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 acbab99f4..ee1a78eda 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
@@ -15,6 +15,32 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support;
 
+import static org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.QueryUtils.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.LockModeType;
+import javax.persistence.NoResultException;
+import javax.persistence.Parameter;
+import javax.persistence.Query;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.ParameterExpression;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Path;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
 import org.springframework.dao.EmptyResultDataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
@@ -37,29 +63,6 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
-import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
-import javax.persistence.LockModeType;
-import javax.persistence.NoResultException;
-import javax.persistence.Parameter;
-import javax.persistence.Query;
-import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.ParameterExpression;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.Path;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
-import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.function.Function;
-
-import static org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.QueryUtils.*;
-
 /**
  * Default implementation of the {@link org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository} interface. This will offer
  * you a more sophisticated interface than the plain {@link EntityManager} .
@@ -237,7 +240,16 @@ public class SimpleJpaRepository<T, ID> implements JpaRepositoryImplementation<T
 					entityInformation.getIdAttribute().getName());
 
 			Query query = em.createQuery(queryString);
-			query.setParameter("ids", ids);
+			/**
+			 * Some JPA providers require {@code ids} to be a {@link Collection} so we must convert if it's not already.
+			 */
+			if (Collection.class.isInstance(ids)) {
+				query.setParameter("ids", ids);
+			} else {
+				Collection<ID> idsCollection = StreamSupport.stream(ids.spliterator(), false)
+						.collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
+				query.setParameter("ids", idsCollection);
+			}
 
 			query.executeUpdate();
 		}
@@ -325,7 +337,6 @@ public class SimpleJpaRepository<T, ID> implements JpaRepositoryImplementation<T
 	/**
 	 * Returns {@link QueryHints} with the query hints based on the current {@link CrudMethodMetadata} and potential
 	 * {@link EntityGraph} information.
-	 *
 	 */
 	protected QueryHints getQueryHints() {
 		return metadata == null ? NoHints.INSTANCE : DefaultQueryHints.of(entityInformation, metadata);
@@ -563,8 +574,7 @@ public class SimpleJpaRepository<T, ID> implements JpaRepositoryImplementation<T
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public <S extends T> List<S> findAll(Example<S> example, Sort sort) {
-		return getQuery(new ExampleSpecification<>(example, escapeCharacter), example.getProbeType(), sort)
-				.getResultList();
+		return getQuery(new ExampleSpecification<>(example, escapeCharacter), example.getProbeType(), sort).getResultList();
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/EclipseLinkJpaRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/EclipseLinkJpaRepositoryTests.java
index 2574770e7..bb16ec76c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/EclipseLinkJpaRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/EclipseLinkJpaRepositoryTests.java
@@ -22,15 +22,20 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
  * Integration tests to execute {@link JpaRepositoryTests} against EclipseLink.
  *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Greg Turnquist
  */
 @ContextConfiguration("classpath:eclipselink.xml")
 class EclipseLinkJpaRepositoryTests extends JpaRepositoryTests {
 
 	@Override
-	/**
-	 * Ignored until https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=349477 is resolved.
-	 */
+	@Disabled("https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=349477")
 	void deleteAllByIdInBatch() {
-		super.deleteAllByIdInBatch();
+		// disabled
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Disabled("https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=349477")
+	void deleteAllByIdInBatchShouldConvertAnIterableToACollection() {
+		// disabled
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryTests.java
index 036267e6b..cecfc60d1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/JpaRepositoryTests.java
@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.PersistableWithIdClass;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.PersistableWithIdClassPK;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample.SampleEntity;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Jens Schauder
+ * @author Greg Turnquist
  */
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @ContextConfiguration({ "classpath:infrastructure.xml" })
@@ -127,6 +130,35 @@ class JpaRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(repository.findAll()).containsExactly(two);
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-2242
+	void deleteAllByIdInBatchShouldConvertAnIterableToACollection() {
+
+		SampleEntity one = new SampleEntity("one", "eins");
+		SampleEntity two = new SampleEntity("two", "zwei");
+		SampleEntity three = new SampleEntity("three", "drei");
+		repository.saveAll(Arrays.asList(one, two, three));
+		repository.flush();
+
+		/**
+		 * Wrap a {@link List} inside an {@link Iterable} to verify that {@link SimpleJpaRepository} can properly convert a
+		 * pure {@link Iterable} to a {@link Collection}.
+		 **/
+		Iterable<SampleEntityPK> ids = new Iterable<SampleEntityPK>() {
+
+			private List<SampleEntityPK> ids = Arrays.asList(new SampleEntityPK("one", "eins"),
+					new SampleEntityPK("three", "drei"));
+
+			@NotNull
+			@Override
+			public Iterator<SampleEntityPK> iterator() {
+				return ids.iterator();
+			}
+		};
+
+		repository.deleteAllByIdInBatch(ids);
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).containsExactly(two);
+	}
+
 	private interface SampleEntityRepository extends JpaRepository<SampleEntity, SampleEntityPK> {
 
 	}