diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/domain/Entity.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/domain/Entity.java
index f51daf02f2..2e2ba49fb8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/domain/Entity.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/domain/Entity.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package org.hibernate.metamodel.domain;
 
 import org.hibernate.EntityMode;
+import org.hibernate.service.classloading.spi.ClassLoaderService;
 
 /**
  * Models the notion of an entity
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ public class Entity extends AbstractAttributeContainer {
 
 	public static class PojoEntitySpecifics implements EntityModeEntitySpecifics {
 		private String tuplizerClassName;
-		private String className;
-		private String proxyInterfaceName;
+		private JavaType entityClass;
+		private JavaType proxyInterface;
 
 		@Override
 		public EntityMode getEntityMode() {
@@ -85,19 +86,27 @@ public class Entity extends AbstractAttributeContainer {
 		}
 
 		public String getClassName() {
-			return className;
+			return entityClass.getName();
 		}
 
-		public void setClassName(String className) {
-			this.className = className;
+		public void setClassName(String className, ClassLoaderService classLoaderService) {
+			this.entityClass = new JavaType( className, classLoaderService );
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getEntityClass() {
+			return entityClass.getClassReference();
 		}
 
 		public String getProxyInterfaceName() {
-			return proxyInterfaceName;
+			return proxyInterface.getName();
 		}
 
-		public void setProxyInterfaceName(String proxyInterfaceName) {
-			this.proxyInterfaceName = proxyInterfaceName;
+		public void setProxyInterfaceName(String proxyInterfaceName, ClassLoaderService classLoaderService) {
+			this.proxyInterface = new JavaType( proxyInterfaceName, classLoaderService );
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getProxyInterfaceClass() {
+			return proxyInterface.getClassReference();
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/hbm/AbstractEntityBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/hbm/AbstractEntityBinder.java
index cc5f735356..5ca87a7e5a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/hbm/AbstractEntityBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/hbm/AbstractEntityBinder.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import org.hibernate.metamodel.binding.state.SimpleAttributeBindingState;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.relational.state.TupleRelationalState;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.relational.state.ValueRelationalState;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.source.spi.MetadataImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.service.classloading.spi.ClassLoaderService;
 
 /**
  * TODO : javadoc
@@ -154,14 +155,17 @@ abstract class AbstractEntityBinder {
 		String className = bindingContext.getClassName( entityClazz.getName() );
 		String proxyName = entityBinding.getProxyInterfaceName();
 
-		entityBinding.getEntity().getPojoEntitySpecifics().setClassName( className );
+		final ClassLoaderService classLoaderService =
+				bindingContext.getServiceRegistry().getService( ClassLoaderService.class );
+
+		entityBinding.getEntity().getPojoEntitySpecifics().setClassName( className, classLoaderService );
 
 		if ( proxyName != null ) {
-			entityBinding.getEntity().getPojoEntitySpecifics().setProxyInterfaceName( proxyName );
+			entityBinding.getEntity().getPojoEntitySpecifics().setProxyInterfaceName( proxyName, classLoaderService );
 			entityBinding.setLazy( true );
 		}
 		else if ( entityBinding.isLazy() ) {
-			entityBinding.getEntity().getPojoEntitySpecifics().setProxyInterfaceName( className );
+			entityBinding.getEntity().getPojoEntitySpecifics().setProxyInterfaceName( className, classLoaderService );
 		}
 
 		XMLTuplizerElement tuplizer = locateTuplizerDefinition( entityClazz, EntityMode.POJO );