diff --git a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/guides/mongo.adoc b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/guides/mongo.adoc
index c8093b53..3055dfde 100644
--- a/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/guides/mongo.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/docs/asciidoc/guides/mongo.adoc
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ include::{samples-dir}mongo/src/main/java/sample/config/HttpSessionConfig.java[t
 The filter is what is in charge of replacing the `HttpSession` implementation to be backed by Spring Session.
 In this instance Spring Session is backed by Mongo.
 
+<2> We explicitly configure `JdkMongoSessionConverter` since Spring Security's objects cannot be automatically persisted using Jackson (the default if Jackson is on the classpath).
+
 // end::config[]
 
 [[boot-mongo-configuration]]
diff --git a/samples/mongo/src/main/java/sample/config/HttpSessionConfig.java b/samples/mongo/src/main/java/sample/config/HttpSessionConfig.java
index 05f6ad0d..159ea18e 100644
--- a/samples/mongo/src/main/java/sample/config/HttpSessionConfig.java
+++ b/samples/mongo/src/main/java/sample/config/HttpSessionConfig.java
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@
  */
 package sample.config;
 
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.session.data.mongo.JdkMongoSessionConverter;
 import org.springframework.session.data.mongo.config.annotation.web.http.EnableMongoHttpSession;
 
 // tag::class[]
 @EnableMongoHttpSession // <1>
 public class HttpSessionConfig {
+
+	@Bean
+	public JdkMongoSessionConverter jdkMongoSessionConverter() {
+		return new JdkMongoSessionConverter(); // <2>
+	}
 }
 // end::class[]
diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
index 4273ded6..ad720bd9 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/JdkMongoSessionConverter.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.session.Session;
  * @author Jakub Kubrynski
  * @since 1.2
  */
-class JdkMongoSessionConverter extends AbstractMongoSessionConverter {
+public class JdkMongoSessionConverter extends AbstractMongoSessionConverter {
 
 	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(JdkMongoSessionConverter.class);
 
diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
index a6edc68f..9c78caf7 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/MongoOperationsSessionRepository.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ public class MongoOperationsSessionRepository
 
 	private final MongoOperations mongoOperations;
 
-	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = SessionConverterProvider.get();
+	private AbstractMongoSessionConverter mongoSessionConverter = SessionConverterProvider
+			.getDefaultMongoConverter();
 	private Integer maxInactiveIntervalInSeconds = DEFAULT_INACTIVE_INTERVAL;
 	private String collectionName = DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME;
 
diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/SessionConverterProvider.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/SessionConverterProvider.java
index c17be3bd..7addcf62 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/SessionConverterProvider.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/mongo/SessionConverterProvider.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ final class SessionConverterProvider {
 	private SessionConverterProvider() {
 	}
 
-	static AbstractMongoSessionConverter get() {
+	static AbstractMongoSessionConverter getDefaultMongoConverter() {
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent(JACKSON_CLASS_NAME, null)) {
 			return new JacksonMongoSessionConverter();
 		}