diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonSerializers.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonSerializers.java
index 26a9f5ee6..96b857533 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonSerializers.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/JacksonSerializers.java
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanProperty;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.ContextualDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleDeserializers;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
@@ -122,11 +126,12 @@ public class JacksonSerializers extends SimpleModule {
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
-	public static class EnumTranslatingDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<Enum> {
+	public static class EnumTranslatingDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<Enum>implements ContextualDeserializer {
 
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 5305284644923180079L;
 
 		private final EnumTranslator translator;
+		private final BeanProperty property;
 
 		/**
 		 * Creates a new {@link EnumTranslatingDeserializer} using the given {@link EnumTranslator}.
@@ -134,11 +139,34 @@ public class JacksonSerializers extends SimpleModule {
 		 * @param translator must not be {@literal null}.
 		 */
 		public EnumTranslatingDeserializer(EnumTranslator translator) {
+			this(translator, null);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link EnumTranslatingDeserializer} using the given {@link EnumTranslator} and {@link BeanProperty}
+		 * .
+		 * 
+		 * @param translator must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param property can be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public EnumTranslatingDeserializer(EnumTranslator translator, BeanProperty property) {
 
 			super(Enum.class);
 
 			Assert.notNull(translator, "EnumTranslator must not be null!");
+
 			this.translator = translator;
+			this.property = property;
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.ContextualDeserializer#createContextual(com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext, com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.BeanProperty)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public JsonDeserializer<?> createContextual(DeserializationContext ctxt, BeanProperty property)
+				throws JsonMappingException {
+			return new EnumTranslatingDeserializer(translator, property);
 		}
 
 		/* 
@@ -148,7 +176,12 @@ public class JacksonSerializers extends SimpleModule {
 		@Override
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		public Enum deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
-			return translator.fromText((Class<? extends Enum<?>>) ctxt.getContextualType().getRawClass(), p.getText());
+
+			if (property == null) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Can only translate enum with property information!");
+			}
+
+			return translator.fromText((Class<? extends Enum<?>>) property.getType().getRawClass(), p.getText());
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntitySerializationTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntitySerializationTests.java
index 11fa91562..f81695bb2 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntitySerializationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/PersistentEntitySerializationTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 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.
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor;
+import org.springframework.context.support.StaticMessageSource;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.ProjectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.jpa.PersonRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.jpa.UserExcerpt;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.mongodb.Address;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.mongodb.User;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.mongodb.User.Gender;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.util.TestUtils;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.LinkDiscoverer;
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = RepositoryTestsConfig.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { RepositoryTestsConfig.class, PersistentEntitySerializationTests.TestConfig.class })
 @Transactional
 public class PersistentEntitySerializationTests {
 
@@ -78,6 +83,20 @@ public class PersistentEntitySerializationTests {
 	@Autowired PersonRepository people;
 	@Autowired OrderRepository orders;
 
+	@Configuration
+	static class TestConfig extends RepositoryTestsConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		@Override
+		public ObjectMapper objectMapper() {
+
+			ObjectMapper objectMapper = super.objectMapper();
+			objectMapper.registerModule(
+					new JacksonSerializers(new EnumTranslator(new MessageSourceAccessor(new StaticMessageSource()))));
+			return objectMapper;
+		}
+	}
+
 	LinkDiscoverer linkDiscoverer;
 	ProjectionFactory projectionFactory;
 
@@ -277,4 +296,12 @@ public class PersistentEntitySerializationTests {
 
 		assertThat(JsonPath.read(result, "$_links.processed"), is(notNullValue()));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREST-654
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void deserializesTranslatedEnumProperty() throws Exception {
+		assertThat(mapper.readValue("{ \"gender\" : \"Male\" }", User.class).gender, is(Gender.MALE));
+	}
 }