diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/config/ElasticsearchRepositoryConfigExtension.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/config/ElasticsearchRepositoryConfigExtension.java
index 741f3feb9..04afdd539 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/config/ElasticsearchRepositoryConfigExtension.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/config/ElasticsearchRepositoryConfigExtension.java
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.config;
 
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchCrudRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.support.ElasticsearchRepositoryFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport;
@@ -72,4 +80,22 @@ public class ElasticsearchRepositoryConfigExtension extends RepositoryConfigurat
 		Element element = config.getElement();
 		builder.addPropertyReference("elasticsearchOperations", element.getAttribute("elasticsearch-template-ref"));
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getIdentifyingAnnotations()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>> getIdentifyingAnnotations() {
+		return Collections.<Class<? extends Annotation>>singleton(Document.class);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	* (non-Javadoc)
+	* @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getIdentifyingTypes()
+	*/
+	@Override
+	protected Collection<Class<?>> getIdentifyingTypes() {
+		return Arrays.<Class<?>>asList(ElasticsearchRepository.class, ElasticsearchCrudRepository.class);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests.java
index b0442c256..e7101f08a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/config/EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests.java
@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.sample.SampleElasticsearchRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.config.EnableElasticsearchRepositories;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
@@ -37,7 +41,14 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration
-public class EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests {
+public class EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests implements ApplicationContextAware {
+
+	ApplicationContext context;
+
+	@Override
+	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
+		this.context = applicationContext;
+	}
 
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableElasticsearchRepositories(basePackages = "org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repositories.sample")
@@ -56,4 +67,16 @@ public class EnableElasticsearchRepositoriesTests {
 	public void bootstrapsRepository() {
 		assertThat(repository, is(notNullValue()));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void shouldScanSelectedPackage() {
+		//given
+
+		//when
+		String[] beanNamesForType = context.getBeanNamesForType(ElasticsearchRepository.class);
+
+		//then
+		assertThat(beanNamesForType.length, is(1));
+		assertThat(beanNamesForType[0], is("sampleElasticsearchRepository"));
+	}
 }