diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
index c2a9e6f0d..f618bfc27 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class DomainObjectReader {
 		}
 
 		PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity = candidate.get();
-		MappedProperties mappedProperties = MappedProperties.fromJacksonProperties(entity, mapper);
+		MappedProperties mappedProperties = MappedProperties.forDeserialization(entity, mapper);
 
 		for (Iterator<Entry<String, JsonNode>> i = root.fields(); i.hasNext();) {
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ public class DomainObjectReader {
 			Assert.notNull(entity, "PersistentEntity must not be null!");
 			Assert.notNull(mapper, "ObjectMapper must not be null!");
 
-			this.properties = MappedProperties.fromJacksonProperties(entity, mapper);
+			this.properties = MappedProperties.forDeserialization(entity, mapper);
 			this.targetAccessor = new ConvertingPropertyAccessor(entity.getPropertyAccessor(target),
 					new DefaultConversionService());
 			this.sourceAccessor = entity.getPropertyAccessor(source);
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonMappingAwareSortTranslator.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonMappingAwareSortTranslator.java
index 740da5d20..863f21d6e 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonMappingAwareSortTranslator.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonMappingAwareSortTranslator.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public class JacksonMappingAwareSortTranslator {
 			this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
 			this.currentType = persistentEntity;
 			this.currentProperties = persistentEntity//
-					.map(it -> MappedProperties.fromJacksonProperties(it, objectMapper))//
+					.map(it -> MappedProperties.forSerialization(it, objectMapper))//
 					.orElseGet(() -> MappedProperties.none());
 			this.currentWrappedProperties = persistentEntity//
 					.map(it -> WrappedProperties.fromJacksonProperties(persistentEntities, it, objectMapper))//
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedProperties.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedProperties.java
index 596bfe05e..10f293753 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedProperties.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedProperties.java
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BasicClassIntrospector;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BeanPropertyDefinition;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.ClassIntrospector;
@@ -89,16 +91,34 @@ class MappedProperties {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates {@link MappedProperties} for the given {@link PersistentEntity}.
+	 * Creates {@link MappedProperties} for the given {@link PersistentEntity} for deserialization purposes. Will not
+	 * include Jackson-read-only properties.
 	 *
 	 * @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param mapper must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public static MappedProperties fromJacksonProperties(PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity, ObjectMapper mapper) {
+	public static MappedProperties forDeserialization(PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity, ObjectMapper mapper) {
 
-		BeanDescription description = INTROSPECTOR.forDeserialization(mapper.getDeserializationConfig(),
-				mapper.constructType(entity.getType()), mapper.getDeserializationConfig());
+		DeserializationConfig config = mapper.getDeserializationConfig();
+		BeanDescription description = INTROSPECTOR.forDeserialization(config, mapper.constructType(entity.getType()),
+				config);
+
+		return new MappedProperties(entity, description);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates {@link MappedProperties} for the given {@link PersistentEntity} for serialization purposes. Includes
+	 * Jackson-read-only properties.
+	 *
+	 * @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param mapper must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static MappedProperties forSerialization(PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity, ObjectMapper mapper) {
+
+		SerializationConfig config = mapper.getSerializationConfig();
+		BeanDescription description = INTROSPECTOR.forSerialization(config, mapper.constructType(entity.getType()), config);
 
 		return new MappedProperties(entity, description);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/WrappedProperties.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/WrappedProperties.java
index 6569a73aa..d3cfae07f 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/WrappedProperties.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/WrappedProperties.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonUnwrapped;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.AnnotationIntrospector;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanDescription;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.AnnotatedMember;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BasicClassIntrospector;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.BeanPropertyDefinition;
@@ -202,8 +203,10 @@ class WrappedProperties {
 		}
 
 		private BeanDescription getBeanDescription(Class<?> type) {
-			return INTROSPECTOR.forDeserialization(mapper.getDeserializationConfig(), mapper.constructType(type),
-					mapper.getDeserializationConfig());
+
+			SerializationConfig config = mapper.getSerializationConfig();
+
+			return INTROSPECTOR.forSerialization(config, mapper.constructType(type), config);
 		}
 
 		private static Optional<AnnotatedMember> findAnnotatedMember(BeanPropertyDefinition property) {
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedPropertiesUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedPropertiesUnitTests.java
index 3fdce5433..87059198d 100755
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedPropertiesUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/MappedPropertiesUnitTests.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class MappedPropertiesUnitTests {
 	ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 	KeyValueMappingContext<?, ?> context = new KeyValueMappingContext<>();
 	PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity = context.getRequiredPersistentEntity(Sample.class);
-	MappedProperties properties = MappedProperties.fromJacksonProperties(entity, mapper);
+	MappedProperties properties = MappedProperties.forDeserialization(entity, mapper);
 
 	@Test // DATAREST-575
 	public void doesNotExposeMappedPropertyForNonSpringDataPersistentProperty() {
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ public class MappedPropertiesUnitTests {
 		assertThat(properties.getPersistentProperty("readOnlyProperty")).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAREST-1248
+	public void doesNotExcludeReadOnlyPropertiesForSerialization() {
+
+		MappedProperties properties = MappedProperties.forSerialization(entity, mapper);
+
+		assertThat(properties.hasPersistentPropertyForField("readOnlyProperty")).isTrue();
+		assertThat(properties.getPersistentProperty("readOnlyProperty")).isNotNull();
+	}
+
 	static class Sample {
 
 		public @Transient String notExposedBySpringData;
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/SortTranslatorUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/SortTranslatorUnitTests.java
index 6cd795477..411b857ae 100755
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/SortTranslatorUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/SortTranslatorUnitTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.json.JacksonMappingAwareSortTranslat
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.mapping.Associations;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty.Access;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonUnwrapped;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
@@ -171,12 +172,22 @@ public class SortTranslatorUnitTests {
 		assertThat(translatedSort.getOrderFor("burrito.embedded.name")).isNotNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAREST-1248
+	public void allowsSortingByReadOnlyProperty() {
+
+		Sort sort = sortTranslator.translateSort(Sort.by("readOnly"),
+				mappingContext.getRequiredPersistentEntity(Plain.class));
+
+		assertThat(sort.getOrderFor("readOnly")).isNotNull();
+	}
+
 	static class Plain {
 
 		public String name;
 		public Embedded embedded;
 		@Reference public Embedded refEmbedded;
 		@Reference public AnotherRootEntity association;
+		@JsonProperty(access = Access.READ_ONLY) public String readOnly;
 	}
 
 	static class UnwrapEmbedded {