diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/annotation/GraphTraversal.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/annotation/GraphTraversal.java
index 5e4c8dc4d..2be099e30 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/annotation/GraphTraversal.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/annotation/GraphTraversal.java
@@ -47,4 +47,9 @@ public @interface GraphTraversal {
      * @return target graph entity to be iterated over.
      */
     Class<? extends NodeBacked> elementClass() default NodeBacked.class;
+
+    /**
+     * @return parameters that are passed to the @see FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder#build
+     */
+    String[] params() default {};
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/core/FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/core/FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder.java
index fadcbe06f..7fc134329 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/core/FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/core/FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder.java
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ public interface FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder {
      * @param field the concrete field that will provide the traversal. Used for the parametrization of the traversal description.
      * @return the TraversalDescription to apply on fieldaccess, the start node is the current entity node
      */
-    TraversalDescription build(NodeBacked start, Field field);
+    TraversalDescription build(NodeBacked start, Field field, String...params);
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/fieldaccess/TraversalFieldAccessorFactory.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/fieldaccess/TraversalFieldAccessorFactory.java
index 2ce8a852c..6b4c9ea98 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/fieldaccess/TraversalFieldAccessorFactory.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/fieldaccess/TraversalFieldAccessorFactory.java
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ public class TraversalFieldAccessorFactory implements FieldAccessorFactory<NodeB
 	    private final FinderFactory finderFactory;
 	    private final FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder fieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder;
 	    private Class<? extends NodeBacked> target;
+        protected String[] params;
 
-	    public TraversalFieldAccessor(final Field field, FinderFactory finderFactory) {
+        public TraversalFieldAccessor(final Field field, FinderFactory finderFactory) {
 	        this.field = field;
 	        this.finderFactory = finderFactory;
             final GraphTraversal graphEntityTraversal = field.getAnnotation(GraphTraversal.class);
 	        this.target = graphEntityTraversal.elementClass();
-	        this.fieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder = createTraversalDescription(graphEntityTraversal);
+            this.params = graphEntityTraversal.params();
+            this.fieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder = createTraversalDescription(graphEntityTraversal);
 	    }
 
 	    @Override
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ public class TraversalFieldAccessorFactory implements FieldAccessorFactory<NodeB
 	    @Override
 	    public Object getValue(final NodeBacked nodeBacked) {
 	        final NodeFinder<? extends NodeBacked> finder = finderFactory.createNodeEntityFinder(target);
-	        final TraversalDescription traversalDescription = fieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder.build(nodeBacked,field);
+	        final TraversalDescription traversalDescription = fieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder.build(nodeBacked,field,params);
 	        return doReturn(finder.findAllByTraversal(nodeBacked, traversalDescription));
 	    }
 
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/Group.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/Group.java
index b1cf927c0..a5511d84b 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/Group.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/Group.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class Group {
     @RelatedTo(type = "persons", elementClass = Person.class)
     private Iterable<Person> readOnlyPersons;
 
-    @GraphTraversal(traversalBuilder = PeopleTraversalBuilder.class, elementClass = Person.class)
+    @GraphTraversal(traversalBuilder = PeopleTraversalBuilder.class, elementClass = Person.class, params = "persons")
     private Iterable<Person> people;
 
     @GraphProperty
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ public class Group {
 
     private static class PeopleTraversalBuilder implements FieldTraversalDescriptionBuilder {
         @Override
-        public TraversalDescription build(NodeBacked start, Field field) {
+        public TraversalDescription build(NodeBacked start, Field field, String...params) {
             return new TraversalDescriptionImpl()
-                    .relationships(DynamicRelationshipType.withName("persons"))
+                    .relationships(DynamicRelationshipType.withName(params[0]))
                     .filter(Traversal.returnAllButStartNode());
 
         }