diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/redis-streams.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/redis-streams.adoc
index 1e3906bcb..254bbb6f1 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/reference/redis-streams.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/reference/redis-streams.adoc
@@ -293,3 +293,37 @@ redisTemplate()
     .add(record); <1>
 ----
 <1> XADD user-logon * "firstname" "night" "@class" "com.example.User" "lastname" "angel"
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+A `StreamMessageListenerContainer` may not be aware of any `@TypeAlias` used on domain types as those need to be resolved via a `MappingContext`. So please make sure to pre initialize the `RedisMappingContext` with the `initialEntitySet`.
+
+[source,java]
+----
+@Bean
+RedisMappingContext redisMappingContext() {
+	RedisMappingContext ctx = new RedisMappingContext();
+	ctx.setInitialEntitySet(Collections.singleton(Person.class));
+	return ctx;
+}
+
+@Bean
+RedisConverter redisConverter(RedisMappingContext mappingContext) {
+	return new MappingRedisConverter(mappingContext, null, null);
+}
+
+@Bean
+ObjectHashMapper hashMapper(RedisConverter converter) {
+	return new ObjectHashMapper(converter);
+}
+
+@Bean
+StreamMessageListenerContainer streamMessageListenerContainer(RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory, ObjectHashMapper hashMapper) {
+	StreamMessageListenerContainerOptions<String, ObjectRecord<String, Object>> options = StreamMessageListenerContainerOptions.builder()
+			.objectMapper(hashMapper)
+			.build();
+
+	return StreamMessageListenerContainer.create(connectionFactory, options);
+}
+----
+====
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/hash/ObjectHashMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/hash/ObjectHashMapper.java
index f0f0c4257..bed73efe8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/hash/ObjectHashMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/hash/ObjectHashMapper.java
@@ -16,24 +16,21 @@
 package org.springframework.data.redis.hash;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyPath;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyReferenceException;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.IndexResolver;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.IndexedData;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.MappingRedisConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.RedisConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.RedisCustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.RedisData;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.ReferenceResolver;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.mapping.RedisMappingContext;
-import org.springframework.data.redis.core.mapping.RedisPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * {@link HashMapper} based on {@link MappingRedisConverter}. Supports nested properties and simple types like
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  */
 public class ObjectHashMapper implements HashMapper<Object, byte[], byte[]> {
 
-	private final MappingRedisConverter converter;
+	private final RedisConverter converter;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates new {@link ObjectHashMapper}.
@@ -110,6 +107,19 @@ public class ObjectHashMapper implements HashMapper<Object, byte[], byte[]> {
 		converter = mappingConverter;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ObjectHashMapper} using the given {@link RedisConverter} for conversion.
+	 *
+	 * @param converter must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given {@literal converter} is {@literal null}.
+	 * @since 2.4
+	 */
+	public ObjectHashMapper(RedisConverter converter) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(converter, "Converter must not be null!");
+		this.converter = converter;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.redis.hash.HashMapper#toHash(java.lang.Object)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/mapping/ObjectHashMapperTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/mapping/ObjectHashMapperTests.java
index 903f15536..9e3f20830 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/mapping/ObjectHashMapperTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/mapping/ObjectHashMapperTests.java
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@ package org.springframework.data.redis.mapping;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import lombok.Data;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
-
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.TypeAlias;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.core.convert.MappingRedisConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.core.mapping.RedisMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.hash.ObjectHashMapper;
 
 /**
@@ -57,4 +62,29 @@ public class ObjectHashMapperTests extends AbstractHashMapperTest {
 
 		String result = objectHashMapper.fromHash(hash, String.class);
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATAREDIS-1179
+	public void hashMapperAllowsReuseOfRedisConverter/*and thus the MappingContext holding eg. TypeAlias information*/() {
+
+		WithTypeAlias source = new WithTypeAlias();
+		source.value = "val";
+		Map<byte[], byte[]> hash = new ObjectHashMapper().toHash(source);
+
+		RedisMappingContext ctx = new RedisMappingContext();
+		ctx.setInitialEntitySet(Collections.singleton(WithTypeAlias.class));
+		ctx.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		MappingRedisConverter mappingRedisConverter = new MappingRedisConverter(ctx, null, null);
+		mappingRedisConverter.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		ObjectHashMapper objectHashMapper = new ObjectHashMapper(mappingRedisConverter);
+		assertThat(objectHashMapper.fromHash(hash)).isEqualTo(source);
+	}
+
+	@TypeAlias("_42_")
+	@Data
+	static class WithTypeAlias {
+		String value;
+	}
+
 }