diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaExtensions.kt b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaExtensions.kt
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+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query
+
+/**
+ * Extension for [Criteria.is] providing an `isEqualTo` alias since `in` is a reserved keyword in Kotlin.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+fun Criteria.isEqualTo(o: Any) : Criteria = `is`(o)
+
+/**
+ * Extension for [Criteria.in] providing an `inValues` alias since `in` is a reserved keyword in Kotlin.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+fun Criteria.inValues(vararg o: Any) : Criteria = `in`(*o)
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaExtensionsTests.kt b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaExtensionsTests.kt
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+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import org.mockito.Answers
+import org.mockito.Mock
+import org.mockito.Mockito
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner
+
+/**
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner::class)
+class CriteriaExtensionsTests {
+
+	@Mock(answer = Answers.RETURNS_MOCKS)
+	lateinit var criteria: Criteria
+
+	@Test
+	fun `isEqualTo() extension should call its Java counterpart`() {
+		val foo = "foo"
+		criteria.isEqualTo(foo)
+		Mockito.verify(criteria, Mockito.times(1)).`is`(foo)
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	fun `inValues() extension should call its Java counterpart`() {
+		val foo = "foo"
+		val bar = "bar"
+		criteria.inValues(foo, bar)
+		Mockito.verify(criteria, Mockito.times(1)).`in`(foo, bar)
+	}
+
+}