diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java
index 2522952a6..40b0b53e0 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/jdbc/XMLPersistenceMappingParser.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
 import javax.persistence.EnumType;
 import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
@@ -56,11 +58,13 @@ import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.DBDictionary;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.log.Log;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.SourceTracker;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.util.Localizer;
+import org.apache.openjpa.meta.AccessCode;
 import org.apache.openjpa.meta.ClassMetaData;
 import org.apache.openjpa.meta.FieldMetaData;
 import org.apache.openjpa.meta.JavaTypes;
 import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.XMLPersistenceMetaDataParser;
 import org.apache.openjpa.util.InternalException;
+import org.apache.openjpa.util.MetaDataException;
 import org.apache.openjpa.util.UserException;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import org.xml.sax.Locator;
@@ -1390,6 +1394,27 @@ public class XMLPersistenceMappingParser
         }
         return null;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Process all deferred embeddables using an unknown access type.
+     */
+    protected void addDeferredEmbeddableMetaData() {
+        super.addDeferredEmbeddableMetaData();
+        if (_deferredMappings.size() > 0) {
+            Set<Class<?>> keys = _deferredMappings.keySet();
+            Class[] classes = keys.toArray(new Class[0]);
+            for (int i = 0; i < classes.length; i++) {
+                try {
+                    applyDeferredEmbeddableOverrides(classes[i]);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    throw new MetaDataException(
+                            _loc.get("no-embeddable-metadata",
+                                classes[i].getName()), e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+    }    
     
     // Inner class for storing override information
     class DeferredEmbeddableOverrides {
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java
index 4ef3d4563..5af6e9dfa 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/TestAssocOverridesXML.java
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ public class TestAssocOverridesXML  extends AbstractPersistenceTestCase{
             assertSQLFragnments(_sql, "CREATE TABLE XML_EMBALIST .*" +
                 " .*emba_entb.*emba_mentb");
         
+            assertSQLFragnments(_sql, "CREATE TABLE XML_EMBAMAP_1 .*" +
+                " .*key_emba_entb.*key_emba_mentb" + 
+                " .*value_emba_entb.*value_emba_mentb");
         } 
         finally {
             try {
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEmbedB.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEmbedB.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f08ae2cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEmbedB.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides;
+
+public class XMLAssocOverEmbedB {
+    
+    private String name;
+    
+    private XMLAssocOverEntityB eb;
+
+    private XMLAssocOverEntityB meb;
+    
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setEb(XMLAssocOverEntityB eb) {
+        this.eb = eb;
+    }
+
+    public XMLAssocOverEntityB getEb() {
+        return eb;
+    }
+
+    public void setMeb(XMLAssocOverEntityB meb) {
+        this.meb = meb;
+    }
+
+    public XMLAssocOverEntityB getMeb() {
+        return meb;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEntityA.java b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEntityA.java
index ec92cabd9..bfbed7d7a 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEntityA.java
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/attrOverrides/XMLAssocOverEntityA.java
@@ -19,12 +19,16 @@
 package org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public class XMLAssocOverEntityA {
 
     private int id;
     
     private List<XMLAssocOverEmbed> embaList;
+    
+    private Map<XMLAssocOverEmbedB, XMLAssocOverEmbed> embaMap;
+    
 
     public void setEmbA(List<XMLAssocOverEmbed> embA) {
         this.embaList = embA;
@@ -34,6 +38,14 @@ public class XMLAssocOverEntityA {
         return embaList;
     }
 
+    public void setEmbAMap(Map<XMLAssocOverEmbedB, XMLAssocOverEmbed> embAMap) {
+        this.embaMap = embAMap;
+    }
+
+    public Map<XMLAssocOverEmbedB, XMLAssocOverEmbed> getEmbAMap() {
+        return embaMap;
+    }
+
     public void setId(int id) {
         this.id = id;
     }
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml
index 7cf2c643a..87e3d4998 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@
                 </association-override>
                 <collection-table name="XML_EMBALIST"/>
             </element-collection>
+            <element-collection name="embaMap">
+                <association-override name="key.eb">
+                    <join-column name="key_emba_entb" />
+                </association-override>
+                <association-override name="key.meb">
+                    <join-column name="key_emba_mentb" />
+                </association-override>
+                <association-override name="value.eb">
+                    <join-column name="value_emba_entb" />
+                </association-override>
+                <association-override name="value.meb">
+                    <join-column name="value_emba_mentb" />
+                </association-override>
+                <collection-table name="XML_EMBAMAP_3"/>
+            </element-collection>
         </attributes>
     </entity>
     
@@ -69,4 +84,21 @@
             </one-to-one>
         </attributes>
     </embeddable>    
+    
+    <embeddable class="org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEmbedB">
+        <attributes>
+            <basic name="name"/>
+            <many-to-one name="meb">
+                <cascade>
+                    <cascade-all />
+                </cascade>
+            </many-to-one>
+            <one-to-one name="eb">
+                <cascade>
+                    <cascade-all />
+                </cascade>
+            </one-to-one>
+        </attributes>
+    </embeddable>    
+    
 </entity-mappings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml
index 0cb208bc7..914eb4234 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/src/test/resources/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-persistence.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <persistence-unit name="AssocOverPU">
         <mapping-file>org/apache/openjpa/persistence/embed/embed-assoc-over-orm.xml</mapping-file>
         <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEmbed</class>
+        <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEmbedB</class>
         <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityA</class>
         <class>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.embed.attrOverrides.XMLAssocOverEntityB</class>
             <properties>