diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/QueryImpl.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/QueryImpl.java
index ed97a0fdc6..0e8640fbba 100755
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/QueryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/ejb/QueryImpl.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.hql.internal.QueryExecutionRequestException;
 import org.hibernate.internal.SQLQueryImpl;
 import org.hibernate.internal.AbstractQueryImpl;
+import org.hibernate.type.CompositeCustomType;
 
 import static javax.persistence.TemporalType.DATE;
 import static javax.persistence.TemporalType.TIME;
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ public class QueryImpl<X> extends org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractQueryImpl<X> impleme
 			final NamedParameterDescriptor descriptor =
 					queryImpl.getParameterMetadata().getNamedParameterDescriptor( name );
 			Class javaType = namedParameterTypeRedefinition.get( name );
-			if ( javaType != null && mightNeedRedefinition( javaType ) ) {
+			if ( javaType != null && mightNeedRedefinition( javaType, descriptor.getExpectedType().getClass() ) ) {
 				descriptor.resetExpectedType(
 						sfi().getTypeResolver().heuristicType( javaType.getName() )
 				);
@@ -150,9 +151,10 @@ public class QueryImpl<X> extends org.hibernate.ejb.AbstractQueryImpl<X> impleme
 		return (SessionFactoryImplementor) getEntityManager().getFactory().getSessionFactory();
 	}
 
-	private boolean mightNeedRedefinition(Class javaType) {
-		// for now, only really no for dates/times/timestamps
-		return java.util.Date.class.isAssignableFrom( javaType );
+	private boolean mightNeedRedefinition(Class javaType, Class expectedType) {
+		// only redefine dates/times/timestamps that are not wrapped in a CompositeCustomType
+		return java.util.Date.class.isAssignableFrom( javaType ) 
+				&& !CompositeCustomType.class.isAssignableFrom( expectedType );
 	}
 
 	private static class ParameterImpl implements Parameter {
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/basic/BasicCriteriaUsageTest.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/basic/BasicCriteriaUsageTest.java
index 80492a1d2d..c6903fcf2f 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/basic/BasicCriteriaUsageTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/basic/BasicCriteriaUsageTest.java
@@ -23,19 +23,25 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.ejb.criteria.basic;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.ParameterExpression;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
 import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
 import javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import org.hibernate.ejb.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import org.hibernate.ejb.criteria.basic.Payment_;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
  * @author Steve Ebersole
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 public class BasicCriteriaUsageTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
 	@Override
 	public Class[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
-		return new Class[] { Wall.class };
+		return new Class[] { Wall.class, Payment.class };
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -74,4 +80,29 @@ public class BasicCriteriaUsageTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase
 		em.getTransaction().commit();
 		em.close();
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-8283")
+	public void testDateCompositeCustomType() {
+		Payment payment = new Payment();
+		payment.setAmount( new BigDecimal( 1000 ) );
+		payment.setDate( new Date() );
+
+		EntityManager em = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		em.getTransaction().begin();
+		em.persist( payment );
+
+		CriteriaQuery<Payment> criteria = em.getCriteriaBuilder().createQuery( Payment.class );
+		Root<Payment> rp = criteria.from( Payment.class );
+		Predicate predicate = em.getCriteriaBuilder().equal( rp.get( Payment_.date ), new Date() );
+		criteria.where( predicate );
+
+		TypedQuery<Payment> q = em.createQuery( criteria );
+		List<Payment> payments = q.getResultList();
+
+		assertEquals( 1, payments.size() );
+
+		em.getTransaction().commit();
+		em.close();
+	}
 }