diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory.java
index 58a43328f..64bf85db3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import net.minidev.json.JSONObject;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.ParseContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.TypeRef;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.MappingProvider;
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public class JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory implements MethodInterceptor
 		Assert.notNull(mappingProvider, "MappingProvider must not be null!");
 
 		Configuration build = Configuration.builder()//
+				.options(Option.ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST)//
 				.mappingProvider(mappingProvider)//
 				.build();
 
@@ -131,8 +135,24 @@ public class JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactory implements MethodInterceptor
 			ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(method);
 			String jsonPath = getJsonPath(method);
 
-			return !returnType.getActualType().getType().isInterface() ? context.read(jsonPath, new ResolvableTypeRef(type))
-					: context.read(jsonPath);
+			if (returnType.getActualType().getType().isInterface()) {
+
+				List<?> result = context.read(jsonPath);
+				return result.isEmpty() ? null : result.get(0);
+			}
+
+			boolean isCollectionResult = Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(type.getRawClass());
+			type = isCollectionResult ? type : ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(List.class, type);
+			type = isCollectionResult && JsonPath.isPathDefinite(jsonPath)
+					? ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(List.class, type) : type;
+
+			List<?> result = (List<?>) context.read(jsonPath, new ResolvableTypeRef(type));
+
+			if (isCollectionResult && JsonPath.isPathDefinite(jsonPath)) {
+				result = (List<?>) result.get(0);
+			}
+
+			return isCollectionResult ? result : result.isEmpty() ? null : result.get(0);
 		}
 
 		/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactoryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactoryUnitTests.java
index 6ab4a7f17..26f21cdf7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactoryUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/web/JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactoryUnitTests.java
@@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ public class JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactoryUnitTests {
 		assertThat(name.getFirstname(), is("Dave"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-885
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void accessNestedFields() {
+
+		assertThat(customer.getNestedCity(), is("Dresden"));
+		assertThat(customer.getNestedCities(), hasSize(2));
+	}
+
 	interface Customer {
 
 		String getFirstname();
@@ -194,6 +204,12 @@ public class JsonProjectingMethodInterceptorFactoryUnitTests {
 
 		@JsonPath("$.address")
 		Set<AnotherAddressProjection> getAnotherAddressProjectionAsCollection();
+
+		@JsonPath("$..city")
+		String getNestedCity();
+
+		@JsonPath("$..city")
+		List<String> getNestedCities();
 	}
 
 	interface AddressProjection {