diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/ColumnValues.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/ColumnValues.java
index ecf966afd6..ad015005b1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/ColumnValues.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/ColumnValues.java
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ public final class ColumnValues {
 	private int precision = 0;
 	private int scale = 0;
 
-	public ColumnValues(AnnotationInstance columnAnnotation) {
+	public ColumnValues(AnnotationInstance columnAnnotation, boolean isId) {
 		if ( columnAnnotation != null && !JPADotNames.COLUMN.equals( columnAnnotation.name() ) ) {
 			throw new AssertionFailure( "A @Column annotation needs to be passed to the constructor" );
 		}
-		applyColumnValues( columnAnnotation );
+		applyColumnValues( columnAnnotation, isId );
 	}
 
-	private void applyColumnValues(AnnotationInstance columnAnnotation) {
+	private void applyColumnValues(AnnotationInstance columnAnnotation, boolean isId) {
 		if ( columnAnnotation == null ) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -62,14 +62,26 @@ public final class ColumnValues {
 			this.name = nameValue.asString();
 		}
 
-		AnnotationValue uniqueValue = columnAnnotation.value( "unique" );
-		if ( uniqueValue != null ) {
-			this.unique = nameValue.asBoolean();
+		// id attribute must be unique
+		if ( isId ) {
+			this.unique = true;
+		}
+		else {
+			AnnotationValue uniqueValue = columnAnnotation.value( "unique" );
+			if ( uniqueValue != null ) {
+				this.unique = nameValue.asBoolean();
+			}
 		}
 
-		AnnotationValue nullableValue = columnAnnotation.value( "nullable" );
-		if ( nullableValue != null ) {
-			this.nullable = nullableValue.asBoolean();
+		// id attribute cannot be nullable
+		if ( isId ) {
+			this.nullable = false;
+		}
+		else {
+			AnnotationValue nullableValue = columnAnnotation.value( "nullable" );
+			if ( nullableValue != null ) {
+				this.nullable = nullableValue.asBoolean();
+			}
 		}
 
 		AnnotationValue insertableValue = columnAnnotation.value( "insertable" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/EntityBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/EntityBinder.java
index a8e56834ef..cb344e63d5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/EntityBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/EntityBinder.java
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 		if ( configuredClass.isRoot() ) {
 			bindId( entityBinding );
 		}
+		bindAttributes( entityBinding );
+
 		meta.addEntity( entityBinding );
 	}
 
@@ -164,7 +166,6 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 		typeDescriptor.setTypeName( idAttribute.getType().getName() );
 		domainState.typeDescriptor = typeDescriptor;
 		domainState.attribute = entityBinding.getEntity().getOrCreateSingularAttribute( idAttribute.getName() );
-
 		idBinding.initialize( domainState );
 
 		AttributeColumnRelationalState columnRelationsState = new AttributeColumnRelationalState( idAttribute, meta );
@@ -173,6 +174,32 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 		idBinding.initializeSimpleTupleValue( relationalState );
 	}
 
+	private void bindAttributes(EntityBinding entityBinding) {
+		for ( MappedAttribute mappedAttribute : configuredClass.getMappedAttributes() ) {
+			if ( mappedAttribute.isId() ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			String attributeName = mappedAttribute.getName();
+			entityBinding.getEntity().getOrCreateSingularAttribute( attributeName );
+			SimpleAttributeBinding simpleBinding = entityBinding.makeSimpleAttributeBinding( attributeName );
+
+			AnnotationSimpleAttributeDomainState domainState = new AnnotationSimpleAttributeDomainState();
+			HibernateTypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = new HibernateTypeDescriptor();
+			typeDescriptor.setTypeName( mappedAttribute.getType().getName() );
+			domainState.typeDescriptor = typeDescriptor;
+			domainState.attribute = entityBinding.getEntity().getOrCreateSingularAttribute( attributeName );
+			simpleBinding.initialize( domainState );
+
+			AttributeColumnRelationalState columnRelationsState = new AttributeColumnRelationalState(
+					mappedAttribute, meta
+			);
+			AnnotationSimpleAttributeRelationalState relationalState = new AnnotationSimpleAttributeRelationalState();
+			relationalState.valueStates.add( columnRelationsState );
+			simpleBinding.initializeSimpleTupleValue( relationalState );
+		}
+	}
+
 	private void bindHibernateEntityAnnotation(EntityBinding entityBinding) {
 		AnnotationInstance hibernateEntityAnnotation = JandexHelper.getSingleAnnotation(
 				configuredClass.getClassInfo(), HibernateDotNames.ENTITY
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/MappedAttribute.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/MappedAttribute.java
index e678edbb44..44c09244d6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/MappedAttribute.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/MappedAttribute.java
@@ -42,18 +42,22 @@ public class MappedAttribute implements Comparable<MappedAttribute> {
 	private final Class<?> type;
 	private final Map<DotName, List<AnnotationInstance>> annotations;
 	private final ColumnValues columnValues;
+	private final boolean isId;
 
 	MappedAttribute(String name, Class<?> type, Map<DotName, List<AnnotationInstance>> annotations) {
 		this.name = name;
 		this.type = type;
 		this.annotations = annotations;
 
+		List<AnnotationInstance> idAnnotations = annotations.get( JPADotNames.ID );
+		isId = idAnnotations != null && !idAnnotations.isEmpty();
+
 		List<AnnotationInstance> columnAnnotations = annotations.get( JPADotNames.COLUMN );
 		if ( columnAnnotations != null && columnAnnotations.size() > 1 ) {
 			throw new AssertionFailure( "There can only be one @Column annotation per mapped attribute" );
 		}
 		AnnotationInstance columnAnnotation = columnAnnotations == null ? null : columnAnnotations.get( 0 );
-		columnValues = new ColumnValues( columnAnnotation );
+		columnValues = new ColumnValues( columnAnnotation, isId );
 	}
 
 	public final String getName() {
@@ -68,6 +72,10 @@ public class MappedAttribute implements Comparable<MappedAttribute> {
 		return columnValues;
 	}
 
+	public boolean isId() {
+		return isId;
+	}
+
 	public final List<AnnotationInstance> annotations(DotName annotationDotName) {
 		if ( annotations.containsKey( annotationDotName ) ) {
 			return annotations.get( annotationDotName );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/binding/BasicAnnotationBindingTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/binding/BasicAnnotationBindingTests.java
index d43cd7bec3..3f4f912af8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/binding/BasicAnnotationBindingTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/binding/BasicAnnotationBindingTests.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.hibernate.testing.FailureExpected;
  */
 public class BasicAnnotationBindingTests extends AbstractBasicBindingTests {
 
-	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-5672", message = "Work in progress")
+	//@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-5672", message = "Work in progress")
 	@Test
 	public void testSimpleEntityMapping() {
 		super.testSimpleEntityMapping();