diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
index 739a33ff6..3fb89dea6 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.bson.BsonValue;
 import org.bson.Document;
 import org.bson.conversions.Bson;
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  */
 public class QueryMapper {
 
+	protected static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(QueryMapper.class);
+
 	private static final List<String> DEFAULT_ID_NAMES = Arrays.asList("id", "_id");
 	private static final Document META_TEXT_SCORE = new Document("$meta", "textScore");
 	static final ClassTypeInformation<?> NESTED_DOCUMENT = ClassTypeInformation.from(NestedDocument.class);
@@ -1099,29 +1104,46 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 				return null;
 			}
 
-			try {
+			PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> propertyPath = tryToResolvePersistentPropertyPath(path);
 
-				PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> propertyPath = mappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(path);
+			if (propertyPath == null) {
 
-				Iterator<MongoPersistentProperty> iterator = propertyPath.iterator();
-				boolean associationDetected = false;
+				if (QueryMapper.LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
+
+					String types = StringUtils.collectionToDelimitedString(
+							path.stream().map(it -> it.getType().getSimpleName()).collect(Collectors.toList()), " -> ");
+					QueryMapper.LOGGER.info(
+							"Could not map '{}'. Maybe a fragment in '{}' is considered a simple type. Mapper continues with {}.",
+							path, types, pathExpression);
+				}
+				return null;
+			}
 
-				while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			Iterator<MongoPersistentProperty> iterator = propertyPath.iterator();
+			boolean associationDetected = false;
 
-					MongoPersistentProperty property = iterator.next();
+			while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 
-					if (property.isAssociation()) {
-						associationDetected = true;
-						continue;
-					}
+				MongoPersistentProperty property = iterator.next();
 
-					if (associationDetected && !property.isIdProperty()) {
-						throw new MappingException(String.format(INVALID_ASSOCIATION_REFERENCE, pathExpression));
-					}
+				if (property.isAssociation()) {
+					associationDetected = true;
+					continue;
 				}
 
-				return propertyPath;
-			} catch (InvalidPersistentPropertyPath e) {
+				if (associationDetected && !property.isIdProperty()) {
+					throw new MappingException(String.format(INVALID_ASSOCIATION_REFERENCE, pathExpression));
+				}
+			}
+
+			return propertyPath;
+		}
+
+		private PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> tryToResolvePersistentPropertyPath(PropertyPath path) {
+
+			try {
+				return mappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(path);
+			} catch (MappingException e) {
 				return null;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java
index d1d0aaa62..0e6df2776 100755
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapperUnitTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import lombok.Data;
 import org.bson.conversions.Bson;
 import org.bson.types.Code;
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Transient;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.WritingConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
 import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldType;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.TextScore;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.BasicQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
@@ -1101,6 +1106,28 @@ public class QueryMapperUnitTests {
 				.isThrownBy(() -> mapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(), context.getPersistentEntity(Foo.class)));
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3659
+	void allowsUsingFieldPathsForPropertiesHavingCustomConversionRegistered() {
+
+		Query query = query(where("address.street").is("1007 Mountain Drive"));
+
+		MongoCustomConversions mongoCustomConversions = new MongoCustomConversions(
+				Collections.singletonList(new MyAddressToDocumentConverter()));
+
+		this.context = new MongoMappingContext();
+		this.context.setSimpleTypeHolder(mongoCustomConversions.getSimpleTypeHolder());
+		this.context.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		this.converter = new MappingMongoConverter(NoOpDbRefResolver.INSTANCE, context);
+		this.converter.setCustomConversions(mongoCustomConversions);
+		this.converter.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		this.mapper = new QueryMapper(converter);
+
+		assertThat(mapper.getMappedSort(query.getQueryObject(), context.getPersistentEntity(Customer.class)))
+				.isEqualTo(new org.bson.Document("address.street", "1007 Mountain Drive"));
+	}
+
 	class WithDeepArrayNesting {
 
 		List<WithNestedArray> level0;
@@ -1297,4 +1324,27 @@ public class QueryMapperUnitTests {
 
 		@Field("renamed") String renamed_fieldname_with_underscores;
 	}
+
+	@Document
+	static class Customer {
+
+		@Id private ObjectId id;
+		private String name;
+		private MyAddress address;
+	}
+
+	static class MyAddress {
+		private String street;
+	}
+
+	@WritingConverter
+	public static class MyAddressToDocumentConverter implements Converter<MyAddress, org.bson.Document> {
+
+		@Override
+		public org.bson.Document convert(MyAddress address) {
+			org.bson.Document doc = new org.bson.Document();
+			doc.put("street", address.street);
+			return doc;
+		}
+	}
 }