diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContext.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContext.java
index f04bdd5ac..02a0902f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContext.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.util.Streamable;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.FieldCallback;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.FieldFilter;
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.FieldFilter;
 public abstract class AbstractMappingContext<E extends MutablePersistentEntity<?, P>, P extends PersistentProperty<P>>
 		implements MappingContext<E, P>, ApplicationEventPublisherAware, ApplicationContextAware, InitializingBean {
 
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MappingContext.class);
+
 	private final Optional<E> NONE = Optional.empty();
 	private final Map<TypeInformation<?>, Optional<E>> persistentEntities = new HashMap<>();
 	private final PersistentPropertyAccessorFactory persistentPropertyAccessorFactory;
@@ -550,6 +555,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractMappingContext<E extends MutablePersistentEntity<?
 				return;
 			}
 
+			if (isKotlinOverride(property, input)) {
+				return;
+			}
+
 			entity.addPersistentProperty(property);
 
 			if (property.isAssociation()) {
@@ -562,6 +571,38 @@ public abstract class AbstractMappingContext<E extends MutablePersistentEntity<?
 
 			property.getPersistentEntityTypes().forEach(AbstractMappingContext.this::addPersistentEntity);
 		}
+
+		private boolean isKotlinOverride(P property, Property input) {
+
+			if (!KotlinDetector.isKotlinPresent() || !input.getField().isPresent()) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			Field field = input.getField().get();
+			if (!KotlinDetector.isKotlinType(field.getDeclaringClass())) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			for (P existingProperty : entity) {
+
+				if (!property.getName().equals(existingProperty.getName())) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				if (field.getDeclaringClass() != entity.getType()
+						&& ClassUtils.isAssignable(field.getDeclaringClass(), entity.getType())) {
+
+					if (LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
+						LOGGER.trace(String.format("Skipping '%s.%s' property declaration shadowed by '%s %s' in '%s'. ",
+								field.getDeclaringClass().getName(), property.getName(), property.getType().getSimpleName(),
+								property.getName(), entity.getType().getSimpleName()));
+					}
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/KotlinModelTypes.kt b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/KotlinModelTypes.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23ddc2f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/KotlinModelTypes.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mapping
+
+open class ShadowedPropertyType {
+	open val shadowedProperty: Int = 1
+}
+
+class ShadowingPropertyType : ShadowedPropertyType() {
+	override var shadowedProperty: Int = 10
+}
+
+open class ShadowedPropertyTypeWithCtor(open val shadowedProperty: Int)
+
+class ShadowingPropertyTypeWithCtor(val someValue: String, override var shadowedProperty: Int = 1) : ShadowedPropertyTypeWithCtor(shadowedProperty)
+
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContextUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContextUnitTests.java
index d49ed04f7..4b780a6d1 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContextUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/context/AbstractMappingContextUnitTests.java
@@ -41,9 +41,15 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.MappingException;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.ShadowedPropertyType;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.ShadowedPropertyTypeWithCtor;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.ShadowingPropertyType;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.ShadowingPropertyTypeWithCtor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BasicPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation;
+import org.springframework.data.util.StreamUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 
 /**
@@ -52,6 +58,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Christoph Stobl
  */
 class AbstractMappingContextUnitTests {
 
@@ -216,6 +223,37 @@ class AbstractMappingContextUnitTests {
 				.isThrownBy(() -> context.getPersistentEntity(Unsupported.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1509
+	public void shouldIgnoreKotlinOverrideCtorPropertyInSuperClass() {
+
+		BasicPersistentEntity<Object, SamplePersistentProperty> entity = context
+				.getPersistentEntity(ClassTypeInformation.from(ShadowingPropertyTypeWithCtor.class));
+		entity.doWithProperties((PropertyHandler<SamplePersistentProperty>) property -> {
+			assertThat(property.getField().getDeclaringClass()).isNotEqualTo(ShadowedPropertyTypeWithCtor.class);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1509
+	public void shouldIgnoreKotlinOverridePropertyInSuperClass() {
+
+		BasicPersistentEntity<Object, SamplePersistentProperty> entity = context
+				.getPersistentEntity(ClassTypeInformation.from(ShadowingPropertyType.class));
+		entity.doWithProperties((PropertyHandler<SamplePersistentProperty>) property -> {
+			assertThat(property.getField().getDeclaringClass()).isNotEqualTo(ShadowedPropertyType.class);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1509
+	public void shouldStillIncludeNonKotlinShadowedPropertyInSuperClass() {
+
+		BasicPersistentEntity<Object, SamplePersistentProperty> entity = context
+				.getPersistentEntity(ClassTypeInformation.from(ShadowingProperty.class));
+
+		assertThat(StreamUtils.createStreamFromIterator(entity.iterator())
+				.filter(it -> it.getField().getDeclaringClass().equals(ShadowedProperty.class)).findFirst() //
+		).isNotEmpty();
+	}
+
 	private static void assertHasEntityFor(Class<?> type, SampleMappingContext context, boolean expected) {
 
 		boolean found = false;
@@ -306,4 +344,37 @@ class AbstractMappingContextUnitTests {
 			};
 		}
 	}
+
+	static class ShadowedProperty {
+
+		private final String value;
+
+		ShadowedProperty(String value) {
+			this.value = value;
+		}
+
+		public String getValue() {
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class ShadowingProperty extends ShadowedProperty {
+
+		private String value;
+
+		ShadowingProperty(String value) {
+			super(value);
+			this.value = value;
+		}
+
+		public void setValue(String value) {
+			this.value = value;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String getValue() {
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+
 }