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 971556944..866b21471 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConverters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConverters.java
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ 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) //
 				|| Stream.class.isAssignableFrom(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 afcf85504..3d250b97b 100755
--- 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)).isEqualTo(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)).isEqualTo(Container.class);
+	}
+
 	interface UserRepository extends Repository<User, Long> {
 
 		User findSingle();
@@ -150,4 +160,13 @@ 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 a96c41513..b3bc69624 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/util/QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import rx.Observable;
 import rx.Single;
 import scala.Option;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 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.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
@@ -347,4 +350,19 @@ public class QueryExecutionConvertersUnitTests {
 		assertThat(conversionService.convert(source, io.vavr.collection.Set.class)) //
 				.isInstanceOf(io.vavr.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))
+				.isEqualTo(ClassTypeInformation.from(String.class));
+	}
+
+	interface Sample {
+
+		Page<String> pages();
+	}
 }