diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/JPAMetaModelEntityProcessor.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/JPAMetaModelEntityProcessor.java
index e5073e244a..b68798ea4b 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/JPAMetaModelEntityProcessor.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/JPAMetaModelEntityProcessor.java
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ public class JPAMetaModelEntityProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 			}
 
 			String string = element.getSimpleName().toString();
-			if ( !StringUtil.isPropertyName( string ) ) {
+			if ( !StringUtil.isProperty( string, TypeUtils.toTypeString( t.getReturnType() ) ) ) {
 				return Boolean.FALSE;
 			}
 
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java
index 0fd543f9cc..96d8147fea 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/annotation/MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor extends SimpleTypeVisitor6<Annotatio
 		}
 
 		String string = p.getSimpleName().toString();
-		if ( !StringUtil.isPropertyName( string ) ) {
+		if ( !StringUtil.isProperty( string, TypeUtils.toTypeString( t.getReturnType() ) ) ) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public class MetaAttributeGenerationVisitor extends SimpleTypeVisitor6<Annotatio
 				|| TypeUtils.containsAnnotation( element, Constants.ONE_TO_ONE )
 				|| TypeUtils.containsAnnotation( element, Constants.MANY_TO_ONE )
 				|| TypeUtils.containsAnnotation( element, Constants.EMBEDDED_ID )
-				|| TypeUtils.containsAnnotation( element, Constants.ID )) {
+				|| TypeUtils.containsAnnotation( element, Constants.ID ) ) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/StringUtil.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/StringUtil.java
index 41862f1c39..6eaaf2c586 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -56,37 +56,36 @@ public final class StringUtil {
 		return fqcn.substring( fqcn.lastIndexOf( NAME_SEPARATOR ) + 1 );
 	}
 
-	public static boolean isPropertyName(String name) {
-		if ( name == null ) {
+	public static boolean isProperty(String methodName, String returnTypeAsString) {
+		if ( methodName == null || "void".equals( returnTypeAsString ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		return checkPropertyName( name, PROPERTY_PREFIX_GET )
-				|| checkPropertyName( name, PROPERTY_PREFIX_IS )
-				|| checkPropertyName( name, PROPERTY_PREFIX_HAS );
+
+		if ( isValidPropertyName( methodName, PROPERTY_PREFIX_GET ) ) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if ( isValidPropertyName( methodName, PROPERTY_PREFIX_IS ) || isValidPropertyName( methodName, PROPERTY_PREFIX_HAS ) ) {
+			return isBooleanGetter( returnTypeAsString );
+		}
+
+		return false;
 	}
 
-	private static boolean checkPropertyName(String name, String prefix) {
+	private static boolean isBooleanGetter(String type) {
+		return "Boolean".equals( type ) || "java.lang.Boolean".equals( type );
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isValidPropertyName(String name, String prefix) {
 		if ( !name.startsWith( prefix ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
 		// the name has to start with the prefix and have at least one more character
-		if ( name.length() < prefix.length() + 1 ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		if ( !Character.isUpperCase( name.charAt( prefix.length() ) ) ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		return true;
+		return name.length() >= prefix.length() + 1;
 	}
 
 	public static String getPropertyName(String name) {
-		if ( !isPropertyName( name ) ) {
-			return null;
-		}
-
 		String tmp = name;
 		if ( name.startsWith( PROPERTY_PREFIX_GET ) ) {
 			tmp = name.replaceFirst( PROPERTY_PREFIX_GET, "" );
@@ -97,7 +96,22 @@ public final class StringUtil {
 		else if ( name.startsWith( PROPERTY_PREFIX_HAS ) ) {
 			tmp = name.replaceFirst( PROPERTY_PREFIX_HAS, "" );
 		}
-		return tmp.substring( 0, 1 ).toLowerCase() + tmp.substring( 1 );
+		return decapitalize( tmp );
+	}
+
+	public static String decapitalize(String string) {
+		if ( string == null || string.isEmpty() || startsWithSeveralUpperCaseLetters( string ) ) {
+			return string;
+		}
+		else {
+			return string.substring( 0, 1 ).toLowerCase() + string.substring( 1 );
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static boolean startsWithSeveralUpperCaseLetters(String string) {
+		return string.length() > 1 &&
+				Character.isUpperCase( string.charAt( 0 ) ) &&
+				Character.isUpperCase( string.charAt( 1 ) );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/TypeUtils.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/TypeUtils.java
index 47bdefbdc7..01eff80a95 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/TypeUtils.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/util/TypeUtils.java
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public final class TypeUtils {
 			}
 
 			String string = p.getSimpleName().toString();
-			if ( !StringUtil.isPropertyName( string ) ) {
+			if ( !StringUtil.isProperty( string, TypeUtils.toTypeString( t.getReturnType() ) ) ) {
 				return null;
 			}
 
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/StringUtilTest.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/StringUtilTest.java
index 35b27f7314..7956c6c509 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/StringUtilTest.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/StringUtilTest.java
@@ -36,21 +36,20 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 public class StringUtilTest {
 	@Test
 	public void testIsPropertyName() {
-		assertTrue( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "getFoo" ) );
-		assertTrue( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "isFoo" ) );
-		assertTrue( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "hasFoo" ) );
+		assertTrue( StringUtil.isProperty( "getFoo", "java.lang.Object" ) );
+		assertTrue( StringUtil.isProperty( "isFoo", "Boolean" ) );
+		assertTrue( StringUtil.isProperty( "hasFoo", "java.lang.Boolean" ) );
 
-		assertFalse( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "getfoo" ) );
-		assertFalse( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "isfoo" ) );
-		assertFalse( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "hasfoo" ) );
+		assertFalse( StringUtil.isProperty( "isfoo", "void" ) );
+		assertFalse( StringUtil.isProperty( "hasfoo", "java.lang.Object" ) );
 
-		assertFalse( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "" ) );
-		assertFalse( StringUtil.isPropertyName( null ) );
+		assertFalse( StringUtil.isProperty( "", "java.lang.Object" ) );
+		assertFalse( StringUtil.isProperty( null, "java.lang.Object" ) );
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "METAGEN-76")
 	public void testHashCodeNotAProperty() {
-		assertFalse( StringUtil.isPropertyName( "hashCode" ) );
+		assertFalse( StringUtil.isProperty( "hashCode", "Integer" ) );
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/hashcode/HashEntity.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/hashcode/HashEntity.java
index 53d6dcde24..8e155bd422 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/hashcode/HashEntity.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpamodelgen/test/hashcode/HashEntity.java
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ public class HashEntity {
 		this.id = id;
 	}
 
+	public Boolean goo() {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object o) {
 		if ( this == o ) {