diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessor.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessor.java
index a3d9cc9b1..993dd0ff1 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessor.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessor.java
@@ -114,6 +114,40 @@ class DBObjectAccessor {
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the underlying {@link DBObject} has a value ({@literal null} or non-{@literal null}) for the given
+	 * {@link MongoPersistentProperty}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean hasValue(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(property, "Property must not be null!");
+
+		String fieldName = property.getFieldName();
+
+		if (!fieldName.contains(".")) {
+			return this.dbObject.containsField(fieldName);
+		}
+
+		String[] parts = fieldName.split("\\.");
+		Map<String, Object> source = this.dbObject;
+		Object result = null;
+
+		for (int i = 1; i < parts.length; i++) {
+
+			result = source.get(parts[i - 1]);
+			source = getAsMap(result);
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return source.containsKey(parts[parts.length - 1]);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the given source object as map, i.e. {@link BasicDBObject}s and maps as is or {@literal null} otherwise.
 	 * 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
index 7cb22d51f..a539a64b5 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		// make sure id property is set before all other properties
 		Object idValue = null;
 
-		if (idProperty != null) {
+		if (idProperty != null && new DBObjectAccessor(dbo).hasValue(idProperty)) {
 			idValue = getValueInternal(idProperty, dbo, evaluator, path);
 			accessor.setProperty(idProperty, idValue);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessorUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessorUnitTests.java
index b4ad05236..298d99c1d 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessorUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DBObjectAccessorUnitTests.java
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ public class DBObjectAccessorUnitTests {
 		assertThat(nestedA.get("c"), is((Object) "c"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1471
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void exposesAvailabilityOfFields() {
+
+		DBObjectAccessor accessor = new DBObjectAccessor(new BasicDBObject("a", new BasicDBObject("c", "d")));
+		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = context.getPersistentEntity(ProjectingType.class);
+
+		assertThat(accessor.hasValue(entity.getPersistentProperty("foo")), is(false));
+		assertThat(accessor.hasValue(entity.getPersistentProperty("a")), is(true));
+		assertThat(accessor.hasValue(entity.getPersistentProperty("name")), is(false));
+	}
+
 	static class ProjectingType {
 
 		String name;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
index 4430a0726..9328ad1fc 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -2066,6 +2066,14 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 		assertThat(target.map.get(FooBarEnum.FOO), is("spring"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1471
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void readsDocumentWithPrimitiveIdButNoValue() {
+		assertThat(converter.read(ClassWithIntId.class, new BasicDBObject()), is(notNullValue()));
+	}
+
 	static class GenericType<T> {
 		T content;
 	}