diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d28c8a5c5..db90de1e22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.3.0-GH-3806-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 0033bd11d5..7ba43fe23d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.3.0-GH-3806-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
index f62c8dc7f4..448ce456a8 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.3.0-GH-3806-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 1f157e75bc..7f5ebbe383 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>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.3.0-GH-3806-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
index a60c853c33..dc95307c00 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -1810,6 +1810,10 @@ public <T> T getPropertyValue(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
 				return (T) dbRefResolver.resolveDbRef(property, dbref, callback, dbRefProxyHandler);
 			}
 
+			if(property.isDocumentReference()) {
+				return (T) dbRefResolver.resolveReference(property, accessor.get(property), referenceLookupDelegate, context::convert);
+			}
+
 			return super.getPropertyValue(property);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateDocumentReferenceTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateDocumentReferenceTests.java
index d6bcc10e49..e08293a4ff 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateDocumentReferenceTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateDocumentReferenceTests.java
@@ -678,6 +678,52 @@ void loadCollectionReferenceWithMissingRefs() {
 		assertThat(result.getSimpleValueRef()).containsExactly(new SimpleObjectRef("ref-2", "me-the-2-referenced-object"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3806
+	void resolveReferenceWhenUsedAsCtorArgument() {
+
+		Publisher publisher = new Publisher();
+		publisher.id = "p-111";
+		publisher.name = "ppp";
+
+		template.save(publisher);
+
+		WithRequiredArgsCtor source = new WithRequiredArgsCtor("id-1", publisher);
+
+		template.save(source);
+
+		WithRequiredArgsCtor target = template.findOne(query(where("id").is(source.id)), WithRequiredArgsCtor.class);
+		assertThat(target.publisher).isNotNull();
+	}
+
+	@Test // GH-3806
+	void resolveLazyReferenceWhenUsedAsCtorArgument() {
+
+		Publisher publisher = new Publisher();
+		publisher.id = "p-111";
+		publisher.name = "ppp";
+
+		template.save(publisher);
+
+		WithLazyRequiredArgsCtor source = new WithLazyRequiredArgsCtor("id-1", publisher);
+
+		template.save(source);
+
+		WithLazyRequiredArgsCtor target = template.findOne(query(where("id").is(source.id)), WithLazyRequiredArgsCtor.class);
+
+		// proxy not yet resolved
+		LazyLoadingTestUtils.assertProxy(target.publisher, (proxy) -> {
+
+			assertThat(proxy.isResolved()).isFalse();
+			assertThat(proxy.currentValue()).isNull();
+		});
+
+		// resolve the proxy by invoking a method on it
+		assertThat(target.getPublisher().getName()).isEqualTo("ppp");
+		LazyLoadingTestUtils.assertProxy(target.publisher, (proxy) -> {
+			assertThat(proxy.isResolved()).isTrue();
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Test // GH-3602
 	void queryForReference() {
 
@@ -1283,6 +1329,30 @@ static class Publisher {
 		String id;
 		String acronym;
 		String name;
+
+		public String getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setId(String id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public String getAcronym() {
+			return acronym;
+		}
+
+		public void setAcronym(String acronym) {
+			this.acronym = acronym;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Data
@@ -1293,4 +1363,40 @@ static class UsingAtReference {
 		@Reference //
 		Publisher publisher;
 	}
+	
+	static class WithRequiredArgsCtor {
+
+		final String id;
+
+		@DocumentReference
+		final Publisher publisher;
+
+		public WithRequiredArgsCtor(String id, Publisher publisher) {
+
+			this.id = id;
+			this.publisher = publisher;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class WithLazyRequiredArgsCtor {
+
+		final String id;
+
+		@DocumentReference(lazy = true)
+		final Publisher publisher;
+
+		public WithLazyRequiredArgsCtor(String id, Publisher publisher) {
+
+			this.id = id;
+			this.publisher = publisher;
+		}
+
+		public String getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public Publisher getPublisher() {
+			return publisher;
+		}
+	}
 }