diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
index da069ad6f..759d2f74e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 	 * @return the converted {@link Collections}, will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private Collection<?> readCollectionOrArray(TypeInformation<?> targetType, BasicDBList sourceValue) {
+	private Object readCollectionOrArray(TypeInformation<?> targetType, BasicDBList sourceValue) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(targetType);
 
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			}
 		}
 
-		return items;
+		return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(items, targetType.getType());
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
index 49b05d912..5c31cec92 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverterUnitTests.java
@@ -1095,6 +1095,27 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 		assertThat(result.complexId.innerId, is(4711L));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-489
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void readsArraysAsMapValuesCorrectly() {
+
+		BasicDBList list = new BasicDBList();
+		list.add("Foo");
+		list.add("Bar");
+
+		DBObject map = new BasicDBObject("key", list);
+		DBObject wrapper = new BasicDBObject("mapOfStrings", map);
+
+		ClassWithMapProperty result = converter.read(ClassWithMapProperty.class, wrapper);
+		assertThat(result.mapOfStrings, is(notNullValue()));
+
+		String[] values = result.mapOfStrings.get("key");
+		assertThat(values, is(notNullValue()));
+		assertThat(values, is(arrayWithSize(2)));
+	}
+
 	static class GenericType<T> {
 		T content;
 	}
@@ -1156,6 +1177,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterUnitTests {
 		Map<Locale, String> map;
 		Map<String, List<String>> mapOfLists;
 		Map<String, Object> mapOfObjects;
+		Map<String, String[]> mapOfStrings;
 	}
 
 	static class ClassWithNestedMaps {