diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/query/Criteria.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/query/Criteria.java
index 3ab683bad..a4bbb68aa 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/query/Criteria.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/query/Criteria.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.query;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -156,14 +157,29 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
   /**
    * Creates a criterion using the $in operator
    * 
-   * @param o
+   * @param o the values to match against 
    * @return
    */
   public Criteria in(Object... o) {
+	if (o.length > 1 && o[1] instanceof Collection) {
+	  throw new InvalidDocumentStoreApiUsageException("You can only pass in one argument of type " + o[1].getClass().getName());
+	}
     criteria.put("$in", o);
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a criterion using the $in operator
+   * 
+   * @param c the collection containing the values to match against 
+   * @return
+   */
+  public Criteria in(Collection<?> c) {
+	  System.out.println(c.getClass());
+    criteria.put("$in", c.toArray());
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a criterion using the $nin operator
    * 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplateTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplateTests.java
index c351a0852..af6b1cacb 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/document/mongodb/MongoTemplateTests.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.query.Criteria.where;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
+import org.springframework.data.document.InvalidDocumentStoreApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.convert.MongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
@@ -322,6 +325,47 @@ public class MongoTemplateTests {
     assertThat(results3.size(), is(1));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testUsingInQueryWithList() throws Exception {
+    
+    template.remove(new Query(), PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId.class);
+
+    PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId p1 = new PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId();
+    p1.setFirstName("Sven");
+    p1.setAge(11);
+    template.insert(p1);
+    PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId p2 = new PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId();
+    p2.setFirstName("Mary");
+    p2.setAge(21);
+    template.insert(p2);
+    PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId p3 = new PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId();
+    p3.setFirstName("Ann");
+    p3.setAge(31);
+    template.insert(p3);
+    PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId p4 = new PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId();
+    p4.setFirstName("John");
+    p4.setAge(41);
+    template.insert(p4);
+
+    List<Integer> l1 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    l1.add(11);
+    l1.add(21);
+    l1.add(41);
+    Query q1 = new Query(Criteria.where("age").in(l1));
+    List<PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId> results1 = template.find(q1, PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId.class);
+    Query q2 = new Query(Criteria.where("age").in(l1.toArray()));
+    List<PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId> results2 = template.find(q2, PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId.class);
+    assertThat(results1.size(), is(3));
+    assertThat(results2.size(), is(3));
+	try {
+	    List<Integer> l2 = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+	    l2.add(31);
+	    Query q3 = new Query(Criteria.where("age").in(l1, l2));
+		template.find(q3, PersonWithIdPropertyOfTypeObjectId.class);
+		Assert.fail("Should have trown an InvalidDocumentStoreApiUsageException");
+	} catch (InvalidDocumentStoreApiUsageException e) {}
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testUsingAnOrQuery() throws Exception {