diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/entity/MappedAttribute.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/entity/MappedAttribute.java
index 8aae9c0869..ceca4fa2f3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/entity/MappedAttribute.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/entity/MappedAttribute.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
+import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationValue;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 
 import org.hibernate.AnnotationException;
@@ -207,7 +208,24 @@ public class MappedAttribute implements Comparable<MappedAttribute> {
 	 * @return the final type for this mapped attribute
 	 */
 	private String determineType(String type, Map<String, String> typeParameters) {
-		return type;
+		AnnotationInstance typeAnnotation = getIfExists( HibernateDotNames.TYPE );
+		if ( typeAnnotation == null ) {
+			// return discovered type
+			return type;
+		}
+
+		AnnotationValue parameterAnnotationValue = typeAnnotation.value( "parameters" );
+		if ( parameterAnnotationValue != null ) {
+			AnnotationInstance[] parameterAnnotations = parameterAnnotationValue.asNestedArray();
+			for ( AnnotationInstance parameterAnnotationInstance : parameterAnnotations ) {
+				typeParameters.put(
+						parameterAnnotationInstance.value( "name" ).asString(),
+						parameterAnnotationInstance.value( "value" ).asString()
+				);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return typeAnnotation.value( "type" ).asString();
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/util/TypeDiscoveryTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/util/TypeDiscoveryTest.java
index fd9ed767b5..223e7fdc28 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/util/TypeDiscoveryTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/metamodel/source/annotations/util/TypeDiscoveryTest.java
@@ -24,16 +24,17 @@
 package org.hibernate.metamodel.source.annotations.util;
 
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 
-import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
-import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.jandex.Index;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Parameter;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.source.annotations.entity.ConfiguredClass;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.source.annotations.entity.ConfiguredClassHierarchy;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.source.annotations.entity.MappedAttribute;
@@ -72,8 +73,6 @@ public class TypeDiscoveryTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 
 		Iterator<ConfiguredClass> iter = hierarchies.iterator().next().iterator();
 		ConfiguredClass configuredClass = iter.next();
-		ClassInfo info = configuredClass.getClassInfo();
-		assertEquals( "wrong class", DotName.createSimple( Entity.class.getName() ), info.name() );
 
 		MappedAttribute property = configuredClass.getMappedProperty( "id" );
 		assertEquals( "Unexpected property type", "int", property.getType() );
@@ -82,8 +81,10 @@ public class TypeDiscoveryTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		assertEquals( "Unexpected property type", String.class.getName(), property.getType() );
 
 		property = configuredClass.getMappedProperty( "customString" );
-		assertEquals( "Unexpected property type", String.class.getName(), property.getType() );
+		assertEquals( "Unexpected property type", "my.custom.Type", property.getType() );
 
+		Map<String, String> typeParameters = property.getTypeParameters();
+		assertEquals( "There should be a type parameter", "bar", typeParameters.get( "foo" ) );
 	}
 
 	@javax.persistence.Entity
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ public class TypeDiscoveryTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		@Id
 		private int id;
 		private String string;
+		@Type(type = "my.custom.Type", parameters = { @Parameter(name = "foo", value = "bar") })
 		private String customString;
 	}
 }
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