diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41512eaee8..2bfefcdef4 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-1302-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..24b3b35b70 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-1302-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-1302-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index 28c91bc332..668584e5e7 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-1302-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..c2bb2061fa 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-1302-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 628b1ec633..4422e39f14 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-1302-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java
index 5b8eea9aba..d782492f50 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.BigDecimalToStringConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.BigIntegerToStringConverter;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.NamedMongoScriptToDBObjectConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.DBObjectToNamedMongoScriptCoverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.DBObjectToStringConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.NamedMongoScriptToDBObjectConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToBigDecimalConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToBigIntegerConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToURLConverter;
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ public void registerConvertersIn(GenericConversionService conversionService) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Registers a conversion for the given converter. Inspects either generics or the {@link ConvertiblePair}s returned
-	 * by a {@link GenericConverter}.
+	 * Registers a conversion for the given converter. Inspects either generics of {@link Converter} and
+	 * {@link ConverterFactory} or the {@link ConvertiblePair}s returned by a {@link GenericConverter}.
 	 * 
 	 * @param converter
 	 */
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ private void registerConversion(Object converter) {
 			for (ConvertiblePair pair : genericConverter.getConvertibleTypes()) {
 				register(new ConverterRegistration(pair, isReading, isWriting));
 			}
+		} else if (converter instanceof ConverterFactory) {
+
+			Class<?>[] arguments = GenericTypeResolver.resolveTypeArguments(converter.getClass(), ConverterFactory.class);
+			register(new ConverterRegistration(arguments[0], arguments[1], isReading, isWriting));
 		} else if (converter instanceof Converter) {
 			Class<?>[] arguments = GenericTypeResolver.resolveTypeArguments(converter.getClass(), Converter.class);
 			register(new ConverterRegistration(arguments[0], arguments[1], isReading, isWriting));
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversionsUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversionsUnitTests.java
index 7589ca0f79..924b30bce3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversionsUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversionsUnitTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.Format;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -32,8 +34,10 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.WritingConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToBigIntegerConverter;
 import org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime;
 
@@ -43,12 +47,11 @@
  * Unit tests for {@link CustomConversions}.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
- * @auhtor Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class CustomConversionsUnitTests {
 
 	@Test
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public void findsBasicReadAndWriteConversions() {
 
 		CustomConversions conversions = new CustomConversions(Arrays.asList(FormatToStringConverter.INSTANCE,
@@ -62,7 +65,6 @@ public void findsBasicReadAndWriteConversions() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public void considersSubtypesCorrectly() {
 
 		CustomConversions conversions = new CustomConversions(Arrays.asList(NumberToStringConverter.INSTANCE,
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ public void populatesConversionServiceCorrectly() {
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void doesNotConsiderTypeSimpleIfOnlyReadConverterIsRegistered() {
+
 		CustomConversions conversions = new CustomConversions(Arrays.asList(StringToFormatConverter.INSTANCE));
 		assertThat(conversions.isSimpleType(Format.class), is(false));
 	}
@@ -257,6 +260,17 @@ public void registersConvertersForThreeTenBackPort() {
 		assertThat(customConversions.hasCustomWriteTarget(LocalDateTime.class), is(true));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1302
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void registersConverterFactoryCorrectly() {
+
+		CustomConversions customConversions = new CustomConversions(Collections.singletonList(new FormatConverterFactory()));
+
+		assertThat(customConversions.getCustomWriteTarget(String.class, SimpleDateFormat.class), notNullValue());
+	}
+
 	private static Class<?> createProxyTypeFor(Class<?> type) {
 
 		ProxyFactory factory = new ProxyFactory();
@@ -331,4 +345,37 @@ public String convert(Object source) {
 		}
 
 	}
+
+	@WritingConverter
+	static class FormatConverterFactory implements ConverterFactory<String, Format> {
+
+		@Override
+		public <T extends Format> Converter<String, T> getConverter(Class<T> targetType) {
+			return new StringToFormat<T>(targetType);
+		}
+
+		private static final class StringToFormat<T extends Format> implements Converter<String, T> {
+
+			private final Class<T> targetType;
+
+			public StringToFormat(Class<T> targetType) {
+				this.targetType = targetType;
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			public T convert(String source) {
+
+				if (source.length() == 0) {
+					return null;
+				}
+
+				try {
+					return targetType.newInstance();
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					throw new IllegalArgumentException(e.getMessage(), e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
 }