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 c45ae0899..3a496594c 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
@@ -27,22 +27,7 @@ import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.EnumMap;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.SortedMap;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
@@ -1859,6 +1844,15 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 		assertThat(result.property, is((Object) InterfacedEnum.INSTANCE));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-2011
+	public void readsNestedListsToObjectCorrectly() {
+
+		List<String> values = Arrays.asList("ONE", "TWO");
+		DBObject source = new BasicDBObject("value", Collections.singletonList(values));
+
+		assertThat(converter.read(Attribute.class, source).value, is(instanceOf(List.class)));
+	}
+
 	static class GenericType<T> {
 		T content;
 	}