diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor.java
index 3311c9160..3079e2112 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessor implements RepositoryPr
 
 			Object result = invocation.proceed();
 
-			if (!invocation.getMethod().getName().equals("save")) {
+			if (!invocation.getMethod().getName().startsWith("save")) {
 				return result;
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessorUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessorUnitTests.java
index 32dccf308..2e854db77 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessorUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessorUnitTests.java
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Value;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.aopalliance.aop.Advice;
@@ -191,6 +193,23 @@ public class EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessorUnitTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1113
+	public void invokesEventsForMethodsThatStartsWithSave() throws Throwable {
+
+		Method method = SampleRepository.class.getMethod("saveAndFlush", MultipleEvents.class);
+		doReturn(method).when(invocation).getMethod();
+
+		SomeEvent event = new SomeEvent();
+		MultipleEvents sample = MultipleEvents.of(Collections.singletonList(event));
+		doReturn(new Object[] { sample }).when(invocation).getArguments();
+
+		EventPublishingMethodInterceptor//
+				.of(EventPublishingMethod.of(MultipleEvents.class), publisher)//
+				.invoke(invocation);
+
+		verify(publisher).publishEvent(event);
+	}
+
 	@Value(staticConstructor = "of")
 	static class MultipleEvents {
 		@Getter(onMethod = @__(@DomainEvents)) Collection<? extends Object> events;
@@ -206,5 +225,8 @@ public class EventPublishingRepositoryProxyPostProcessorUnitTests {
 		UUID id = UUID.randomUUID();
 	}
 
-	interface SampleRepository extends CrudRepository<MultipleEvents, Long> {}
+	interface SampleRepository extends CrudRepository<MultipleEvents, Long> {
+
+		MultipleEvents saveAndFlush(MultipleEvents events);
+	}
 }