diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfo.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfo.java
index 1ee4d0281..332a25d10 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfo.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfo.java
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
 public class IndexInfo {
@@ -47,6 +50,24 @@ public class IndexInfo {
 		return this.indexFields;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the index is covering exactly the fields given independently of the order.
+	 * 
+	 * @param keys must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean isIndexForFields(Collection<String> keys) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(keys);
+		List<String> indexKeys = new ArrayList<String>(indexFields.size());
+
+		for (IndexField field : indexFields) {
+			indexKeys.add(field.getKey());
+		}
+
+		return indexKeys.containsAll(keys);
+	}
+
 	public String getName() {
 		return name;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfoUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfoUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de1156ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexInfoUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Order;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link IndexInfo}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class IndexInfoUnitTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void isIndexForFieldsCorrectly() {
+
+		IndexField fooField = IndexField.create("foo", Order.ASCENDING);
+		IndexField barField = IndexField.create("bar", Order.DESCENDING);
+
+		IndexInfo info = new IndexInfo(Arrays.asList(fooField, barField), "myIndex", false, false, false);
+		assertThat(info.isIndexForFields(Arrays.asList("foo", "bar")), is(true));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/RepositoryIndexCreationIntegrationTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/RepositoryIndexCreationIntegrationTests.java
index b9892012d..bd2f523ef 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/RepositoryIndexCreationIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/RepositoryIndexCreationIntegrationTests.java
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.CollectionCallback;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexInfo;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
@@ -70,25 +70,21 @@ public class RepositoryIndexCreationIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testname() {
-		operations.execute(Person.class, new CollectionCallback<Void>() {
 
-			public Void doInCollection(DBCollection collection) throws MongoException, DataAccessException {
-				List<DBObject> indexInfo = collection.getIndexInfo();
+		List<IndexInfo> indexInfo = operations.indexOps(Person.class).getIndexInfo();
 
-				assertThat(indexInfo.isEmpty(), is(false));
-				assertThat(indexInfo.size(), is(greaterThan(2)));
-				assertThat(getIndexNamesFrom(indexInfo), hasItems("findByLastname", "findByFirstnameNotIn"));
-
-				return null;
-			}
-		});
+		assertHasIndexForField(indexInfo, "lastname");
+		assertHasIndexForField(indexInfo, "firstname");
 	}
 
-	private static List<String> getIndexNamesFrom(List<DBObject> indexes) {
-		List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
-		for (DBObject dbObject : indexes) {
-			result.add(dbObject.get("name").toString());
+	private static void assertHasIndexForField(List<IndexInfo> indexInfo, String... fields) {
+
+		for (IndexInfo info : indexInfo) {
+			if (info.isIndexForFields(Arrays.asList(fields))) {
+				return;
+			}
 		}
-		return result;
+
+		fail(String.format("Did not find index for field(s) %s in %s!", fields, indexInfo));
 	}
 }