diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/criteria/internal/path/PluralAttributePath.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/criteria/internal/path/PluralAttributePath.java
index a89de72b14..7b0fc3e332 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/criteria/internal/path/PluralAttributePath.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/criteria/internal/path/PluralAttributePath.java
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ import javax.persistence.metamodel.Attribute;
 import javax.persistence.metamodel.Bindable;
 import javax.persistence.metamodel.EntityType;
 import javax.persistence.metamodel.IdentifiableType;
+import javax.persistence.metamodel.MappedSuperclassType;
 import javax.persistence.metamodel.PluralAttribute;
+import javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute;
 import javax.persistence.metamodel.Type;
 
+import org.hibernate.AssertionFailure;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.query.criteria.internal.CriteriaBuilderImpl;
 import org.hibernate.query.criteria.internal.PathSource;
@@ -44,39 +47,73 @@ public class PluralAttributePath<X> extends AbstractPathImpl<X> implements Seria
 	}
 
 	private String resolveRole(PluralAttribute attribute) {
-		Class<?> roleOwnerType = attribute.getDeclaringType().getJavaType();
-		if ( attribute.getDeclaringType().getPersistenceType() == Type.PersistenceType.MAPPED_SUPERCLASS ) {
-			// the attribute is declared in a mappedsuperclass
-			if ( getPathSource().getModel().getBindableType() == Bindable.BindableType.ENTITY_TYPE ) {
-				// the role will be assigned to the "nearest" EnityType subclass of the MappedSuperclassType
-				EntityType entityTypeNearestDeclaringType = (EntityType) getPathSource().getModel();
-				IdentifiableType superType = entityTypeNearestDeclaringType.getSupertype();
-				IdentifiableType previousType = entityTypeNearestDeclaringType;
-				while ( superType != attribute.getDeclaringType() ) {
-					if ( superType == null ) {
-						throw new IllegalStateException(
-								String.format(
-									"Cannot determine nearest EntityType extending mapped superclass [%s]; [%s] extends [%s], but supertype of [%s] is null",
-										attribute.getDeclaringType().getJavaType().getName(),
-										( (EntityType) getPathSource().getModel() ).getJavaType().getName(),
-										previousType.getJavaType().getName(),
-										previousType.getJavaType().getName()
-								)
-						);
-					}
-					if ( superType.getPersistenceType() == Type.PersistenceType.ENTITY ) {
-						entityTypeNearestDeclaringType = (EntityType) superType;
-					}
-					previousType = superType;
-					superType = superType.getSupertype();
-				}
-				roleOwnerType = entityTypeNearestDeclaringType.getJavaType();
+		switch ( attribute.getDeclaringType().getPersistenceType() ) {
+			case ENTITY: {
+				return attribute.getDeclaringType().getJavaType().getName() + '.' + attribute.getName();
 			}
-			// else throw an exception?
+			case MAPPED_SUPERCLASS: {
+				// the attribute is declared in a mappedsuperclass
+				if ( getPathSource().getModel().getBindableType() == Bindable.BindableType.ENTITY_TYPE ) {
+					// the role will be assigned to the "nearest" EnityType subclass of the MappedSuperclassType
+					final EntityType entityTypeNearestDeclaringType = locateNearestSubclassEntity(
+							(MappedSuperclassType) attribute.getDeclaringType(),
+							(EntityType) getPathSource().getModel()
+					);
+					return entityTypeNearestDeclaringType.getJavaType().getName() + '.' + attribute.getName();
+				}
+				else {
+					throw new AssertionFailure(
+							String.format(
+									"Unexpected BindableType; expected [%s]; instead got [%s]",
+									Bindable.BindableType.ENTITY_TYPE,
+									getPathSource().getModel().getBindableType()
+							)
+					);
+				}
+			}
+			case EMBEDDABLE: {
+				// initialize role to '.' + <plural_attribute_name>
+				StringBuilder role = new StringBuilder().append( '.' ).append( attribute.getName() );
+				PathSource parentPath = getPathSource();
+				SingularAttribute singularAttribute;
+				do {
+					final SingularAttributePath singularAttributePath = (SingularAttributePath) parentPath;
+					singularAttribute = singularAttributePath.getAttribute();
+					// insert '.' + <parent_embeddable_attribute_name> at start of role
+					role.insert( 0, '.' );
+					role.insert( 1, singularAttributePath.getAttribute().getName() );
+					parentPath = singularAttributePath.getPathSource();
+				} while ( ( SingularAttributePath.class.isInstance( parentPath ) ) );
+				final EntityType entityType;
+				if ( singularAttribute.getDeclaringType().getPersistenceType() == Type.PersistenceType.ENTITY ) {
+					entityType = (EntityType) singularAttribute.getDeclaringType();
+				}
+				else if ( singularAttribute.getDeclaringType().getPersistenceType() == Type.PersistenceType.MAPPED_SUPERCLASS ){
+					// find the "nearest" EnityType subclass of the MappedSuperclassType
+					entityType = locateNearestSubclassEntity(
+							(MappedSuperclassType) singularAttribute.getDeclaringType(),
+							(EntityType) parentPath.getModel()
+					);
+				}
+				else {
+					throw new AssertionFailure(
+							String.format(
+									"Unexpected PersistenceType: [%s]",
+									singularAttribute.getDeclaringType().getPersistenceType()
+							)
+					);
+				}
+				// insert <entity_name> at start of role
+				return role.insert( 0, entityType.getJavaType().getName() ).toString();
+			}
+			default:
+				throw new AssertionFailure(
+						String.format(
+								"Unexpected PersistenceType: [%s]",
+								attribute.getDeclaringType().getPersistenceType()
+						)
+				);
 		}
-		// TODO: still need to deal with a plural attribute declared in an embeddable (HHH-6562)
-		return roleOwnerType.getName() +
-				'.' + attribute.getName();
 	}
 
 	public PluralAttribute<?,X,?> getAttribute() {
@@ -115,4 +152,26 @@ public class PluralAttributePath<X> extends AbstractPathImpl<X> implements Seria
 						+ attribute.getName() + "] cannot be dereferenced"
 		);
 	}
+
+	private EntityType locateNearestSubclassEntity(MappedSuperclassType mappedSuperclassType, EntityType entityTypeTop) {
+		EntityType entityTypeNearestDeclaringType = entityTypeTop;
+		IdentifiableType superType = entityTypeNearestDeclaringType.getSupertype();
+		while ( superType != mappedSuperclassType ) {
+			if ( superType == null ) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException(
+						String.format(
+								"Cannot determine nearest EntityType extending mapped superclass [%s] starting from [%s]; a supertype of [%s] is null",
+								mappedSuperclassType.getJavaType().getName(),
+								entityTypeTop.getJavaType().getName(),
+								entityTypeTop.getJavaType().getName()
+						)
+				);
+			}
+			if ( superType.getPersistenceType() == Type.PersistenceType.ENTITY ) {
+				entityTypeNearestDeclaringType = (EntityType) superType;
+			}
+			superType = superType.getSupertype();
+		}
+		return entityTypeNearestDeclaringType;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/ComponentInWhereClauseTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/ComponentInWhereClauseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..289d53f7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/ComponentInWhereClauseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.jpa.test.criteria.components;
+
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+import javax.persistence.Embedded;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.hibernate.jpa.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.transaction.TransactionUtil;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-6562")
+public class ComponentInWhereClauseTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
+	private Projects projects;
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {Employee.class, Project.class, Person.class};
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 projects = new Projects();
+									 projects.addPreviousProject( new Project( "First" ) );
+									 projects.addPreviousProject( new Project( "Second" ) );
+									 projects.setCurrentProject( new Project( "Third" ) );
+
+									 ContactDetail contactDetail = new ContactDetail();
+									 contactDetail.setEmail( "abc@mail.org" );
+									 contactDetail.addPhone( new Phone( "+4411111111" ) );
+
+									 final Employee employee = new Employee();
+									 employee.setProjects( projects );
+									 employee.setContactDetail( contactDetail );
+									 entityManager.persist( employee );
+
+									 final Person person = new Person();
+									 person.setInformation( new Information() );
+									 ContactDetail infoContactDetail = new ContactDetail();
+									 infoContactDetail.setEmail( "xyz@mail.org" );
+									 infoContactDetail.addPhone( new Phone( "999-999-9999" ) );
+									 person.getInformation().setInfoContactDetail( infoContactDetail );
+									 entityManager.persist( person );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheOneToManyPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = builder.createQuery( Employee.class );
+									 Root<Employee> root = query.from( Employee.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 builder.size( root.get( "projects" ).get( "previousProjects" ) )
+													 , 2 ) );
+
+									 final List<Employee> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheElementCollectionPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = builder.createQuery( Employee.class );
+									 Root<Employee> root = query.from( Employee.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 builder.size( root.get( "contactDetail" ).get( "phones" ) )
+													 , 1 )
+									 );
+
+									 final List<Employee> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheElementCollectionPropertyOfASubComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+					CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					CriteriaQuery<Person> query = builder.createQuery( Person.class );
+					Root<Person> root = query.from( Person.class );
+
+					query.where(
+							builder.equal(
+									builder.size( root.get( "information" ).get( "infoContactDetail" ).get( "phones" ) )
+									, 1 )
+					);
+
+					final List<Person> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testEqualExpressionForThePropertyOfTheElementCollectionPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = builder.createQuery( Employee.class );
+									 Root<Employee> root = query.from( Employee.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 root.join( "contactDetail" ).join( "phones" ).get( "number" )
+													 , "+4411111111" )
+									 );
+
+									 final List<Employee> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testEqualityForThePropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = builder.createQuery( Employee.class );
+									 Root<Employee> root = query.from( Employee.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 root.join( "contactDetail" ).get( "email" )
+													 , "abc@mail.org"
+											 )
+									 );
+
+									 final List<Employee> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInExpressionForAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = builder.createQuery( Employee.class );
+									 Root<Employee> root = query.from( Employee.class );
+
+									 query.where( root.get( "projects" ).in( projects, new Projects() ) );
+
+									 final List<Employee> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInExpressionForTheManyToOnePropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = builder.createQuery( Employee.class );
+									 Root<Employee> root = query.from( Employee.class );
+
+									 query.where( root.get( "projects" )
+														  .get( "currentProject" )
+														  .in( projects.getCurrentProject() ) );
+
+									 final List<Employee> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@MappedSuperclass
+	public static abstract class AbstractEntity {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+		protected Long id;
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Employee")
+	@Table(name = "EMPLOYEE")
+	public static class Employee extends AbstractEntity {
+
+		@Embedded
+		private Projects projects;
+
+		@Embedded
+		private ContactDetail contactDetail;
+
+		public void setProjects(Projects projects) {
+			this.projects = projects;
+		}
+
+		public void setContactDetail(ContactDetail contactDetail) {
+			this.contactDetail = contactDetail;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class ContactDetail {
+		private String email;
+
+		@ElementCollection
+		private List<Phone> phones = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public void addPhone(Phone phone) {
+			this.phones.add( phone );
+		}
+
+		public String getEmail() {
+			return email;
+		}
+
+		public void setEmail(String email) {
+			this.email = email;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Projects {
+
+		@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+		private Set<Project> previousProjects = new HashSet<>();
+
+		@ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+		private Project currentProject;
+
+		public void setCurrentProject(Project project) {
+			this.currentProject = project;
+		}
+
+		public void addPreviousProject(Project project) {
+			this.previousProjects.add( project );
+		}
+
+		public Set<Project> getPreviousProjects() {
+			return previousProjects;
+		}
+
+		public Project getCurrentProject() {
+			return currentProject;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Project")
+	@Table(name = "PROJECT")
+	public static class Project extends AbstractEntity {
+
+		public Project() {
+		}
+
+		public Project(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return this.name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Phone {
+		private String number;
+
+		public Phone() {
+		}
+
+		public Phone(String number) {
+			this.number = number;
+		}
+
+		public String getNumber() {
+			return this.number;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Person")
+	@Table(name="PERSON")
+	public static class Person extends AbstractEntity {
+		@Embedded
+		private Information information;
+
+		public Information getInformation() {
+			return information;
+		}
+
+		public void setInformation(Information information) {
+			this.information = information;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Information {
+		@Embedded
+		private ContactDetail infoContactDetail;
+
+		public ContactDetail getInfoContactDetail() {
+			return infoContactDetail;
+		}
+
+		public void setInfoContactDetail(ContactDetail infoContactDetail) {
+			this.infoContactDetail = infoContactDetail;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/EntitySuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/EntitySuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bfb27607a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/EntitySuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.jpa.test.criteria.components;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+import javax.persistence.Embedded;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.jpa.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.transaction.TransactionUtil;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-6562")
+public class EntitySuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
+	private Projects projects;
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {Employee.class, Manager.class, Project.class, Person.class, Leader.class};
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 projects = new Projects();
+									 projects.addPreviousProject( new Project( "First" ) );
+									 projects.addPreviousProject( new Project( "Second" ) );
+									 projects.setCurrentProject( new Project( "Third" ) );
+
+									 ContactDetail contactDetail = new ContactDetail();
+									 contactDetail.setEmail( "abc@mail.org" );
+									 contactDetail.addPhone( new Phone( "+4411111111" ) );
+
+									 final Manager manager = new Manager();
+									 manager.setProjects( projects );
+									 manager.setContactDetail( contactDetail );
+									 entityManager.persist( manager );
+
+									 final Leader leader = new Leader();
+									 leader.setInformation( new Information() );
+									 ContactDetail infoContactDetail = new ContactDetail();
+									 infoContactDetail.setEmail( "xyz@mail.org" );
+									 infoContactDetail.addPhone( new Phone( "999-999-9999" ) );
+									 leader.getInformation().setInfoContactDetail( infoContactDetail );
+									 entityManager.persist( leader );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheOneToManyPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Manager> query = builder.createQuery( Manager.class );
+									 Root<Manager> root = query.from( Manager.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 builder.size( root.get( "projects" ).get( "previousProjects" ) )
+													 , 2 ) );
+
+									 final List<Manager> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheElementCollectionPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Manager> query = builder.createQuery( Manager.class );
+									 Root<Manager> root = query.from( Manager.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 builder.size( root.get( "contactDetail" ).get( "phones" ) )
+													 , 1 )
+									 );
+
+									 final List<Manager> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheElementCollectionPropertyOfASubComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+					CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					CriteriaQuery<Leader> query = builder.createQuery( Leader.class );
+					Root<Leader> root = query.from( Leader.class );
+
+					query.where(
+							builder.equal(
+									builder.size( root.get( "information" ).get( "infoContactDetail" ).get( "phones" ) )
+									, 1 )
+					);
+
+					final List<Leader> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@MappedSuperclass
+	public static abstract class AbstractEntity {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+		protected Long id;
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Employee")
+	@Table(name = "EMPLOYEE")
+	public static class Employee extends AbstractEntity {
+
+		@Embedded
+		private Projects projects;
+
+		@Embedded
+		private ContactDetail contactDetail;
+
+		public void setProjects(Projects projects) {
+			this.projects = projects;
+		}
+
+		public void setContactDetail(ContactDetail contactDetail) {
+			this.contactDetail = contactDetail;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Manager")
+	@Table(name = "MANAGER")
+	public static class Manager extends Employee {
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class ContactDetail {
+		private String email;
+
+		@ElementCollection
+		private List<Phone> phones = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public void addPhone(Phone phone) {
+			this.phones.add( phone );
+		}
+
+		public String getEmail() {
+			return email;
+		}
+
+		public void setEmail(String email) {
+			this.email = email;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Projects {
+
+		@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+		private Set<Project> previousProjects = new HashSet<>();
+
+		@ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+		private Project currentProject;
+
+		public void setCurrentProject(Project project) {
+			this.currentProject = project;
+		}
+
+		public void addPreviousProject(Project project) {
+			this.previousProjects.add( project );
+		}
+
+		public Set<Project> getPreviousProjects() {
+			return previousProjects;
+		}
+
+		public Project getCurrentProject() {
+			return currentProject;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Project")
+	@Table(name = "PROJECT")
+	public static class Project extends AbstractEntity {
+
+		public Project() {
+		}
+
+		public Project(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return this.name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Phone {
+		private String number;
+
+		public Phone() {
+		}
+
+		public Phone(String number) {
+			this.number = number;
+		}
+
+		public String getNumber() {
+			return this.number;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Person")
+	@Table(name="PERSON")
+	public static class Person extends AbstractEntity {
+		@Embedded
+		private Information information;
+
+		public Information getInformation() {
+			return information;
+		}
+
+		public void setInformation(Information information) {
+			this.information = information;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name="Leader")
+	@Table(name="LEADER")
+	public static class Leader extends Person {
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Information {
+		@Embedded
+		private ContactDetail infoContactDetail;
+
+		public ContactDetail getInfoContactDetail() {
+			return infoContactDetail;
+		}
+
+		public void setInfoContactDetail(ContactDetail infoContactDetail) {
+			this.infoContactDetail = infoContactDetail;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/MappedSuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/MappedSuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..017d9dcd4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/criteria/components/MappedSuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.jpa.test.criteria.components;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.ElementCollection;
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+import javax.persistence.Embedded;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.jpa.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.transaction.TransactionUtil;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-6562")
+public class MappedSuperclassComponentWithCollectionTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
+	private Projects projects;
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {Employee.class, Manager.class, Project.class, Person.class, Leader.class};
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 projects = new Projects();
+									 projects.addPreviousProject( new Project( "First" ) );
+									 projects.addPreviousProject( new Project( "Second" ) );
+									 projects.setCurrentProject( new Project( "Third" ) );
+
+									 ContactDetail contactDetail = new ContactDetail();
+									 contactDetail.setEmail( "abc@mail.org" );
+									 contactDetail.addPhone( new Phone( "+4411111111" ) );
+
+									 final Manager manager = new Manager();
+									 manager.setProjects( projects );
+									 manager.setContactDetail( contactDetail );
+									 entityManager.persist( manager );
+
+									 final Leader leader = new Leader();
+									 leader.setInformation( new Information() );
+									 ContactDetail infoContactDetail = new ContactDetail();
+									 infoContactDetail.setEmail( "xyz@mail.org" );
+									 infoContactDetail.addPhone( new Phone( "999-999-9999" ) );
+									 leader.getInformation().setInfoContactDetail( infoContactDetail );
+									 entityManager.persist( leader );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheOneToManyPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Manager> query = builder.createQuery( Manager.class );
+									 Root<Manager> root = query.from( Manager.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 builder.size( root.get( "projects" ).get( "previousProjects" ) )
+													 , 2 ) );
+
+									 final List<Manager> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheElementCollectionPropertyOfAComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+									 CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+									 CriteriaQuery<Manager> query = builder.createQuery( Manager.class );
+									 Root<Manager> root = query.from( Manager.class );
+
+									 query.where(
+											 builder.equal(
+													 builder.size( root.get( "contactDetail" ).get( "phones" ) )
+													 , 1 )
+									 );
+
+									 final List<Manager> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+									 assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+								 }
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSizeExpressionForTheElementCollectionPropertyOfASubComponent() {
+		TransactionUtil.doInJPA( this::entityManagerFactory, entityManager -> {
+					CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+					CriteriaQuery<Leader> query = builder.createQuery( Leader.class );
+					Root<Leader> root = query.from( Leader.class );
+
+					query.where(
+							builder.equal(
+									builder.size( root.get( "information" ).get( "infoContactDetail" ).get( "phones" ) )
+									, 1 )
+					);
+
+					final List<Leader> results = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+					assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@MappedSuperclass
+	public static abstract class AbstractEntity {
+		@Id
+		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+		protected Long id;
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@MappedSuperclass
+	public static class Employee extends AbstractEntity {
+
+		@Embedded
+		private Projects projects;
+
+		@Embedded
+		private ContactDetail contactDetail;
+
+		public void setProjects(Projects projects) {
+			this.projects = projects;
+		}
+
+		public void setContactDetail(ContactDetail contactDetail) {
+			this.contactDetail = contactDetail;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Manager")
+	@Table(name = "MANAGER")
+	public static class Manager extends Employee {
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class ContactDetail {
+		private String email;
+
+		@ElementCollection
+		private List<Phone> phones = new ArrayList<>();
+
+		public void addPhone(Phone phone) {
+			this.phones.add( phone );
+		}
+
+		public String getEmail() {
+			return email;
+		}
+
+		public void setEmail(String email) {
+			this.email = email;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Projects {
+
+		@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+		private Set<Project> previousProjects = new HashSet<>();
+
+		@ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST)
+		private Project currentProject;
+
+		public void setCurrentProject(Project project) {
+			this.currentProject = project;
+		}
+
+		public void addPreviousProject(Project project) {
+			this.previousProjects.add( project );
+		}
+
+		public Set<Project> getPreviousProjects() {
+			return previousProjects;
+		}
+
+		public Project getCurrentProject() {
+			return currentProject;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Project")
+	@Table(name = "PROJECT")
+	public static class Project extends AbstractEntity {
+
+		public Project() {
+		}
+
+		public Project(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		private String name;
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return this.name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Phone {
+		private String number;
+
+		public Phone() {
+		}
+
+		public Phone(String number) {
+			this.number = number;
+		}
+
+		public String getNumber() {
+			return this.number;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@MappedSuperclass
+	public static class Person extends AbstractEntity {
+		@Embedded
+		private Information information;
+
+		public Information getInformation() {
+			return information;
+		}
+
+		public void setInformation(Information information) {
+			this.information = information;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity
+	public static class Dummy1 extends Person {
+	}
+
+	@MappedSuperclass
+	public static class Dummy2 extends Dummy1 {
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name="Leader")
+	@Table(name="LEADER")
+	public static class Leader extends Person {
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public static class Information {
+		@Embedded
+		private ContactDetail infoContactDetail;
+
+		public ContactDetail getInfoContactDetail() {
+			return infoContactDetail;
+		}
+
+		public void setInfoContactDetail(ContactDetail infoContactDetail) {
+			this.infoContactDetail = infoContactDetail;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}