diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/SimpleJpaRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/SimpleJpaRepository.java
index 4ba254e14..6dc74bddb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/SimpleJpaRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/SimpleJpaRepository.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class SimpleJpaRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> implements JpaRepos
 		return getQuery(new Specification<T>() {
 			public Predicate toPredicate(Root<T> root, CriteriaQuery<?> query, CriteriaBuilder cb) {
 				Path<?> path = root.get(entityInformation.getIdAttribute());
-				return path.in(cb.parameter(List.class, "ids"));
+				return path.in(cb.parameter(Iterable.class, "ids"));
 			}
 		}, (Sort) null).setParameter("ids", ids).getResultList();
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
index f96ae716b..3117eb5b8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2008-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2008-2012 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.
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ public class EclipseLinkNamespaceUserRepositoryTests extends NamespaceUserReposi
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Ignored until https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=349477 is resolved.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void handlesIterableOfIdsCorrectly() {
+
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Ignored until https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=349477 is resolved.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/OpenJpaNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/OpenJpaNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
index c3ad79a4f..05cabbda7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/OpenJpaNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/OpenJpaNamespaceUserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2008-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2008-2012 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.
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ public class OpenJpaNamespaceUserRepositoryTests extends NamespaceUserRepository
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Ignored until https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-2018 gets fixed.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void handlesIterableOfIdsCorrectly() {
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void checkQueryValidationWithOpenJpa() {
 
@@ -98,4 +105,4 @@ public class OpenJpaNamespaceUserRepositoryTests extends NamespaceUserRepository
 		List<User> resultList = query.getResultList();
 		assertThat(resultList.size(), is(2));
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
index b4de92d66..d8c7c8078 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2008-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2008-2012 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.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import static org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.UserSpecifications.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 import javax.persistence.Query;
 
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -850,6 +852,24 @@ public class UserRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(result, hasItem(1));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAJPA-232
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handlesIterableOfIdsCorrectly() {
+
+		flushTestUsers();
+
+		Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<Integer>();
+		set.add(firstUser.getId());
+		set.add(secondUser.getId());
+
+		Iterable<User> result = repository.findAll(set);
+
+		assertThat(result, is(Matchers.<User> iterableWithSize(2)));
+		assertThat(result, hasItems(firstUser, secondUser));
+	}
+
 	protected void flushTestUsers() {
 
 		firstUser = repository.save(firstUser);