diff --git a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryMethod.java b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryMethod.java
index f915b56a7..85616cf02 100644
--- a/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryMethod.java
+++ b/spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryMethod.java
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ public class QueryMethod {
 		return String.format("%s.%s", domainClass.getSimpleName(), method.getName());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the domain class the query method is targeted at.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	protected Class<?> getDomainClass() {
 
 		Class<?> repositoryDomainClass = metadata.getDomainClass();
@@ -128,6 +133,15 @@ public class QueryMethod {
 		return repositoryDomainClass == null || repositoryDomainClass.isAssignableFrom(methodDomainClass) ? methodDomainClass
 				: repositoryDomainClass;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the type of the object that will be returned.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Class<?> getReturnedObjectType() {
+		return metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether the finder will actually return a collection of entities or a single one.