diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositorySearchesResource.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositorySearchesResource.java
index ad33a0f7c..0c352a49b 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositorySearchesResource.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositorySearchesResource.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceProcessor;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+
 /**
  * A custom {@link ResourceSupport} type to be able to write custom {@link ResourceProcessor}s to add additional links
  * to ones automatically exposed for Spring Data repository query methods.
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ public class RepositorySearchesResource extends ResourceSupport {
 	 * 
 	 * @return
 	 */
+	@JsonIgnore
 	public Class<?> getDomainType() {
 		return domainType;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/CommonWebTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/CommonWebTests.java
index 7ecf83a29..0cf6dfe5f 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/CommonWebTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/CommonWebTests.java
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ public abstract class CommonWebTests extends AbstractWebIntegrationTests {
 			Link searchLink = client.getDiscoverer(response).findLinkWithRel("search", rootResourceRepresentation);
 
 			if (searchLink != null) {
-				client.follow(searchLink).andExpect(client.hasLinkWithRel("self"));
+				client.follow(searchLink).//
+						andExpect(client.hasLinkWithRel("self")).//
+						andExpect(jsonPath("$.domainType", is(nullValue()))); // DATAREST-549
 			}
 		}
 	}