diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index 79dcdb2cb..5670069a8 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -940,8 +940,13 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $parentReflFields[$property] = $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($this->name, $property);
-            $this->reflFields[$property] = $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($this->name, $property);
+            $fieldRefl = $reflService->getAccessibleProperty(
+                isset($embeddedClass['declared']) ? $embeddedClass['declared'] : $this->name,
+                $property
+            );
+
+            $parentReflFields[$property] = $fieldRefl;
+            $this->reflFields[$property] = $fieldRefl;
         }
 
         foreach ($this->fieldMappings as $field => $mapping) {
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3303Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3303Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df96bf901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3303Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?php
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
+
+class DDC3303Test extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->_schemaTool->createSchema([$this->_em->getClassMetadata(DDC3303Employee::CLASSNAME)]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group 4097
+     * @group 4277
+     * @group 5867
+     *
+     * When using an embedded field in an inheritance, private properties should also be inherited.
+     */
+    public function testEmbeddedObjectsAreAlsoInherited()
+    {
+        $employee = new DDC3303Employee(
+            'John Doe',
+            new DDC3303Address('Somewhere', 123, 'Over the rainbow'),
+            'Doctrine Inc'
+        );
+
+        $this->_em->persist($employee);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        self::assertEquals($employee, $this->_em->find(DDC3303Employee::CLASSNAME, 'John Doe'));
+    }
+}
+
+/** @MappedSuperclass */
+abstract class DDC3303Person
+{
+    /** @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy="NONE") @Column(type="string") @var string */
+    private $name;
+
+    /** @Embedded(class="DDC3303Address") @var DDC3303Address */
+    private $address;
+
+    public function __construct($name, DDC3303Address $address)
+    {
+        $this->name    = $name;
+        $this->address = $address;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Embeddable
+ */
+class DDC3303Address
+{
+    /** @Column(type="string") @var string */
+    private $street;
+
+    /** @Column(type="integer") @var int */
+    private $number;
+
+    /** @Column(type="string") @var string */
+    private $city;
+
+    public function __construct($street, $number, $city)
+    {
+        $this->street = $street;
+        $this->number = $number;
+        $this->city   = $city;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ * @Table(name="ddc3303_employee")
+ */
+class DDC3303Employee extends DDC3303Person
+{
+    const CLASSNAME = __CLASS__;
+
+    /** @Column(type="string") @var string */
+    private $company;
+
+    public function __construct($name, DDC3303Address $address, $company)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($name, $address);
+
+        $this->company = $company;
+    }
+}