diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/Part.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/Part.java
index 3127aacdb..0fba7e8bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/Part.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/Part.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2008-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2008-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Martin Baumgartner
- * @author Michael Cramer
  */
 public class Part {
 
@@ -178,6 +177,7 @@ public class Part {
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @author Michael Cramer
 	 */
 	public static enum Type {
 
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ public class Part {
 				"IsLessThan", "LessThan"), LESS_THAN_EQUAL("IsLessThanEqual", "LessThanEqual"), GREATER_THAN("IsGreaterThan",
 				"GreaterThan"), GREATER_THAN_EQUAL("IsGreaterThanEqual", "GreaterThanEqual"), BEFORE("IsBefore", "Before"), AFTER(
 				"IsAfter", "After"), NOT_LIKE("IsNotLike", "NotLike"), LIKE("IsLike", "Like"), STARTING_WITH("IsStartingWith",
-				"StartingWith", "StartsWith"), ENDING_WITH("IsEndingWith", "EndingWith", "EndsWith"), NOT_CONTAINING(
-				"IsNotContaining", "NotContaining", "NotContains"), CONTAINING("IsContaining", "Containing", "Contains"), NOT_IN(
-				"IsNotIn", "NotIn"), IN("IsIn", "In"), NEAR("IsNear", "Near"), WITHIN("IsWithin", "Within"), REGEX(
-				"MatchesRegex", "Matches", "Regex"), EXISTS(0, "Exists"), TRUE(0, "IsTrue", "True"), FALSE(0, "IsFalse",
-				"False"), NEGATING_SIMPLE_PROPERTY("IsNot", "Not"), SIMPLE_PROPERTY("Is", "Equals"), IS_NOT_EMPTY(0, "IsNotEmpty",
-				"NotEmpty"), IS_EMPTY(0, "IsEmpty", "Empty");
+				"StartingWith", "StartsWith"), ENDING_WITH("IsEndingWith", "EndingWith", "EndsWith"), IS_NOT_EMPTY(0, "IsNotEmpty",
+				"NotEmpty"), IS_EMPTY(0, "IsEmpty", "Empty"), NOT_CONTAINING("IsNotContaining", "NotContaining", "NotContains"),
+				CONTAINING("IsContaining", "Containing", "Contains"), NOT_IN("IsNotIn", "NotIn"), IN("IsIn", "In"), NEAR("IsNear",
+				"Near"), WITHIN("IsWithin", "Within"), REGEX("MatchesRegex", "Matches", "Regex"), EXISTS(0, "Exists"), TRUE(0,
+				"IsTrue", "True"), FALSE(0, "IsFalse", "False"), NEGATING_SIMPLE_PROPERTY("IsNot", "Not"), SIMPLE_PROPERTY("Is",
+				"Equals");
 
 		// Need to list them again explicitly as the order is important
 		// (esp. for IS_NULL, IS_NOT_NULL)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/PartTreeUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/PartTreeUnitTests.java
index d374ebfd9..2e327fc89 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/PartTreeUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/parser/PartTreeUnitTests.java
@@ -222,16 +222,6 @@ public class PartTreeUnitTests {
 		assertThat(parts, is(hasSize(1)));
 	}
 
-	@Test // DATACMNS-1007
-	public void parsesEmptyKeywordCorrectly() {
-		assertType(asList("friendsIsEmpty", "friendsEmpty"), IS_EMPTY, "friends", 0, false);
-	}
-
-	@Test // DATACMNS-1007
-	public void parsesNotEmptyKeywordCorrectly() {
-		assertType(asList("friendsIsNotEmpty", "friendsNotEmpty"), IS_NOT_EMPTY, "friends", 0, false);
-	}
-
 	@Test // DATACMNS-94
 	public void parsesExistsKeywordCorrectly() {
 		assertType(asList("lastnameExists"), EXISTS, "lastname", 0, false);
@@ -577,6 +567,23 @@ public class PartTreeUnitTests {
 		assertThat(part.getProperty(), is(PropertyPath.from("someInfo", Category.class)));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1007
+	public void parsesEmptyKeywordCorrectly() {
+		assertType(asList("friendsIsEmpty", "friendsEmpty"), IS_EMPTY, "friends", 0, false);
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1007
+	public void parsesNotEmptyKeywordCorrectly() {
+		assertType(asList("friendsIsNotEmpty", "friendsNotEmpty"), IS_NOT_EMPTY, "friends", 0, false);
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1007
+	public void parsesEmptyAsPropertyIfDifferentKeywordIsUsed() {
+
+		assertType(asList("emptyIsTrue"), TRUE, "empty", 0, false);
+		assertType(asList("emptyIs"), SIMPLE_PROPERTY, "empty", 1, true);
+	}
+
 	private static void assertLimiting(String methodName, Class<?> entityType, boolean limiting, Integer maxResults) {
 		assertLimiting(methodName, entityType, limiting, maxResults, false);
 	}
@@ -663,6 +670,7 @@ public class PartTreeUnitTests {
 		boolean active;
 		Date birthday;
 		List<User> friends;
+		boolean empty;
 	}
 
 	class Organization {