diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/SimpleTypeHolder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/SimpleTypeHolder.java
index 152928777..1fc6f9d83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/SimpleTypeHolder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/SimpleTypeHolder.java
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ public class SimpleTypeHolder {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		if (type.getName().startsWith("java.lang")) {
+		String typeName = type.getName();
+
+		if (typeName.startsWith("java.lang") || typeName.startsWith("java.time")) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/SimpleTypeHolderUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/SimpleTypeHolderUnitTests.java
index 76abc21a4..addf8a84e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/SimpleTypeHolderUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/SimpleTypeHolderUnitTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ public class SimpleTypeHolderUnitTests {
 		assertThat(holder.isSimpleType(Type.class), is(true));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1294
+	public void considersJavaTimeTypesSimple() {
+
+		SimpleTypeHolder holder = new SimpleTypeHolder();
+
+		assertThat(holder.isSimpleType(Instant.class), is(true));
+	}
+
 	enum SimpleEnum {
 
 		FOO;