diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java
index a3cdf34af..55fee13fa 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java
@@ -107,8 +107,11 @@ public @interface CompoundIndex {
 	/**
 	 * Configures the number of seconds after which the collection should expire. Defaults to -1 for no expiry.
 	 * 
+	 * @deprecated TTL cannot be defined for {@link CompoundIndex} having more than one field as key. Will be removed in
+	 *             1.6.
 	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/expire-data/
 	 * @return
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	int expireAfterSeconds() default -1;
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.java
index 09cf78a41..6da85c086 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.java
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver implements IndexResolver {
 		return indexDefinitions;
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	protected IndexDefinitionHolder createCompoundIndexDefinition(String dotPath, String fallbackCollection,
 			CompoundIndex index) {
 
@@ -237,8 +238,14 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver implements IndexResolver {
 			indexDefinition.background();
 		}
 
-		if (index.expireAfterSeconds() >= 0) {
-			indexDefinition.expire(index.expireAfterSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		int ttl = index.expireAfterSeconds();
+
+		if (ttl >= 0) {
+			if (indexDefinition.getIndexKeys().keySet().size() > 1) {
+				LOGGER.warn("TTL is not supported for compound index with more than one key. TTL={} will be ignored.", ttl);
+			} else {
+				indexDefinition.expire(ttl, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+			}
 		}
 
 		String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : fallbackCollection;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests.java
index 691c172af..2eb1ff9a1 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests.java
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests {
 			List<IndexDefinitionHolder> indexDefinitions = prepareMappingContextAndResolveIndexForType(CompoundIndexOnLevelZero.class);
 
 			IndexDefinition indexDefinition = indexDefinitions.get(0).getIndexDefinition();
-			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexOptions(),
-					equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("name", "compound_index").add("unique", true).add("dropDups", true)
-							.add("sparse", true).add("background", true).add("expireAfterSeconds", 10L).get()));
+			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexOptions(), equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("name", "compound_index")
+					.add("unique", true).add("dropDups", true).add("sparse", true).add("background", true).get()));
 			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexKeys(), equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("foo", 1).add("bar", -1).get()));
 		}
 
@@ -304,9 +303,8 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests {
 			List<IndexDefinitionHolder> indexDefinitions = prepareMappingContextAndResolveIndexForType(IndexDefinedOnSuperClass.class);
 
 			IndexDefinition indexDefinition = indexDefinitions.get(0).getIndexDefinition();
-			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexOptions(),
-					equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("name", "compound_index").add("unique", true).add("dropDups", true)
-							.add("sparse", true).add("background", true).add("expireAfterSeconds", 10L).get()));
+			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexOptions(), equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("name", "compound_index")
+					.add("unique", true).add("dropDups", true).add("sparse", true).add("background", true).get()));
 			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexKeys(), equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("foo", 1).add("bar", -1).get()));
 		}
 
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests {
 			assertThat(
 					indexDefinition.getIndexOptions(),
 					equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("unique", true).add("dropDups", true).add("sparse", true)
-							.add("background", true).add("expireAfterSeconds", 10L).get()));
+							.add("background", true).get()));
 			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexKeys(), equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("foo", 1).add("bar", -1).get()));
 		}
 
@@ -364,6 +362,22 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests {
 			assertIndexPathAndCollection(new String[] { "foo", "bar" }, "CompoundIndexOnLevelZero", indexDefinitions.get(0));
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * @see DATAMONGO-963
+		 */
+		@Test
+		public void compoundIndexShouldIncludeTTLWhenConsistingOfOnlyOneKey() {
+
+			List<IndexDefinitionHolder> indexDefinitions = prepareMappingContextAndResolveIndexForType(CompoundIndexWithOnlyOneKeyAndTTL.class);
+
+			IndexDefinition indexDefinition = indexDefinitions.get(0).getIndexDefinition();
+			assertThat(
+					indexDefinition.getIndexOptions(),
+					equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("unique", true).add("dropDups", true).add("sparse", true)
+							.add("background", true).add("expireAfterSeconds", 10L).get()));
+			assertThat(indexDefinition.getIndexKeys(), equalTo(new BasicDBObjectBuilder().add("foo", 1).get()));
+		}
+
 		@Document(collection = "CompoundIndexOnLevelOne")
 		static class CompoundIndexOnLevelOne {
 
@@ -400,6 +414,13 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolverUnitTests {
 		static class ComountIndexWithAutogeneratedName {
 
 		}
+
+		@Document(collection = "CompoundIndexWithOnlyOneKeyAndTTL")
+		@CompoundIndex(def = "{'foo': 1}", background = true, dropDups = true, expireAfterSeconds = 10, sparse = true,
+				unique = true)
+		static class CompoundIndexWithOnlyOneKeyAndTTL {
+
+		}
 	}
 
 	public static class MixedIndexResolutionTests {