diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index efae90342..f876aa5a5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ project("spring-data-rest-repository") {
     compile("javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA", optional)
 
     // Evo Inflector
-    runtime "org.atteo:evo-inflector:${evoVersion}"
+    compile "org.atteo:evo-inflector:${evoVersion}"
 
     // Testing
     testCompile "org.hsqldb:hsqldb:$hsqldbVersion"
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java b/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9896e9df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.rest.repository.mapping;
+
+import org.atteo.evo.inflector.English;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.RelProvider;
+
+/**
+ * {@link TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping} extension to use Evo Inflector to pluralize the simple class name by as
+ * default path.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+class EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping extends TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping {
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping} for the given type and {@link RelProvider}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param relProvider must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping(Class<?> type, RelProvider relProvider) {
+		super(type, relProvider);
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.rest.repository.mapping.TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping#getDefaultPathFor(java.lang.Class)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected String getDefaultPathFor(Class<?> type) {
+		return English.plural(super.getDefaultPathFor(type));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/RepositoryCollectionResourceMapping.java b/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/RepositoryCollectionResourceMapping.java
index 0fc39d789..46af5e4f9 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/RepositoryCollectionResourceMapping.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/RepositoryCollectionResourceMapping.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.support.RepositoriesUtils;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.RelProvider;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.core.EvoInflectorRelProvider;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 class RepositoryCollectionResourceMapping implements CollectionResourceMapping {
 
+	private final boolean EVO_INFLECTOR_IS_PRESENT = ClassUtils.isPresent("org.atteo.evo.inflector.English", null);
+
 	private final RestResource annotation;
 	private final CollectionResourceMapping domainTypeMapping;
 	private final boolean repositoryIsExportCandidate;
@@ -56,9 +59,11 @@ class RepositoryCollectionResourceMapping implements CollectionResourceMapping {
 		Assert.notNull(relProvider, "RelProvider must not be null!");
 
 		this.annotation = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(repositoryType, RestResource.class);
-		this.domainTypeMapping = new TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping(RepositoriesUtils.getDomainType(repositoryType),
-				relProvider);
 		this.repositoryIsExportCandidate = Modifier.isPublic(repositoryType.getModifiers());
+
+		Class<?> domainType = RepositoriesUtils.getDomainType(repositoryType);
+		this.domainTypeMapping = EVO_INFLECTOR_IS_PRESENT ? new EvoInflectorTypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping(domainType,
+				relProvider) : new TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping(domainType, relProvider);
 	}
 
 	/* 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java b/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java
index 9f901fc73..36946b29a 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/mapping/TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping implements CollectionResourceMapping {
 	public Path getPath() {
 
 		String path = annotation == null ? null : annotation.path().trim();
-		path = StringUtils.hasText(path) ? path : StringUtils.uncapitalize(type.getSimpleName());
+		path = StringUtils.hasText(path) ? path : getDefaultPathFor(type);
 		return new Path(path);
 	}
 
@@ -105,4 +105,14 @@ class TypeBasedCollectionResourceMapping implements CollectionResourceMapping {
 	public String getSingleResourceRel() {
 		return relProvider.getSingleResourceRelFor(type);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the default path to be used if the path is not configured manually.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected String getDefaultPathFor(Class<?> type) {
+		return StringUtils.uncapitalize(type.getSimpleName());
+	}
 }