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 96a2b38f9..3e728f0d8 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
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ import org.bson.BsonValue;
 import org.bson.Document;
 import org.bson.conversions.Bson;
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
-
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Reference;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.PropertyValueConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.ValueConversionContext;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.MappingException;
@@ -438,9 +439,18 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 
 		if (documentField.getProperty() != null
 				&& converter.getCustomConversions().getPropertyValueConversions().hasValueConverter(documentField.getProperty())) {
-			return converter.getCustomConversions().getPropertyValueConversions()
-					.getValueConverter(documentField.getProperty())
-					.write(value, new MongoConversionContext(documentField.getProperty(), converter));
+
+			MongoConversionContext conversionContext = new MongoConversionContext(documentField.getProperty(), converter);
+			PropertyValueConverter<Object, Object, ValueConversionContext<MongoPersistentProperty>> valueConverter = converter
+					.getCustomConversions().getPropertyValueConversions().getValueConverter(documentField.getProperty());
+
+			/* might be an $in clause with multiple entries */
+			if (!documentField.getProperty().isCollectionLike() && sourceValue instanceof Collection<?>) {
+				Collection<?> collection = (Collection<?>) sourceValue;
+				return collection.stream().map(it -> valueConverter.write(it, conversionContext)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+			}
+
+			return valueConverter.write(value, conversionContext);
 		}
 
 		if (documentField.isIdField() && !documentField.isAssociation()) {
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 d82f6df7b..970bf21b4 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
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ public class QueryMapperUnitTests {
 		assertThat(mappedQuery.get("_id"))
 				.isEqualTo(org.bson.Document.parse("{ $in: [ {$oid: \"5b8bedceb1e0bfc07b008828\" } ]}"));
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test // GH-3596
 	void considersValueConverterWhenPresent() {
 
@@ -1461,6 +1461,15 @@ public class QueryMapperUnitTests {
 		assertThat(mappedObject).isEqualTo(new org.bson.Document("text", "eulav"));
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-4080
+	void convertsListOfValuesForPropertyThatHasValueConverterButIsNotCollectionLikeOneByOne() {
+
+		org.bson.Document mappedObject = mapper.getMappedObject(query(where("text").in("spring", "data")).getQueryObject(),
+				context.getPersistentEntity(WithPropertyValueConverter.class));
+
+		assertThat(mappedObject).isEqualTo("{ 'text' : { $in : ['gnirps', 'atad'] } }");
+	}
+
 	class WithDeepArrayNesting {
 
 		List<WithNestedArray> level0;
@@ -1739,9 +1748,9 @@ public class QueryMapperUnitTests {
 	static class MyAddress {
 		private String street;
 	}
-	
+
 	static class WithPropertyValueConverter {
-		
+
 		@ValueConverter(ReversingValueConverter.class)
 		String text;
 	}