diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
index b3addbcc2..3346aaf57 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.MultiField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Parent;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Score;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
@@ -77,13 +78,15 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty extends
 	@Nullable
 	private String getAnnotatedFieldName() {
 
-		if (isAnnotationPresent(Field.class)) {
+		String name = null;
 
-			String name = findAnnotation(Field.class).name();
-			return StringUtils.hasText(name) ? name : null;
+		if (isAnnotationPresent(MultiField.class)) {
+			name = findAnnotation(MultiField.class).mainField().name();
+		} else if (isAnnotationPresent(Field.class)) {
+			name = findAnnotation(Field.class).name();
 		}
 
-		return null;
+		return StringUtils.hasText(name) ? name : null;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/MappingBuilderTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/MappingBuilderTests.java
index f528a0bbd..5a79ba305 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/MappingBuilderTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/MappingBuilderTests.java
@@ -394,13 +394,31 @@ public class MappingBuilderTests extends MappingContextBaseTests {
 		assertEquals(expected, mapping, false);
 	}
 
-	@Test // DATAES-568
+	@Test // DATAES-568, DATAES-896
 	public void shouldUseFieldNameOnMultiField() throws IOException, JSONException {
 
 		// given
-		String expected = "{\"fieldname-type\":{\"properties\":{" + "\"id-property\":{\"type\":\"keyword\",\"index\":true},"
-				+ "\"multifield-property\":{\"store\":false,\"type\":\"text\",\"analyzer\":\"whitespace\",\"fields\":{\"prefix\":{\"store\":false,\"type\":\"text\",\"analyzer\":\"stop\",\"search_analyzer\":\"standard\"}}}"
-				+ "}}}";
+		String expected = "{\n" + //
+				"  \"fieldname-type\": {\n" + //
+				"    \"properties\": {\n" + //
+				"      \"id-property\": {\n" + //
+				"        \"type\": \"keyword\",\n" + //
+				"        \"index\": true\n" + //
+				"      },\n" + //
+				"      \"main-field\": {\n" + //
+				"        \"type\": \"text\",\n" + //
+				"        \"analyzer\": \"whitespace\",\n" + //
+				"        \"fields\": {\n" + //
+				"          \"suff-ix\": {\n" + //
+				"            \"type\": \"text\",\n" + //
+				"            \"analyzer\": \"stop\",\n" + //
+				"            \"search_analyzer\": \"standard\"\n" + //
+				"          }\n" + //
+				"        }\n" + //
+				"      }\n" + //
+				"    }\n" + //
+				"  }\n" + //
+				"}\n"; //
 
 		// when
 		String mapping = getMappingBuilder().buildPropertyMapping(FieldNameEntity.MultiFieldEntity.class);
@@ -470,9 +488,9 @@ public class MappingBuilderTests extends MappingContextBaseTests {
 			@Id @Field("id-property") private String id;
 
 			@Field("multifield-property") //
-			@MultiField(mainField = @Field(type = FieldType.Text, analyzer = "whitespace"), otherFields = {
-					@InnerField(suffix = "prefix", type = FieldType.Text, analyzer = "stop", searchAnalyzer = "standard") }) //
-			private String description;
+			@MultiField(mainField = @Field(name = "main-field", type = FieldType.Text, analyzer = "whitespace"),
+					otherFields = { @InnerField(suffix = "suff-ix", type = FieldType.Text, analyzer = "stop",
+							searchAnalyzer = "standard") }) private String description;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java
index 50bc04493..3c3e3a398 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/mapping/SimpleElasticsearchPersistentPropertyUnitTests.java
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Field;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.FieldType;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.InnerField;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.MultiField;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Score;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.MappingException;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link SimpleElasticsearchPersistentProperty}.
@@ -62,6 +66,16 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentPropertyUnitTests {
 		assertThat(persistentProperty.getFieldName()).isEqualTo("by-value");
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAES-896
+	public void shouldUseNameFromMultiFieldMainField() {
+		SimpleElasticsearchPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity = context
+				.getRequiredPersistentEntity(MultiFieldProperty.class);
+		ElasticsearchPersistentProperty persistentProperty = persistentEntity.getPersistentProperty("mainfieldProperty");
+
+		assertThat(persistentProperty).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(persistentProperty.getFieldName()).isEqualTo("mainfield");
+	}
+
 	static class InvalidScoreProperty {
 		@Score String scoreProperty;
 	}
@@ -73,4 +87,9 @@ public class SimpleElasticsearchPersistentPropertyUnitTests {
 	static class FieldValueProperty {
 		@Field(value = "by-value") String fieldProperty;
 	}
+
+	static class MultiFieldProperty {
+		@Nullable @MultiField(mainField = @Field("mainfield"),
+				otherFields = { @InnerField(suffix = "suff", type = FieldType.Keyword) }) String mainfieldProperty;
+	}
 }