diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
index afab81d..176739a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2019 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.
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback;
  * @author Josh Long
  * @author Aldo Sinanaj
  * @author Randell Callahan
+ * @author Nathanaël Roberts
  * @param <T> the type of the return value from the recovery
  */
 public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<T> implements MethodInvocationRecoverer<T> {
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<T> implements MethodInvocationReco
 				if (argument == null) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				if (parameterTypes[i] != argument.getClass()) {
+				if (!parameterTypes[i].isAssignableFrom(argument.getClass())) {
 					return false;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
index e13d707..2c9f5f3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/retry/annotation/RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2019 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.
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ import org.springframework.retry.ExhaustedRetryException;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Aldo Sinanaj
  * @author Randell Callahan
+ * @author Nathanaël Roberts
  */
 public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 
@@ -160,6 +163,16 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void inheritanceOnArgumentClass() {
+		Method foo = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(
+				InheritanceOnArgumentClass.class, "foo", List.class);
+		RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<?> handler = new RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandler<Integer>(
+				new InheritanceOnArgumentClass(), foo);
+		assertEquals(1, handler.recover(new Object[] { new ArrayList<String>() },
+				new IllegalArgumentException("Planned")));
+	}
+
 	private static class InAccessibleRecover {
 
 		@Retryable
@@ -355,4 +368,23 @@ public class RecoverAnnotationRecoveryHandlerTests {
 
 	}
 
+	protected static class InheritanceOnArgumentClass {
+
+		@Retryable
+		public int foo(List<String> list) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public int fooRecover(Throwable t, List<String> list) {
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		@Recover
+		public int barRecover(Throwable t, String name) {
+			return 2;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }