diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditOverrideData.java b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditOverrideData.java
index e01c99a006..9802c30f7d 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditOverrideData.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditOverrideData.java
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ public class AuditOverrideData {
 
 	private final String name;
 	private final boolean audited;
+	private final Class<?> forClass;
 	private final AuditJoinTableData auditJoinTableData;
 
 	public AuditOverrideData(AuditOverride auditOverride) {
 		this.name = auditOverride.name();
 		this.audited = auditOverride.isAudited();
+		this.forClass = auditOverride.forClass();
 		this.auditJoinTableData = new AuditJoinTableData( auditOverride.auditJoinTable() );
 	}
 
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ public class AuditOverrideData {
 		return audited;
 	}
 
+	public Class<?> getForClass() {
+		return forClass;
+	}
+
 	public AuditJoinTableData getAuditJoinTableData() {
 		return auditJoinTableData;
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditedPropertiesReader.java b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditedPropertiesReader.java
index b2ee488109..accf97c9df 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditedPropertiesReader.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/AuditedPropertiesReader.java
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ public class AuditedPropertiesReader {
 				allClassAudited
 		);
 
-		if ( allClassAudited != null || !auditedPropertiesHolder.isEmpty() ) {
+		if ( isClassHierarchyTraversalNeeded( allClassAudited ) ) {
 			final XClass superclazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
 			if ( !clazz.isInterface() && !"java.lang.Object".equals( superclazz.getName() ) ) {
 				addPropertiesFromClass( superclazz );
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ public class AuditedPropertiesReader {
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected boolean isClassHierarchyTraversalNeeded(Audited allClassAudited) {
+		return allClassAudited != null || !auditedPropertiesHolder.isEmpty();
+	}
+
 	private void addFromProperties(
 			Iterable<XProperty> properties,
 			Function<String, String> accessTypeProvider,
@@ -715,6 +719,22 @@ public class AuditedPropertiesReader {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	protected boolean isOverriddenNotAudited(XProperty property) {
+		return overriddenNotAuditedProperties.contains( property );
+	}
+
+	protected boolean isOverriddenNotAudited(XClass clazz) {
+		return overriddenNotAuditedClasses.contains( clazz );
+	}
+
+	protected boolean isOverriddenAudited(XProperty property) {
+		return overriddenAuditedProperties.contains( property );
+	}
+
+	protected boolean isOverriddenAudited(XClass clazz) {
+		return overriddenAuditedClasses.contains( clazz );
+	}
+
 	private static final Audited DEFAULT_AUDITED = new Audited() {
 		@Override
 		public RelationTargetAuditMode targetAuditMode() {
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader.java b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader.java
index 55bb1b3bf4..0f4d249d90 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/configuration/internal/metadata/reader/ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader.java
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.envers.configuration.internal.metadata.reader;
 
+import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XClass;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XProperty;
+import org.hibernate.envers.AuditOverride;
 import org.hibernate.envers.Audited;
 import org.hibernate.envers.boot.internal.ModifiedColumnNameResolver;
 import org.hibernate.envers.boot.spi.EnversMetadataBuildingContext;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
 
+import jakarta.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+
 /**
  * Reads the audited properties for components.
  *
@@ -21,6 +25,8 @@ import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
  */
 public class ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader extends AuditedPropertiesReader {
 
+	private final ComponentAuditingData componentAuditingData;
+
 	public ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader(
 			EnversMetadataBuildingContext metadataBuildingContext,
 			PersistentPropertiesSource persistentPropertiesSource,
@@ -39,6 +45,13 @@ public class ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader extends AuditedPropertiesReader {
 				auditedPropertiesHolder,
 				propertyNamePrefix
 		);
+		this.componentAuditingData = (ComponentAuditingData) auditedPropertiesHolder;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isClassHierarchyTraversalNeeded(Audited allClassAudited) {
+		// we always traverse the hierarchy for components
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -58,6 +71,56 @@ public class ComponentAuditedPropertiesReader extends AuditedPropertiesReader {
 				propertyData.setExplicitModifiedFlagName( aud.modifiedColumnName() );
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+
+			// get declaring class for property
+			final XClass declaringClass = property.getDeclaringClass();
+
+			// check component data to make sure that no audit overrides were not defined at
+			// the parent class or the embeddable at the property level.
+			boolean classAuditedOverride = false;
+			boolean classNotAuditedOverride = false;
+			for ( AuditOverrideData auditOverride : componentAuditingData.getAuditingOverrides() ) {
+				if ( auditOverride.getForClass() != void.class ) {
+					final String className = auditOverride.getForClass().getName();
+					if ( declaringClass.getName().equals( className ) ) {
+						if ( !auditOverride.isAudited() ) {
+							if ( "".equals( auditOverride.getName() ) ) {
+								classNotAuditedOverride = true;
+							}
+							if ( property.getName().equals( auditOverride.getName() ) ) {
+								return false;
+							}
+						}
+						else {
+							if ( "".equals( auditOverride.getName() ) ) {
+								classAuditedOverride = true;
+							}
+							if ( property.getName().equals( auditOverride.getName() ) ) {
+								return true;
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			// make sure taht if the class or property are explicitly 'isAudited=false', use that.
+			if ( classNotAuditedOverride || isOverriddenNotAudited( property) || isOverriddenNotAudited( declaringClass ) ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			// make sure that if the class or property are explicitly 'isAudited=true', use that.
+			if ( classAuditedOverride || isOverriddenAudited( property ) || isOverriddenAudited( declaringClass ) ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			// assumption here is if a component reader is looking at a @MappedSuperclass, it should be treated
+			// as not being audited if we have reached htis point; allowing components and any @Embeddable
+			// class being audited by default.
+			if ( declaringClass.isAnnotationPresent( MappedSuperclass.class ) ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/integration/superclass/auditoverride/EmbeddableTest.java b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/integration/superclass/auditoverride/EmbeddableTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edd490680e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/envers/integration/superclass/auditoverride/EmbeddableTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,463 @@
+/*
+ * 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.orm.test.envers.integration.superclass.auditoverride;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Embeddable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Embedded;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+
+import org.hibernate.envers.AuditOverride;
+import org.hibernate.envers.AuditOverrides;
+import org.hibernate.envers.Audited;
+import org.hibernate.envers.NotAudited;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.orm.test.envers.BaseEnversJPAFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.hibernate.orm.test.envers.Priority;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * This class addresses numerous issues with Embeddable annotated classes
+ * for issues {@code HHH-9228} and {@code HHH-9229}.
+ *
+ * @author Chris Cranford
+ */
+public class EmbeddableTest extends BaseEnversJPAFunctionalTestCase {
+    private Integer simpleId;
+    private Integer simpleOverrideId;
+    private Integer simplePropertyId;
+    private Integer fullOverrideId;
+    private Integer notAuditedId;
+    private Integer overridedId;
+    private Integer auditedId;
+
+    @Override
+    protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+        return new Class<?>[] {
+                AuditedEmbeddable.class,
+                AuditedEmbeddableOverrideEntity.class,
+                FullOverrideEmbeddable.class,
+                FullOverrideEmbeddableEntity.class,
+                NotAuditedEmbeddableEntity.class,
+                OverrideEmbeddable.class,
+                OverrideEmbeddableEntity.class,
+                SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass.class,
+                SimpleEmbeddable.class,
+                SimpleEmbeddableEntity.class,
+                SimpleEmbeddableWithOverrideEntity.class,
+                SimpleEmbeddableWithPropertyOverrideEntity.class
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Priority( 10 )
+    public void initData() {
+        EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManager();
+        try {
+
+            // entity 1
+            SimpleEmbeddableEntity simple = new SimpleEmbeddableEntity();
+            simple.setEmbeddable( new SimpleEmbeddable() );
+            simple.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueSimple" );
+            simple.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 5 );
+
+            // entity 2
+            SimpleEmbeddableWithOverrideEntity simpleOverride = new SimpleEmbeddableWithOverrideEntity();
+            simpleOverride.setEmbeddable( new SimpleEmbeddable() );
+            simpleOverride.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueSimpleOverride" );
+            simpleOverride.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 10 );
+
+            // entity 3
+            SimpleEmbeddableWithPropertyOverrideEntity simpleProperty = new SimpleEmbeddableWithPropertyOverrideEntity();
+            simpleProperty.setEmbeddable( new SimpleEmbeddable() );
+            simpleProperty.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueSimpleMapped" );
+            simpleProperty.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 15 );
+
+            // entity 4
+            FullOverrideEmbeddableEntity fullOverride = new FullOverrideEmbeddableEntity();
+            fullOverride.setEmbeddable( new FullOverrideEmbeddable() );
+            fullOverride.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueFull" );
+            fullOverride.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 20 );
+
+            // entity 5
+            NotAuditedEmbeddableEntity notAudited = new NotAuditedEmbeddableEntity();
+            notAudited.setEmbeddable( new FullOverrideEmbeddable() );
+            notAudited.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueNotAudited" );
+            notAudited.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 25 );
+
+            // entity 6
+            OverrideEmbeddableEntity overrided = new OverrideEmbeddableEntity();
+            overrided.setEmbeddable( new OverrideEmbeddable() );
+            overrided.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueOver" );
+            overrided.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 30 );
+
+            // entity 7
+            AuditedEmbeddableOverrideEntity audited = new AuditedEmbeddableOverrideEntity();
+            audited.setEmbeddable( new AuditedEmbeddable() );
+            audited.getEmbeddable().setStrValue( "strValueAudited" );
+            audited.getEmbeddable().setIntValue( 35 );
+            audited.getEmbeddable().setValue( 1024 );
+
+            entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+            entityManager.persist( simple );
+            entityManager.persist( simpleOverride );
+            entityManager.persist( simpleProperty );
+            entityManager.persist( fullOverride );
+            entityManager.persist( notAudited );
+            entityManager.persist( overrided );
+            entityManager.persist( audited );
+            entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+
+            this.simpleId = simple.getId();
+            this.simpleOverrideId = simpleOverride.getId();
+            this.simplePropertyId = simpleProperty.getId();
+            this.fullOverrideId = fullOverride.getId();
+            this.notAuditedId = notAudited.getId();
+            this.overridedId = overrided.getId();
+            this.auditedId = audited.getId();
+        }
+        finally {
+            entityManager.close();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9228" )
+    public void testAuditOverrideOnAuditedEmbeddable() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass( AuditedEmbeddableOverrideEntity.class, auditedId, 1 );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "name" ) );
+        // verify non-audited fields are excluded from mappings.
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_value" ) );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9229" )
+    public void testEmptyEmbeddableWithFullAudit() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass( FullOverrideEmbeddableEntity.class, fullOverrideId, 1 );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9229" )
+    public void testEmptyEmbeddableWithNoAudited() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass( NotAuditedEmbeddableEntity.class, notAuditedId, 1 );
+        // not mapped because @NotAudited should override any other behavior.
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9229" )
+    public void testEmptyEmbeddableWithAuditOverride() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass( OverrideEmbeddableEntity.class, overridedId, 1 );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9229" )
+    public void testEmptyEmbeddableNoAuditOverrides() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass( SimpleEmbeddableEntity.class, simpleId, 1 );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9229" )
+    public void testEmptyEmbeddableWithAuditOverrideForMappedSuperclass() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass(
+                SimpleEmbeddableWithOverrideEntity.class,
+                simpleOverrideId,
+                1
+        );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9229" )
+    public void testEmptyEmbeddableWithPropertyAuditOverride() {
+        final PersistentClass clazz = getPersistentClass(
+                SimpleEmbeddableWithPropertyOverrideEntity.class,
+                simplePropertyId,
+                1
+        );
+        assertFalse( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_strValue" ) );
+        assertTrue( clazz.hasProperty( "embeddable_intValue" ) );
+    }
+
+    // represents a @MappedSuperclass with no overrides
+    @MappedSuperclass
+    public static abstract class SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass {
+        private String strValue;
+        private Integer intValue;
+
+        public Integer getIntValue() {
+            return intValue;
+        }
+
+        public void setIntValue(Integer intValue) {
+            this.intValue = intValue;
+        }
+
+        public String getStrValue() {
+            return strValue;
+        }
+
+        public void setStrValue(String strValue) {
+            this.strValue = strValue;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // an embeddable that should introduce no audited properties
+    @Embeddable
+    public static class SimpleEmbeddable extends SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass {
+
+    }
+
+    // an embeddable that should introduce 'intValue' as audited based on audit overrides locally
+    @Embeddable
+    @AuditOverride(forClass = SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass.class, name = "intValue")
+    public static class OverrideEmbeddable extends SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass {
+
+    }
+
+    // an embedddable that introduces all audited values base don audit overrides locally.
+    @Embeddable
+    @AuditOverride(forClass = SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass.class)
+    public static class FullOverrideEmbeddable extends SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass {
+
+    }
+
+    @Embeddable
+    @Audited
+    public static class AuditedEmbeddable extends SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass {
+        private Integer value;
+
+        public Integer getValue() {
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        public void setValue(Integer value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class AuditedEmbeddableOverrideEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        private String name;
+        @Embedded
+        @AuditOverrides({
+                @AuditOverride(name = "value", isAudited = false),
+                @AuditOverride(forClass = SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass.class, isAudited = false)
+        })
+        private AuditedEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public String getName() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        public void setName(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        public AuditedEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(AuditedEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class NotAuditedEmbeddableEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        @Embedded
+        @NotAudited
+        private FullOverrideEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public FullOverrideEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(FullOverrideEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class FullOverrideEmbeddableEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        @Embedded
+        private FullOverrideEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public FullOverrideEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(FullOverrideEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class OverrideEmbeddableEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        @Embedded
+        private OverrideEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public OverrideEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(OverrideEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class SimpleEmbeddableWithPropertyOverrideEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        @Embedded
+        @AuditOverride(name = "intValue", forClass = SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass.class)
+        private SimpleEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public SimpleEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(SimpleEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class SimpleEmbeddableEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        @Embedded
+        private SimpleEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public SimpleEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(SimpleEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Entity
+    @Audited
+    public static class SimpleEmbeddableWithOverrideEntity {
+        @Id
+        @GeneratedValue
+        private Integer id;
+        @Embedded
+        @AuditOverride(forClass = SimpleAbstractMappedSuperclass.class)
+        private SimpleEmbeddable embeddable;
+
+        public SimpleEmbeddable getEmbeddable() {
+            return embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public void setEmbeddable(SimpleEmbeddable embeddable) {
+            this.embeddable = embeddable;
+        }
+
+        public Integer getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Integer id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private PersistentClass getPersistentClass(Class<?> clazz, Object id, Number revision) {
+        final Object entity = getAuditReader().find( clazz, id, revision );
+        return metadata().getEntityBinding( getAuditReader().getEntityName( id, revision, entity ) + "_AUD" );
+    }
+}