diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper.java
index 3600044e..91749a83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2020 the original author or authors
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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.
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.convert;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+
 import org.springframework.data.convert.DefaultTypeMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeAliasAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.CouchbaseDocument;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Alias;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 
 /**
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
  *
  * @author Michael Nitschinger
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Michael Reiche
  */
 public class DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper extends DefaultTypeMapper<CouchbaseDocument> implements CouchbaseTypeMapper {
 
@@ -43,7 +47,8 @@ public class DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper extends DefaultTypeMapper<CouchbaseDocum
 	 * @param typeKey the typeKey to use.
 	 */
 	public DefaultCouchbaseTypeMapper(final String typeKey) {
-		super(new CouchbaseDocumentTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey));
+		super(new CouchbaseDocumentTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey), (MappingContext) null,
+				Collections.singletonList(new TypeAwareTypeInformationMapper()));
 		this.typeKey = typeKey;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/TypeAwareTypeInformationMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/TypeAwareTypeInformationMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e4c3687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/TypeAwareTypeInformationMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2021 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.couchbase.core.convert;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.TypeAlias;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.SimpleTypeInformationMapper;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.Alias;
+import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
+
+/**
+ * TypeAwareTypeInformationMapper - leverages @TypeAlias
+ *
+ * @author Michael Reiche
+ */
+public class TypeAwareTypeInformationMapper extends SimpleTypeInformationMapper {
+
+	@Override
+	public Alias createAliasFor(TypeInformation<?> type) {
+		TypeAlias[] typeAlias = type.getType().getAnnotationsByType(TypeAlias.class);
+
+		if (typeAlias.length == 1) {
+			return Alias.of(typeAlias[0].value());
+		}
+
+		return super.createAliasFor(type);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/query/StringN1qlQueryCreator.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/query/StringN1qlQueryCreator.java
index 1e7d8e29..65f38996 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/query/StringN1qlQueryCreator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/query/StringN1qlQueryCreator.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.QueryCriteria;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.StringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.Alias;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentPropertyPath;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.NamedQueries;
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethodEvaluationContextPro
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.AbstractQueryCreator;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.Part;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.PartTree;
+import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation;
+import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
 
 import com.couchbase.client.java.json.JsonArray;
@@ -81,8 +84,15 @@ public class StringN1qlQueryCreator extends AbstractQueryCreator<Query, QueryCri
 		} else {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("query has no inline Query or named Query not found");
 		}
+		Class javaType = getType();
+		String typeValue = javaType.getName();
+		TypeInformation<?> typeInfo = ClassTypeInformation.from(javaType);
+		Alias alias = couchbaseConverter.getTypeAlias(typeInfo);
+		if (alias != null && alias.isPresent()) {
+			typeValue = alias.toString();
+		}
 		this.queryParser = new StringBasedN1qlQueryParser(queryString, queryMethod, bucketName, couchbaseConverter,
-				getTypeField(), getTypeValue(), accessor, spelExpressionParser, evaluationContextProvider);
+				getTypeField(), typeValue, accessor, spelExpressionParser, evaluationContextProvider);
 		this.parser = spelExpressionParser;
 		this.parsedExpression = this.queryParser.parsedExpression;
 	}
@@ -95,8 +105,8 @@ public class StringN1qlQueryCreator extends AbstractQueryCreator<Query, QueryCri
 		return couchbaseConverter.getTypeKey();
 	}
 
-	protected String getTypeValue() {
-		return getQueryMethod().getEntityInformation().getJavaType().getName();
+	protected Class getType() {
+		return getQueryMethod().getEntityInformation().getJavaType();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Airport.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Airport.java
index d6208eee..eb044189 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Airport.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/domain/Airport.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain;
 
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.TypeAlias;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.Document;
 
 /**
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.mapping.Document;
  * @author Michael Reiche
  */
 @Document
+@TypeAlias("airport")
 public class Airport extends ComparableEntity {
 	@Id String id;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java
index fefec70e..abf1adfc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/repository/CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.CouchbaseClientFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.config.AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.CouchbaseTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.N1QLExpression;
+import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.core.query.QueryCriteria;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.Address;
 import org.springframework.data.couchbase.domain.Airport;
@@ -170,6 +172,20 @@ public class CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests extends ClusterAwareIntegr
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void findByTypeAlias() {
+		Airport vie = null;
+		try {
+			vie = new Airport("airports::vie", "vie", "loww");
+			vie = airportRepository.save(vie);
+			List<Airport> airports = couchbaseTemplate.findByQuery(Airport.class)
+					.matching(new Query(QueryCriteria.where(N1QLExpression.x("_class")).is("airport"))).all();
+			assertFalse(airports.isEmpty(), "should have found aiport");
+		} finally {
+			airportRepository.delete(vie);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void findByEnum() {
 		Airport vie = null;
@@ -204,6 +220,7 @@ public class CouchbaseRepositoryQueryIntegrationTests extends ClusterAwareIntegr
 			airportRepository.saveAll(
 					Arrays.stream(iatas).map((iata) -> new Airport("airports::" + iata, iata, iata.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)))
 							.collect(Collectors.toSet()));
+			couchbaseTemplate.findByQuery(Airport.class).withConsistency(QueryScanConsistency.REQUEST_PLUS).all();
 			Long count = airportRepository.countFancyExpression(asList("JFK"), asList("jfk"), false);
 			assertEquals(1, count);