diff --git a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/UserRepository.java b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/UserRepository.java
index b683d6483..74f9e26e2 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/UserRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/UserRepository.java
@@ -19,15 +19,27 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.querydsl.QuerydslPredicateExecutor;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.querydsl.binding.QuerydslBinderCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.data.querydsl.binding.QuerydslBindings;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
 
 /**
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
-public interface UserRepository extends CrudRepository<User, BigInteger>, QuerydslPredicateExecutor<User> {
+public interface UserRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<User, BigInteger>, QuerydslPredicateExecutor<User>,
+		QuerydslBinderCustomizer<QUser> {
 
 	List<User> findByFirstname(String firstname);
 
 	List<User> findByColleaguesContains(@Param("colleagues") User colleague);
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.querydsl.binding.QuerydslBinderCustomizer#customize(org.springframework.data.querydsl.binding.QuerydslBindings, com.querydsl.core.types.EntityPath)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	default void customize(QuerydslBindings bindings, QUser root) {
+		bindings.bind(root.firstname).first((path, value) -> path.containsIgnoreCase(value));
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/MongoWebTests.java b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/MongoWebTests.java
index fc9d30494..8f51c3adb 100755
--- a/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/MongoWebTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-tests/spring-data-rest-tests-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/tests/mongodb/MongoWebTests.java
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilder
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Condition;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -38,10 +41,14 @@ import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.support.RepositoryEntityLinks;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.IanaLinkRelations;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.LinkRelation;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.TemplateVariable;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.TemplateVariable.VariableType;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.client.LinkDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultHandlers;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponents;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
@@ -400,4 +407,36 @@ public class MongoWebTests extends CommonWebTests {
 		mvc.perform(get(mapLink.expand().getHref()).accept(TEXT_URI_LIST)) //
 				.andExpect(status().isUnsupportedMediaType());
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATAREST-762
+	public void paginatedLinksContainQuerydslPropertyReferences() throws Exception {
+
+		Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();
+		parameters.put("page", "0");
+		parameters.put("size", "1");
+		parameters.put("firstname", "a");
+
+		Link receipts = client.discoverUnique("users");
+		URI firstnameLikeA = receipts.getTemplate() //
+				.with(new TemplateVariable("firstname", VariableType.REQUEST_PARAM)) //
+				.expand(parameters);
+
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = mvc//
+				.perform(get(firstnameLikeA)) //
+				.andReturn() //
+				.getResponse();
+
+		LinkDiscoverer discoverer = client.getDiscoverer(response);
+		String content = response.getContentAsString();
+
+		Stream.of(IanaLinkRelations.FIRST, IanaLinkRelations.NEXT, IanaLinkRelations.LAST) //
+				.forEach(it -> {
+
+					Link firstLink = discoverer.findRequiredLinkWithRel(it, content);
+					UriComponents components = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(firstLink.getHref()).build();
+
+					assertThat(components.getQueryParams().containsKey("firstname"));
+				});
+
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
index 56e7d1edc..727924de5 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/RepositoryEntityController.java
@@ -203,8 +203,7 @@ class RepositoryEntityController extends AbstractRepositoryRestController implem
 				: invoker.invokeFindAll(sort);
 
 		ResourceMetadata metadata = resourceInformation.getResourceMetadata();
-		Optional<Link> baseLink = Optional.of(entityLinks.linkToPagedResource(resourceInformation.getDomainType(),
-				pageable.isDefault() ? null : pageable.getPageable()));
+		Optional<Link> baseLink = Optional.of(getDefaultSelfLink());
 
 		return toCollectionModel(results, assembler, metadata.getDomainType(), baseLink)
 				.add(getCollectionResourceLinks(resourceInformation, pageable));