diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/util/TypeDiscoverer.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/util/TypeDiscoverer.java
index d3d19d362..0cae1ccb9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/util/TypeDiscoverer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/util/TypeDiscoverer.java
@@ -28,16 +28,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
 import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -61,14 +52,10 @@ class TypeDiscoverer<S> implements TypeInformation<S> {
 
 	static {
 
-		ClassLoader classLoader = TypeDiscoverer.class.getClassLoader();
-
 		Set<Class<?>> mapTypes = new HashSet<>();
 		mapTypes.add(Map.class);
-
-		try {
-			mapTypes.add(ClassUtils.forName("javaslang.collection.Map", classLoader));
-		} catch (ClassNotFoundException o_O) {}
+		tryToAddClassTo("javaslang.collection.Map", mapTypes);
+		tryToAddClassTo("io.vavr.collection.Map", mapTypes);
 
 		MAP_TYPES = mapTypes.toArray(new Class[0]);
 	}
@@ -569,6 +556,19 @@ class TypeDiscoverer<S> implements TypeInformation<S> {
 		return hashCode;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Tries to load the class with the given name and adds it to the given {@link Set} of classes if present.
+	 * 
+	 * @param className must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @param classes must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	private static final void tryToAddClassTo(String className, Set<Class<?>> classes) {
+
+		try {
+			classes.add(ClassUtils.forName(className, TypeDiscoverer.class.getClassLoader()));
+		} catch (ClassNotFoundException o_O) {}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * A synthetic {@link ParameterizedType}.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/util/ClassTypeInformationUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/util/ClassTypeInformationUnitTests.java
index 4181dc598..f1aa24a98 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/util/ClassTypeInformationUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/util/ClassTypeInformationUnitTests.java
@@ -392,7 +392,17 @@ public class ClassTypeInformationUnitTests {
 	@Test // DATACMNS-940
 	public void detectsJavaslangMapComponentAndValueType() {
 
-		ClassTypeInformation<SampleMap> information = ClassTypeInformation.from(SampleMap.class);
+		ClassTypeInformation<JavaslangSampleMap> information = ClassTypeInformation.from(JavaslangSampleMap.class);
+
+		assertThat(information.getComponentType().getType()).isAssignableFrom(String.class);
+
+		assertThat(information.getMapValueType().getType()).isAssignableFrom(Integer.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1434
+	public void detectsVavrMapComponentAndValueType() {
+
+		ClassTypeInformation<VavrSampleMap> information = ClassTypeInformation.from(VavrSampleMap.class);
 
 		assertThat(information.getComponentType().getType()).isAssignableFrom(String.class);
 
@@ -611,7 +621,9 @@ public class ClassTypeInformationUnitTests {
 
 	static interface SampleTraversable extends Traversable<Integer> {}
 
-	static interface SampleMap extends javaslang.collection.Map<String, Integer> {}
+	static interface JavaslangSampleMap extends javaslang.collection.Map<String, Integer> {}
+
+	static interface VavrSampleMap extends io.vavr.collection.Map<String, Integer> {}
 
 	// DATACMNS-1138