diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
index 95d6ad817..7fb780407 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
@@ -754,6 +754,11 @@ class XmlDriver extends FileDriver
                 $className = (string)$mappedSuperClass['name'];
                 $result[$className] = $mappedSuperClass;
             }
+        } else if (isset($xmlElement->embeddable)) {
+            foreach ($xmlElement->embeddable as $embeddableElement) {
+                $embeddableName = (string) $embeddableElement['name'];
+                $result[$embeddableName] = $embeddableElement;
+            }
         }
 
         return $result;
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php
index 42b871f1e..6d3ed77d1 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping;
 
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata,
+    Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory,
     Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\XmlDriver,
     Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\YamlDriver;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class XmlMappingDriverTest extends AbstractMappingDriverTest
     {
         $driver  = $this->_loadDriver();
         $em      = $this->_getTestEntityManager();
-        $factory = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory();
+        $factory = new ClassMetadataFactory();
 
         $em->getConfiguration()->setMetadataDriverImpl($driver);
         $factory->setEntityManager($em);
@@ -52,6 +53,28 @@ class XmlMappingDriverTest extends AbstractMappingDriverTest
         $this->assertTrue($class->associationMappings['article']['id']);
     }
 
+    public function testEmbeddableMapping()
+    {
+        $class = $this->createClassMetadata('Doctrine\Tests\Models\ValueObjects\Name');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $class->isEmbeddedClass);
+    }
+
+    public function testEmbeddedMapping()
+    {
+        $class = $this->createClassMetadata('Doctrine\Tests\Models\ValueObjects\Person');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            array(
+                'name' => array(
+                    'class' => 'Doctrine\Tests\Models\ValueObjects\Name',
+                    'columnPrefix' => 'nm_'
+                )
+            ),
+            $class->embeddedClasses
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * @group DDC-1468
      *