diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php
index 701aee551..ff09210be 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class ClassMetadataFactory extends AbstractClassMetadataFactory
             $class->setIdGeneratorType($parent->generatorType);
             $this->addInheritedFields($class, $parent);
             $this->addInheritedRelations($class, $parent);
+            $this->addInheritedEmbeddedClasses($class, $parent);
             $class->setIdentifier($parent->identifier);
             $class->setVersioned($parent->isVersioned);
             $class->setVersionField($parent->versionField);
@@ -141,7 +142,11 @@ class ClassMetadataFactory extends AbstractClassMetadataFactory
         }
 
         foreach ($class->embeddedClasses as $property => $embeddableClass) {
-            $embeddableMetadata = $this->getMetadataFor($embeddableClass);
+            if (isset($embeddableClass['inherited'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $embeddableMetadata = $this->getMetadataFor($embeddableClass['class']);
             $class->inlineEmbeddable($property, $embeddableMetadata);
         }
 
@@ -343,6 +348,20 @@ class ClassMetadataFactory extends AbstractClassMetadataFactory
         }
     }
 
+    private function addInheritedEmbeddedClasses(ClassMetadata $subClass, ClassMetadata $parentClass)
+    {
+        foreach ($parentClass->embeddedClasses as $field => $embeddedClass) {
+            if ( ! isset($embeddedClass['inherited']) && ! $parentClass->isMappedSuperclass) {
+                $embeddedClass['inherited'] = $parentClass->name;
+            }
+            if ( ! isset($embeddedClass['declared'])) {
+                $embeddedClass['declared'] = $parentClass->name;
+            }
+
+            $subClass->embeddedClasses[$field] = $embeddedClass;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adds inherited named queries to the subclass mapping.
      *
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index 612574e90..3a4d080ab 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -899,10 +899,12 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
 
         foreach ($this->fieldMappings as $field => $mapping) {
             if (isset($mapping['declaredField'])) {
+                $declaringClass = isset($this->embeddedClasses[$field]['declared']) ? $this->embeddedClasses[$field]['declared'] : $this->name;
+
                 $this->reflFields[$field] = new ReflectionEmbeddedProperty(
-                    $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($this->name, $mapping['declaredField']),
-                    $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['declaredField']], $mapping['originalField']),
-                    $this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['declaredField']]
+                    $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($declaringClass, $mapping['declaredField']),
+                    $reflService->getAccessibleProperty($this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['declaredField']]['class'], $mapping['originalField']),
+                    $this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['declaredField']]['class']
                 );
                 continue;
             }
@@ -2110,6 +2112,11 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
         return isset($this->associationMappings[$fieldName]['inherited']);
     }
 
+    public function isInheritedEmbeddedClass($fieldName)
+    {
+        return isset($this->embeddedClasses[$fieldName]['inherited']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the name of the primary table the class is mapped to.
      *
@@ -3079,7 +3086,9 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
     {
         $this->assertFieldNotMapped($mapping['fieldName']);
 
-        $this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['fieldName']] = $this->fullyQualifiedClassName($mapping['class']);
+        $this->embeddedClasses[$mapping['fieldName']] = array(
+            'class' => $this->fullyQualifiedClassName($mapping['class'])
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/AnnotationDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/AnnotationDriver.php
index b2437de23..e7893f33a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/AnnotationDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/AnnotationDriver.php
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ class AnnotationDriver extends AbstractAnnotationDriver
                 ||
                 $metadata->isInheritedField($property->name)
                 ||
-                $metadata->isInheritedAssociation($property->name)) {
+                $metadata->isInheritedAssociation($property->name)
+                ||
+                $metadata->isInheritedEmbeddedClass($property->name)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
index bc02268c0..f82220a1f 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ValueObjectsTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class ValueObjectsTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
             $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(array(
                 $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC93Person'),
                 $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC93Address'),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC93Vehicle'),
+                $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC93Car'),
             ));
         } catch(\Exception $e) {
         }
@@ -146,6 +148,16 @@ class ValueObjectsTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->_em->createQuery("SELECT p FROM " . __NAMESPACE__ . "\\DDC93Person p WHERE p.address.asdfasdf IS NULL")
             ->execute();
     }
+
+    public function testEmbeddableWithInheritance()
+    {
+        $car = new DDC93Car(new DDC93Address('Foo', '12345', 'Asdf'));
+        $this->_em->persist($car);
+        $this->_em->flush($car);
+
+        $reloadedCar = $this->_em->find(__NAMESPACE__.'\\DDC93Car', $car->id);
+        $this->assertEquals($car, $reloadedCar);
+    }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -171,6 +183,36 @@ class DDC93Person
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ *
+ * @InheritanceType("SINGLE_TABLE")
+ * @DiscriminatorColumn(name = "t", type = "string", length = 10)
+ * @DiscriminatorMap({
+ *     "v" = "Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\DDC93Car",
+ * })
+ */
+abstract class DDC93Vehicle
+{
+    /** @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = "AUTO") @Column(type = "integer") */
+    public $id;
+
+    /** @Embedded(class = "DDC93Address") */
+    public $address;
+
+    public function __construct(DDC93Address $address)
+    {
+        $this->address = $address;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class DDC93Car extends DDC93Vehicle
+{
+}
+
 /**
  * @Embeddable
  */