diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConverters.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConverters.java
index 24d11bc5a..a5625b14b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConverters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConverters.java
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ public abstract class QueryExecutionConverters {
 
 		Class<?> rawType = type.getType();
 
-		boolean needToUnwrap = Iterable.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType) //
+		boolean needToUnwrap = type.isCollectionLike() //
+				|| Slice.class.isAssignableFrom(rawType) //
 				|| rawType.isArray() //
 				|| supports(rawType) //
 				|| org.springframework.data.util.ReflectionUtils.isJava8StreamType(rawType);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests.java
index 10e88b627..847070475 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests.java
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 		assertThat(metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method), is(typeCompatibleWith(User.class)));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1299
+	public void doesNotUnwrapCustomTypeImplementingIterable() throws Exception {
+
+		RepositoryMetadata metadata = AbstractRepositoryMetadata.getMetadata(ContainerRepository.class);
+
+		Method method = ContainerRepository.class.getMethod("someMethod");
+
+		assertThat(metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method), is(typeCompatibleWith(Container.class)));
+	}
+
 	interface UserRepository extends Repository<User, Long> {
 
 		User findSingle();
@@ -148,4 +158,13 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// DATACMNS-1299
+
+	class Element {}
+
+	abstract class Container implements Iterable<Element> {}
+
+	interface ContainerRepository extends Repository<Container, Long> {
+		Container someMethod();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests.java
index 226c752c5..8d0cc4155 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests.java
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Slice;
+import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation;
+import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
@@ -341,6 +343,21 @@ public class QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests {
 				is(instanceOf(javaslang.collection.Set.class)));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1299
+	public void unwrapsPages() throws Exception {
+
+		Method method = Sample.class.getMethod("pages");
+		TypeInformation<Object> returnType = ClassTypeInformation.fromReturnTypeOf(method);
+
+		assertThat(QueryExecutionConverters.unwrapWrapperTypes(returnType), //
+				is((TypeInformation) ClassTypeInformation.from(String.class)));
+	}
+
+	interface Sample {
+
+		Page<String> pages();
+	}
+
 	// Vavr
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")