diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index 79989e566..ca7de7d67 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -654,8 +654,15 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		}
 
 		String collection = StringUtils.hasText(collectionName) ? collectionName : determineCollectionName(entityClass);
+		DBObject nearDbObject = near.toDBObject();
+
 		BasicDBObject command = new BasicDBObject("geoNear", collection);
-		command.putAll(near.toDBObject());
+		command.putAll(nearDbObject);
+
+		if (nearDbObject.containsField("query")) {
+			DBObject query = (DBObject) nearDbObject.get("query");
+			command.put("query", queryMapper.getMappedObject(query, getPersistentEntity(entityClass)));
+		}
 
 		CommandResult commandResult = executeCommand(command, this.readPreference);
 		List<Object> results = (List<Object>) commandResult.get("results");
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/Venue.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/Venue.java
index 2e46fa30a..0759c0b18 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/Venue.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/Venue.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
+import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 @Document(collection = "newyork")
 public class Venue {
 
-	@Id
-	private String id;
+	@Id private String id;
 	private String name;
 	private double[] location;
+	private LocalDate openingDate;
 
 	@PersistenceConstructor
 	Venue(String name, double[] location) {
@@ -50,6 +51,14 @@ public class Venue {
 		return location;
 	}
 
+	public LocalDate getOpeningDate() {
+		return openingDate;
+	}
+
+	public void setOpeningDate(LocalDate openingDate) {
+		this.openingDate = openingDate;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return "Venue [id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ", location=" + Arrays.toString(location) + "]";
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/AbstractGeoSpatialTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/AbstractGeoSpatialTests.java
index 15ba5b74c..9b756bf01 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/AbstractGeoSpatialTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/AbstractGeoSpatialTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2015-2016 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.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;
 
 /**
  * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration
@@ -173,4 +175,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeoSpatialTests {
 		assertThat(venues.size(), is(11));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-1360
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void mapsQueryContainedInNearQuery() {
+
+		Query query = query(where("openingDate").lt(LocalDate.now()));
+		template.geoNear(NearQuery.near(1.5, 1.7).query(query), Venue.class);
+	}
 }