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(rawType, Document.class);
 
 		this.expression = detectExpression(document);
 		this.context = new StandardEvaluationContext();
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntityUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntityUnitTests.java
index de378304fb..a420c24d85 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntityUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntityUnitTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
@@ -226,6 +231,18 @@ public void verifyShouldPassForNonLazyDBRefOnFinalClass() {
 		verify(dbRefMock, times(1)).lazy();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1291
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void metaInformationShouldBeReadCorrectlyFromInheritedDocumentAnnotation() {
+
+		BasicMongoPersistentEntity<DocumentWithCustomAnnotation> entity = new BasicMongoPersistentEntity<DocumentWithCustomAnnotation>(
+				ClassTypeInformation.from(DocumentWithCustomAnnotation.class));
+
+		assertThat(entity.getCollection(), is("collection-1"));
+	}
+
 	@Document(collection = "contacts")
 	class Contact {
 
@@ -261,4 +278,15 @@ static class DocumentWithLanguage {
 	static class AnyDocument {
 
 	}
+
+	@CustomDocumentAnnotation
+	static class DocumentWithCustomAnnotation {
+
+	}
+
+	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+	@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
+	@Document(collection = "collection-1")
+	static @interface CustomDocumentAnnotation {
+	}
 }