diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java
index aef50817b..44883ae03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ import com.mysema.query.jpa.HQLTemplates;
 import com.mysema.query.jpa.JPQLQuery;
 import com.mysema.query.jpa.OpenJPATemplates;
 import com.mysema.query.jpa.impl.JPAQuery;
+import com.mysema.query.support.Expressions;
 import com.mysema.query.types.EntityPath;
 import com.mysema.query.types.Expression;
 import com.mysema.query.types.OrderSpecifier;
 import com.mysema.query.types.OrderSpecifier.NullHandling;
+import com.mysema.query.types.Path;
 import com.mysema.query.types.path.PathBuilder;
 
 /**
@@ -224,9 +226,9 @@ public class Querydsl {
 
 			if (!path.hasNext() && order.isIgnoreCase()) {
 				// if order is ignore-case we have to treat the last path segment as a String.
-				sortPropertyExpression = ((PathBuilder<?>) sortPropertyExpression).getString(path.getSegment()).lower();
+				sortPropertyExpression = Expressions.stringPath((Path<?>) sortPropertyExpression, path.getSegment()).lower();
 			} else {
-				sortPropertyExpression = ((PathBuilder<?>) sortPropertyExpression).get(path.getSegment());
+				sortPropertyExpression = Expressions.path(path.getType(), (Path<?>) sortPropertyExpression, path.getSegment());
 			}
 
 			path = path.next();
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 0cdacb131..d4b84de3e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java
@@ -1281,6 +1281,24 @@ public class UserRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(page.getContent().get(3), is(firstUser));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAJPA-510
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void sortByNestedAssociationPropertyWithSortOrderIgnoreCaseInPageable() {
+
+		firstUser.setManager(thirdUser);
+		thirdUser.setManager(fourthUser);
+
+		flushTestUsers();
+
+		Page<User> page = repository.findAll(new PageRequest(0, 10, //
+				new Sort(new Sort.Order(Direction.ASC, "manager.manager.firstname").ignoreCase())));
+
+		assertThat(page.getContent(), hasSize(4));
+		assertThat(page.getContent().get(3), is(firstUser));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @see DATAJPA-496
 	 */