diff --git a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/pom.xml b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/pom.xml
index fb88e82184..3142c8fae8 100644
--- a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
             <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/domain/gh822/IdTypes.kt b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/domain/gh822/IdTypes.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eeabf7056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/domain/gh822/IdTypes.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2020 "Neo4j,"
+ * Neo4j Sweden AB [http://neo4j.com]
+ *
+ * This file is part of Neo4j.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh822
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer
+import java.io.IOException
+import java.io.Serializable
+
+inline class StringID(val value: String) : Serializable
+
+private class StringIDSerializer : StdSerializer<StringID>(StringID::class.java) {
+    @Throws(IOException::class)
+    override fun serialize(s: StringID, jsonGenerator: JsonGenerator,
+                           serializerProvider: SerializerProvider) {
+        jsonGenerator.writeObject(s.value)
+    }
+}
+
+class IdTypesModule : com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule() {
+
+    init {
+        addSerializer(StringIDSerializer())
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/domain/gh822/User.kt b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/domain/gh822/User.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19b4c5fd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/domain/gh822/User.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2020 "Neo4j,"
+ * Neo4j Sweden AB [http://neo4j.com]
+ *
+ * This file is part of Neo4j.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh822
+
+import org.neo4j.ogm.annotation.Id
+import org.neo4j.ogm.annotation.NodeEntity
+
+@NodeEntity
+data class User(
+        @Id var userId: StringID? = null,
+        val name: String
+)
diff --git a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinInteropTest.kt b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinInteropTest.kt
index aee5eb5815..409fa196fb 100644
--- a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinInteropTest.kt
+++ b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinInteropTest.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.ogm.kotlin
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.junit.*
 import org.neo4j.driver.AuthTokens
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import org.neo4j.driver.Values
 import org.neo4j.harness.ServerControls
 import org.neo4j.harness.TestServerBuilders
 import org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration
+import org.neo4j.ogm.config.ObjectMapperFactory
 import org.neo4j.ogm.cypher.ComparisonOperator
 import org.neo4j.ogm.cypher.Filter
 import org.neo4j.ogm.cypher.Filters
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import org.neo4j.ogm.domain.delegation.KotlinAImpl
 import org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh696.Lion
 import org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh696.Zebra
 import org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh696.ZooKotlin
+import org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh822.*
 import org.neo4j.ogm.session.*
 import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 
@@ -67,8 +70,13 @@ class KotlinInteropTest {
             sessionFactory = SessionFactory(ogmConfiguration,
                     MyNode::class.java.`package`.name,
                     KotlinAImpl::class.java.`package`.name,
-                    ZooKotlin::class.java.`package`.name
+                    ZooKotlin::class.java.`package`.name,
+                    User::class.java.`package`.name
             )
+
+            ObjectMapperFactory.objectMapper()
+                    .registerModule(KotlinModule())
+                    .registerModule(IdTypesModule())
         }
 
         @AfterClass
@@ -228,4 +236,20 @@ class KotlinInteropTest {
         val numberOfMyNodes = sessionFactory.openSession().count<MyNode>(listOf(Filter("name", ComparisonOperator.EQUALS, "Brian")))
         assertThat(numberOfMyNodes).isEqualTo(1)
     }
+
+    @Test // GH-822
+    fun `inline classes should work with dedicated serializers`() {
+
+        val userId = StringID("aUserId")
+        val userToSave = User(userId, "Danger Dan");
+
+        sessionFactory.openSession().save(userToSave);
+
+        val nameFilter = Filter("userId", ComparisonOperator.EQUALS, userId).ignoreCase()
+        val loadedUsers = sessionFactory.openSession().loadAll(User::class.java, nameFilter);
+        assertThat(loadedUsers).hasSize(1).extracting<StringID>(User::userId).containsOnly(userId)
+
+        val loadedUser = sessionFactory.openSession().queryForObject<User>("MATCH (u:User) RETURN u", mapOf(Pair("userId", userId)))!!
+        assertThat(loadedUser).isNotNull().extracting(User::userId).isEqualTo(userId)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinMetaDataTest.kt b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinMetaDataTest.kt
index 37f4bb324c..3cd55fc9f1 100644
--- a/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinMetaDataTest.kt
+++ b/neo4j-ogm-tests/neo4j-ogm-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/neo4j/ogm/kotlin/KotlinMetaDataTest.kt
@@ -67,4 +67,13 @@ class KotlinMetaDataTest {
         assertThat(kotlinZoo.getFieldInfo("animals").typeDescriptor).isEqualTo("org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh696.Animal")
         assertThat(kotlinZoo.getFieldInfo("zookeepers").typeDescriptor).isEqualTo("org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh696.Zookeeper")
     }
+
+    @Test // GH-822
+    fun `OGM should detect the inlines class underlying value type`() {
+        val metaData = MetaData("org.neo4j.ogm.domain.gh822")
+        val userClassInfo = metaData.classInfo("User")
+
+        assertThat(userClassInfo).isNotNull
+        assertThat(userClassInfo.getFieldInfo("userId").typeDescriptor).isEqualTo("java.lang.String")
+    }
 }