diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java
index b7361896b..c2a63f9c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentProperty.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPersistentProperty<P extends PersistentProperty<P>
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean isMap() {
-		return Map.class.isAssignableFrom(getType());
+		return information.isMap();
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java
index f9d11f075..eb7c7bfc4 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/AbstractPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ public class AbstractPersistentPropertyUnitTests {
 				.containsExactly((Class) JMoleculesAggregate.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test // #2549
+	void considersVavrMaps() {
+
+		SamplePersistentProperty property = getProperty(VavrWrapper.class, "vavrMap");
+
+		assertThat(property.isMap()).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	private <T> BasicPersistentEntity<T, SamplePersistentProperty> getEntity(Class<T> type) {
 		return new BasicPersistentEntity<>(ClassTypeInformation.from(type));
 	}
@@ -399,4 +407,8 @@ public class AbstractPersistentPropertyUnitTests {
 	interface JMoleculesAggregate extends AggregateRoot<JMoleculesAggregate, Identifier> {
 
 	}
+
+	class VavrWrapper {
+		io.vavr.collection.Map<String, String> vavrMap;
+	}
 }