diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2Module.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2Module.java
index 5979e812c..a235b9ca7 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2Module.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2Module.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.SettableBeanProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.ValueInstantiator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.CollectionDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BeanPropertyDefinition;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanPropertyWriter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.BeanSerializerBuilder;
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ public class PersistentEntityJackson2Module extends SimpleModule {
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
-	private static class AssociationOmittingSerializerModifier extends BeanSerializerModifier {
+	static class AssociationOmittingSerializerModifier extends BeanSerializerModifier {
 
 		private final PersistentEntities entities;
 		private final RepositoryRestConfiguration configuration;
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ public class PersistentEntityJackson2Module extends SimpleModule {
 		 * @param associationLinks must not be {@literal null}.
 		 * @param configuration must not be {@literal null}.
 		 */
-		private AssociationOmittingSerializerModifier(PersistentEntities entities, AssociationLinks associationLinks,
+		public AssociationOmittingSerializerModifier(PersistentEntities entities, AssociationLinks associationLinks,
 				RepositoryRestConfiguration configuration) {
 
 			Assert.notNull(entities, "PersistentEntities must not be null!");
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ public class PersistentEntityJackson2Module extends SimpleModule {
 			for (BeanPropertyWriter writer : builder.getProperties()) {
 
 				// Skip exported associations
-				PersistentProperty<?> persistentProperty = entity.getPersistentProperty(writer.getName());
+				PersistentProperty<?> persistentProperty = findProperty(writer.getName(), entity, beanDesc);
 
 				if (persistentProperty == null) {
 					continue;
@@ -253,6 +254,27 @@ public class PersistentEntityJackson2Module extends SimpleModule {
 
 			return builder;
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the {@link PersistentProperty} for the property with the given final name (the name that it will be
+		 * rendered under eventually).
+		 * 
+		 * @param finalName the output name the property will be rendered under.
+		 * @param entity the {@link PersistentEntity} to find the property on.
+		 * @param description the Jackson {@link BeanDescription}.
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private PersistentProperty<?> findProperty(String finalName, PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity,
+				BeanDescription description) {
+
+			for (BeanPropertyDefinition definition : description.findProperties()) {
+				if (definition.getName().equals(finalName)) {
+					return entity.getPersistentProperty(definition.getInternalName());
+				}
+			}
+
+			return null;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2ModuleUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2ModuleUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48d99d229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntityJackson2ModuleUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 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.webmvc.json;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentEntities;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.config.RepositoryRestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.mapping.AssociationLinks;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link PersistentEntityJackson2Module}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class PersistentEntityJackson2ModuleUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock AssociationLinks associationLinks;
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREST-328, DATAREST-320
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void doesNotDropPropertiesWithCustomizedNames() throws Exception {
+
+		MongoMappingContext mappingContext = new MongoMappingContext();
+		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(Sample.class);
+		PersistentEntities persistentEntities = new PersistentEntities(Arrays.asList(mappingContext));
+
+		SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule();
+		module.setSerializerModifier(new PersistentEntityJackson2Module.AssociationOmittingSerializerModifier(
+				persistentEntities, associationLinks, new RepositoryRestConfiguration()));
+
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		mapper.registerModule(module);
+
+		assertThat(mapper.writeValueAsString(new Sample()), is(notNullValue()));
+	}
+
+	static class Sample {
+		public @JsonProperty("foo") String name;
+	}
+}