diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategy.java
index c16b7eeb1..5f06b8f07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategy.java
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ public class DefaultDataAccessStrategy implements DataAccessStrategy {
 	private final JdbcMappingContext context;
 	private final DataAccessStrategy accessStrategy;
 
-	public DefaultDataAccessStrategy(SqlGeneratorSource sqlGeneratorSource, NamedParameterJdbcOperations operations,
-			JdbcMappingContext context, DataAccessStrategy accessStrategy) {
+	public DefaultDataAccessStrategy(SqlGeneratorSource sqlGeneratorSource, JdbcMappingContext context,
+			DataAccessStrategy accessStrategy) {
 
 		this.sqlGeneratorSource = sqlGeneratorSource;
-		this.operations = operations;
+		this.operations = context.getTemplate();
 		this.context = context;
 		this.accessStrategy = accessStrategy;
 	}
@@ -69,11 +69,10 @@ public class DefaultDataAccessStrategy implements DataAccessStrategy {
 	 * Creates a {@link DefaultDataAccessStrategy} which references it self for resolution of recursive data accesses.
 	 * Only suitable if this is the only access strategy in use.
 	 */
-	public DefaultDataAccessStrategy(SqlGeneratorSource sqlGeneratorSource, NamedParameterJdbcOperations operations,
-			JdbcMappingContext context) {
+	public DefaultDataAccessStrategy(SqlGeneratorSource sqlGeneratorSource, JdbcMappingContext context) {
 
 		this.sqlGeneratorSource = sqlGeneratorSource;
-		this.operations = operations;
+		this.operations = context.getTemplate();
 		this.context = context;
 		this.accessStrategy = this;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisDataAccessStrategy.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisDataAccessStrategy.java
index 4bcae4edc..15770366d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisDataAccessStrategy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisDataAccessStrategy.java
@@ -15,15 +15,22 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jdbc.mybatis;
 
+import static java.util.Arrays.*;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSession;
 import org.mybatis.spring.SqlSessionTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.CascadingDataAccessStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DataAccessStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DefaultDataAccessStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DelegatingDataAccessStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.SqlGeneratorSource;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyPath;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Map;
-
 /**
  * {@link DataAccessStrategy} implementation based on MyBatis. Each method gets mapped to a statement. The name of the
  * statement gets constructed as follows: The namespace is based on the class of the entity plus the suffix "Mapper".
@@ -41,11 +48,43 @@ public class MyBatisDataAccessStrategy implements DataAccessStrategy {
 
 	private final SqlSession sqlSession;
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link DataAccessStrategy} that first checks for queries defined by MyBatis and if it doesn't find one
+	 * used a {@link DefaultDataAccessStrategy}
+	 * 
+	 * @param context
+	 * @param sqlSession
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static DataAccessStrategy createCombinedAccessStrategy(JdbcMappingContext context, SqlSession sqlSession) {
+
+		// the DefaultDataAccessStrategy needs a reference to the returned DataAccessStrategy. This creates a dependency
+		// cycle. In order to create it, we need something that allows to defer closing the cycle until all the elements are
+		// created. That is the purpose of the DelegatingAccessStrategy.
+		DelegatingDataAccessStrategy delegatingDataAccessStrategy = new DelegatingDataAccessStrategy();
+		MyBatisDataAccessStrategy myBatisDataAccessStrategy = new MyBatisDataAccessStrategy(sqlSession);
+
+		CascadingDataAccessStrategy cascadingDataAccessStrategy = new CascadingDataAccessStrategy(
+				asList(myBatisDataAccessStrategy, delegatingDataAccessStrategy));
+
+		DefaultDataAccessStrategy defaultDataAccessStrategy = new DefaultDataAccessStrategy( //
+				new SqlGeneratorSource(context), //
+				context, //
+				cascadingDataAccessStrategy);
+
+		delegatingDataAccessStrategy.setDelegate(defaultDataAccessStrategy);
+
+		return cascadingDataAccessStrategy;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructs a {@link DataAccessStrategy} based on MyBatis.
 	 * <p>
-	 * Use a {@link SqlSessionTemplate} for {@link SqlSession} or a similar implementation tying the session to the
-	 * proper transaction.
+	 * Use a {@link SqlSessionTemplate} for {@link SqlSession} or a similar implementation tying the session to the proper
+	 * transaction. Note that the resulting {@link DataAccessStrategy} only handles MyBatis. It does not include the
+	 * functionality of the {@link org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DefaultDataAccessStrategy} which one normally still
+	 * wants. Use {@link #createCombinedAccessStrategy(JdbcMappingContext, SqlSession)} to create such a
+	 * {@link DataAccessStrategy}.
 	 *
 	 * @param sqlSession Must be non {@literal null}.
 	 */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/JdbcConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/JdbcConfiguration.java
index 2e1b6bdae..d12a7c329 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/JdbcConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/JdbcConfiguration.java
@@ -22,18 +22,20 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.ConversionCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.NamingStrategy;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcOperations;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate;
 
 /**
  * Beans that must be registered for Spring Data JDBC to work.
  *
  * @author Greg Turnquist
+ * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 @Configuration
 public class JdbcConfiguration {
 
 	@Bean
-	JdbcMappingContext jdbcMappingContext(NamedParameterJdbcTemplate template, Optional<NamingStrategy> namingStrategy,
+	JdbcMappingContext jdbcMappingContext(NamedParameterJdbcOperations template, Optional<NamingStrategy> namingStrategy,
 			Optional<ConversionCustomizer> conversionCustomizer) {
 
 		return new JdbcMappingContext(namingStrategy.orElse(NamingStrategy.INSTANCE), template,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/support/JdbcRepositoryFactoryBean.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/support/JdbcRepositoryFactoryBean.java
index 4f53754dc..1e3e9820f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/support/JdbcRepositoryFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/support/JdbcRepositoryFactoryBean.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisherAware;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DataAccessStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DefaultDataAccessStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.SqlGeneratorSource;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository.RowMapperMap;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID extend
 		this.mappingContext = mappingContext;
 	}
 
-	@Autowired
+	@Autowired(required = false)
 	public void setDataAccessStrategy(DataAccessStrategy dataAccessStrategy) {
 		this.dataAccessStrategy = dataAccessStrategy;
 	}
@@ -93,8 +95,15 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID extend
 	@Override
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
 
-		Assert.notNull(this.dataAccessStrategy, "DataAccessStrategy must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(this.mappingContext, "MappingContext must not be null!");
+
+		if (dataAccessStrategy == null) {
+
+			dataAccessStrategy = new DefaultDataAccessStrategy( //
+					new SqlGeneratorSource(mappingContext), //
+					mappingContext);
+		}
+
 		super.afterPropertiesSet();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java
index 1f4fffcd1..524cbda96 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/core/DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ public class DefaultDataAccessStrategyUnitTests {
 
 	DefaultDataAccessStrategy accessStrategy = new DefaultDataAccessStrategy( //
 			new SqlGeneratorSource(context), //
-			jdbcOperations, //
 			context //
 	);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisHsqlIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisHsqlIntegrationTests.java
index f3e2ee331..e801ef094 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisHsqlIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mybatis/MyBatisHsqlIntegrationTests.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jdbc.mybatis;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.mybatis.spring.SqlSessionTemplate;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DataAccessStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository.config.EnableJdbcRepositories;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.testing.TestConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
@@ -39,8 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.rules.SpringClassRule;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.rules.SpringMethodRule;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
-
 /**
  * Tests the integration with Mybatis.
  *
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public class MyBatisHsqlIntegrationTests {
 		}
 
 		@Bean
-		MyBatisDataAccessStrategy dataAccessStrategy(SqlSession sqlSession) {
-			return new MyBatisDataAccessStrategy(sqlSession);
+		DataAccessStrategy dataAccessStrategy(JdbcMappingContext context, SqlSession sqlSession) {
+			return MyBatisDataAccessStrategy.createCombinedAccessStrategy(context, sqlSession);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepositoryEventsUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepositoryEventsUnitTests.java
index a5b8c5a77..a8dec2533 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepositoryEventsUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepositoryEventsUnitTests.java
@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@ public class SimpleJdbcRepositoryEventsUnitTests {
 	@Before
 	public void before() {
 
-		final JdbcMappingContext context = new JdbcMappingContext(mock(NamedParameterJdbcOperations.class));
+		final JdbcMappingContext context = new JdbcMappingContext(createIdGeneratingOperations());
 		JdbcRepositoryFactory factory = new JdbcRepositoryFactory( //
 				publisher, //
 				context, //
 				new DefaultDataAccessStrategy( //
 						new SqlGeneratorSource(context), //
-						createIdGeneratingOperations(), //
 						context //
 				) //
 		);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/TestConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/TestConfiguration.java
index 00522b330..1be321f94 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/TestConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/TestConfiguration.java
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DataAccessStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DefaultDataAccessStrategy;
-import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.DelegatingDataAccessStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.SqlGeneratorSource;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.ConversionCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcMappingContext;
@@ -54,24 +52,21 @@ public class TestConfiguration {
 	@Autowired(required = false) SqlSessionFactory sqlSessionFactory;
 
 	@Bean
-	JdbcRepositoryFactory jdbcRepositoryFactory() {
+	JdbcRepositoryFactory jdbcRepositoryFactory(DataAccessStrategy dataAccessStrategy) {
 
-		NamedParameterJdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = namedParameterJdbcTemplate();
+		NamedParameterJdbcOperations jdbcTemplate = namedParameterJdbcTemplate();
 
 		final JdbcMappingContext context = new JdbcMappingContext(NamingStrategy.INSTANCE, jdbcTemplate, __ -> {});
 
 		return new JdbcRepositoryFactory( //
 				publisher, //
 				context, //
-				new DefaultDataAccessStrategy( //
-						new SqlGeneratorSource(context), //
-						jdbcTemplate, //
-						context) //
+				dataAccessStrategy //
 		);
 	}
 
 	@Bean
-	NamedParameterJdbcTemplate namedParameterJdbcTemplate() {
+	NamedParameterJdbcOperations namedParameterJdbcTemplate() {
 		return new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
 	}
 
@@ -81,19 +76,8 @@ public class TestConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Bean
-	DataAccessStrategy defaultDataAccessStrategy(JdbcMappingContext context,
-			@Qualifier("namedParameterJdbcTemplate") NamedParameterJdbcOperations operations) {
-
-		DelegatingDataAccessStrategy accessStrategy = new DelegatingDataAccessStrategy();
-
-		accessStrategy.setDelegate(new DefaultDataAccessStrategy( //
-				new SqlGeneratorSource(context), //
-				operations, //
-				context, //
-				accessStrategy) //
-		);
-
-		return accessStrategy;
+	DataAccessStrategy defaultDataAccessStrategy(JdbcMappingContext context) {
+		return new DefaultDataAccessStrategy(new SqlGeneratorSource(context), context);
 	}
 
 	@Bean