diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java
index c53d9e0a0..1f2aae28e 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/BeanMappingMethod.java
@@ -598,15 +598,12 @@ public class BeanMappingMethod extends MappingMethod {
                     }
                     else {
                         ForgedMethodHistory history = forgedMethod.getHistory();
-                        while ( history.getPrevHistory() != null ) {
-                            history = history.getPrevHistory();
-                        }
                         ctx.getMessager().printMessage(
                             this.method.getExecutable(),
                             Message.PROPERTYMAPPING_MAPPING_NOT_FOUND,
-                            history.getSourceElement(),
+                            history.createSourcePropertyErrorMessage(),
                             history.getTargetType(),
-                            history.getTargetPropertyName(),
+                            history.createTargetPropertyName(),
                             history.getTargetType(),
                             history.getSourceType()
                         );
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/ContainerMappingMethodBuilder.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/ContainerMappingMethodBuilder.java
index 447583d27..79bb7574a 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/ContainerMappingMethodBuilder.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/ContainerMappingMethodBuilder.java
@@ -185,7 +185,14 @@ public abstract class ContainerMappingMethodBuilder<B extends ContainerMappingMe
             method.getMapperConfiguration(),
             method.getExecutable(),
             method.getContextParameters(),
-            forgedMethodHistory
+            new ForgedMethodHistory( forgedMethodHistory,
+                Strings.stubPropertyName( sourceRHS.getSourceType().getName() ),
+                Strings.stubPropertyName( targetType.getName() ),
+                sourceRHS.getSourceType(),
+                targetType,
+                false,
+                sourceRHS.getSourceErrorMessagePart()
+            )
         );
 
         Assignment assignment = new MethodReference(
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/MapMappingMethod.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/MapMappingMethod.java
index 438a9d503..5ca345677 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/MapMappingMethod.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/MapMappingMethod.java
@@ -200,7 +200,14 @@ public class MapMappingMethod extends MappingMethod {
                 method.getMapperConfiguration(),
                 method.getExecutable(),
                 method.getContextParameters(),
-                history
+                new ForgedMethodHistory( history,
+                        Strings.stubPropertyName( sourceRHS.getSourceType().getName() ),
+                        Strings.stubPropertyName( targetType.getName() ),
+                        sourceRHS.getSourceType(),
+                        targetType,
+                        true,
+                        sourceRHS.getSourceErrorMessagePart()
+                )
             );
 
             Assignment assignment = new MethodReference(
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/PropertyMapping.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/PropertyMapping.java
index 8d3feb041..4bac7add3 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/PropertyMapping.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/PropertyMapping.java
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ public class PropertyMapping extends ModelElement {
         private Assignment forgeWithElementMapping(Type sourceType, Type targetType, SourceRHS source,
             ExecutableElement element, ContainerMappingMethodBuilder<?, ? extends ContainerMappingMethod> builder) {
 
-            ForgedMethod methodRef = prepareForgedMethod( sourceType, targetType, source, element );
+            ForgedMethod methodRef = prepareForgedMethod( sourceType, targetType, source, element, "[]" );
 
             ContainerMappingMethod iterableMappingMethod = builder
                 .mappingContext( ctx )
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ public class PropertyMapping extends ModelElement {
         }
 
         private ForgedMethod prepareForgedMethod(Type sourceType, Type targetType, SourceRHS source,
-                                                 ExecutableElement element) {
+                                                 ExecutableElement element, String suffix) {
             String name = getName( sourceType, targetType );
             name = Strings.getSaveVariableName( name, ctx.getNamesOfMappingsToGenerate() );
 
@@ -604,19 +604,14 @@ public class PropertyMapping extends ModelElement {
                 config,
                 element,
                 method.getContextParameters(),
-                new ForgedMethodHistory( getForgedMethodHistory( source ),
-                    source.getSourceErrorMessagePart(),
-                    targetPropertyName,
-                    source.getSourceType(),
-                    targetType
-                )
+                getForgedMethodHistory( source, suffix )
             );
         }
 
         private Assignment forgeMapMapping(Type sourceType, Type targetType, SourceRHS source,
                                            ExecutableElement element) {
 
-            ForgedMethod methodRef = prepareForgedMethod( sourceType, targetType, source, element );
+            ForgedMethod methodRef = prepareForgedMethod( sourceType, targetType, source, element, "{}" );
 
             MapMappingMethod.Builder builder = new MapMappingMethod.Builder();
             MapMappingMethod mapMappingMethod = builder
@@ -669,13 +664,17 @@ public class PropertyMapping extends ModelElement {
         }
 
         private ForgedMethodHistory getForgedMethodHistory(SourceRHS sourceRHS) {
+            return getForgedMethodHistory( sourceRHS, "" );
+        }
+
+        private ForgedMethodHistory getForgedMethodHistory(SourceRHS sourceRHS, String suffix) {
             ForgedMethodHistory history = null;
             if ( method instanceof ForgedMethod ) {
                 ForgedMethod method = (ForgedMethod) this.method;
                 history = method.getHistory();
             }
-            return new ForgedMethodHistory( history, sourceRHS.getSourceErrorMessagePart(),
-                targetPropertyName, sourceRHS.getSourceType(), targetType
+            return new ForgedMethodHistory( history, getSourceElementName() + suffix,
+                targetPropertyName + suffix, sourceRHS.getSourceType(), targetType, true, "property"
             );
         }
 
@@ -694,6 +693,20 @@ public class PropertyMapping extends ModelElement {
             return builder.toString();
         }
 
+        private String getSourceElementName() {
+            Parameter sourceParam = sourceReference.getParameter();
+            List<PropertyEntry> propertyEntries = sourceReference.getPropertyEntries();
+            if ( propertyEntries.isEmpty() ) {
+                return sourceParam.getName();
+            }
+            else if ( propertyEntries.size() == 1 ) {
+                PropertyEntry propertyEntry = propertyEntries.get( 0 );
+                return propertyEntry.getName();
+            }
+            else {
+                return Strings.join( sourceReference.getElementNames(), "." );
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     public static class ConstantMappingBuilder extends MappingBuilderBase<ConstantMappingBuilder> {
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/ForgedMethodHistory.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/ForgedMethodHistory.java
index 2a793e27b..754866baf 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/ForgedMethodHistory.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/ForgedMethodHistory.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.mapstruct.ap.internal.model.source;
 
 import org.mapstruct.ap.internal.model.common.Type;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.internal.util.Strings;
 
 /**
  * Keeps the context where the ForgedMethod is generated, especially handy with nested forged methods
@@ -32,22 +33,18 @@ public class ForgedMethodHistory {
     private final String targetPropertyName;
     private final Type targetType;
     private final Type sourceType;
+    private final boolean usePropertyNames;
+    private String elementType;
 
     public ForgedMethodHistory(ForgedMethodHistory history, String sourceElement, String targetPropertyName,
-                               Type sourceType, Type targetType) {
+                               Type sourceType, Type targetType, boolean usePropertyNames, String elementType) {
         prevHistory = history;
         this.sourceElement = sourceElement;
         this.targetPropertyName = targetPropertyName;
         this.sourceType = sourceType;
         this.targetType = targetType;
-    }
-
-    public String getSourceElement() {
-        return sourceElement;
-    }
-
-    public String getTargetPropertyName() {
-        return targetPropertyName;
+        this.usePropertyNames = usePropertyNames;
+        this.elementType = elementType;
     }
 
     public Type getTargetType() {
@@ -58,8 +55,77 @@ public class ForgedMethodHistory {
         return sourceType;
     }
 
-    public ForgedMethodHistory getPrevHistory() {
-        return prevHistory;
+    public String createSourcePropertyErrorMessage() {
+        return conditionallyCapitalizedElementType() + " \"" + getSourceType() + " " +
+            stripBrackets( getDottedSourceElement() ) + "\"";
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Capitalization mostly matters to avoid the funny "Can't map map key" message. However it's irrelevant for the
+     * "Can't map property" message.
+     *
+     * @return capitalized or non-capitalized element type
+     */
+    private String conditionallyCapitalizedElementType() {
+        if ( "property".equals( elementType ) ) {
+            return elementType;
+        }
+        else {
+            return Strings.capitalize( elementType );
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String createTargetPropertyName() {
+        return stripBrackets( getDottedTargetPropertyName() );
+    }
+
+    private String getDottedSourceElement() {
+        if ( prevHistory == null ) {
+            return sourceElement;
+        }
+        else {
+            if ( usePropertyNames ) {
+                return getCorrectDottedPath( prevHistory.getDottedSourceElement(), sourceElement );
+            }
+            else {
+                return prevHistory.getDottedSourceElement();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getDottedTargetPropertyName() {
+        if ( prevHistory == null ) {
+            return targetPropertyName;
+        }
+        else {
+            if ( usePropertyNames ) {
+                return getCorrectDottedPath( prevHistory.getDottedTargetPropertyName(), targetPropertyName );
+            }
+            else {
+                return prevHistory.getDottedTargetPropertyName();
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getCorrectDottedPath(String previousPath, String currentProperty) {
+        if ( "map key".equals( elementType ) ) {
+            return stripBrackets( previousPath ) + "{:key}";
+        }
+        else if ( "map value".equals( elementType ) ) {
+            return stripBrackets( previousPath ) + "{:value}";
+        }
+        else {
+            return previousPath + "." + currentProperty;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String stripBrackets(String dottedName) {
+        if ( dottedName.endsWith( "[]" ) || dottedName.endsWith( "{}" ) ) {
+            dottedName = dottedName.substring( 0, dottedName.length() - 2 );
+        }
+        return dottedName;
+    }
 }
+
+
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Strings.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Strings.java
index 2fc325ba3..4c670b15a 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Strings.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Strings.java
@@ -177,6 +177,17 @@ public class Strings {
         return identifier.replace( "[]", "Array" );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a stub property name from full class name by stripping away the package and decapitalizing the name
+     * For example will return {@code fooBar} for {@code com.foo.bar.baz.FooBar} class name
+     *
+     * @param fullyQualifiedName fully qualified class name, such as com.foo.bar.baz.FooBar
+     * @return stup property name, such as fooBar
+     */
+    public static String stubPropertyName(String fullyQualifiedName) {
+        return Strings.decapitalize( fullyQualifiedName.substring( fullyQualifiedName.lastIndexOf( '.' ) + 1 ) );
+    }
+
     /**
      * It removes the dots from the name and creates an {@link Iterable} from them.
      *
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/erroneous/ErroneousCollectionMappingTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/erroneous/ErroneousCollectionMappingTest.java
index 7dfb648d0..5c605a5bc 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/erroneous/ErroneousCollectionMappingTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/erroneous/ErroneousCollectionMappingTest.java
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public class ErroneousCollectionMappingTest {
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 26,
                 messageRegExp = "Can't map property \"java.util.List<java.lang.String> strings\" to \"int strings\". "
-                        + "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \"int map\\(java.util.List<java.lang.String>"
-                        + " value\\)\"")
+                    + "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \"int map\\(java.util.List<java.lang.String>"
+                    + " value\\)\"")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailToGenerateImplementationBetweenCollectionAndPrimitive() {
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ public class ErroneousCollectionMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousCollectionNoElementMappingFound.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 37,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString to .*String. " +
-                    "Consider to implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
+                messageRegExp =
+                    "Can't map Collection element \".*AttributedString attributedString\" to \".*String string\". " +
+                        "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailOnNoElementMappingFound() {
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ public class ErroneousCollectionMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousCollectionNoKeyMappingFound.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 37,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString to .*String. " +
-                    "Consider to implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Map key \".*AttributedString attributedString\" to \".*String string\". " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailOnNoKeyMappingFound() {
@@ -147,8 +148,8 @@ public class ErroneousCollectionMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousCollectionNoValueMappingFound.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 37,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString to .*String. " +
-                    "Consider to implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Map value \".*AttributedString attributedString\" to \".*String string\". " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailOnNoValueMappingFound() {
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/forged/CollectionMappingTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/forged/CollectionMappingTest.java
index 3851c94ab..7e650e640 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/forged/CollectionMappingTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/collection/forged/CollectionMappingTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class CollectionMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousCollectionNonMappableSetMapper.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 30,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map property \".* nonMappableSet\" to \".* nonMappableSet\". "
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Collection element \".* nonMappableSet\" to \".* nonMappableSet\". "
                     + "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: .*."),
         }
     )
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class CollectionMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousCollectionNonMappableMapMapper.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 30,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map property \".* nonMappableMap\" to \".* nonMappableMap\". "
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Map key \".* nonMappableMap\\{:key\\}\" to \".* nonMappableMap\\{:key\\}\". "
                     + "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: .*."),
         }
     )
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/erroneous/ErroneousStreamMappingTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/erroneous/ErroneousStreamMappingTest.java
index b743092cb..093eb75c8 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/erroneous/ErroneousStreamMappingTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/erroneous/ErroneousStreamMappingTest.java
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ public class ErroneousStreamMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousStreamToStreamNoElementMappingFound.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 36,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString to .*String. " +
-                    "Consider to implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Stream element .*AttributedString attributedString\" to .*String string\"." +
+                        " Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailOnNoElementMappingFoundForStreamToStream() {
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ public class ErroneousStreamMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousListToStreamNoElementMappingFound.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 37,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString to .*String. " +
-                    "Consider to implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString attributedString\" to .*String string\". " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailOnNoElementMappingFoundForListToStream() {
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ public class ErroneousStreamMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousStreamToListNoElementMappingFound.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 37,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map .*AttributedString to .*String. " +
-                    "Consider to implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Stream element .*AttributedString attributedString\" to .*String string\"." +
+                        " Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*String map(.*AttributedString value)")
         }
     )
     public void shouldFailOnNoElementMappingFoundForStreamToList() {
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/forged/ForgedStreamMappingTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/forged/ForgedStreamMappingTest.java
index d791519d3..16f837942 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/forged/ForgedStreamMappingTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/java8stream/forged/ForgedStreamMappingTest.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class ForgedStreamMappingTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousStreamNonMappableStreamMapper.class,
                 kind = Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 30,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map property \".* nonMappableStream\" to \".* nonMappableStream\". "
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map Stream element \".* nonMappableStream\" to \".* nonMappableStream\". "
                     + "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: .*."),
         }
     )
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/DottedErrorMessageTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/DottedErrorMessageTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3923e6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/DottedErrorMessageTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Computer;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.ComputerDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Dictionary;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.DictionaryDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.ForeignWord;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.ForeignWordDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Cat;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.CatDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Info;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.InfoDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UnmappableDeepListMapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UnmappableValuePropertyMapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UserDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.User;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.WheelDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Wheel;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Car;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.CarDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.House;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.HouseDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Color;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.ColorDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Roof;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.RoofDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.UnmappableDeepNestingMapper;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.Word;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous.WordDto;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.WithClasses;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.compilation.annotation.CompilationResult;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.compilation.annotation.Diagnostic;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.compilation.annotation.ExpectedCompilationOutcome;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.runner.AnnotationProcessorTestRunner;
+
+@WithClasses({
+    Car.class, CarDto.class, Color.class, ColorDto.class,
+    House.class, HouseDto.class, Roof.class, RoofDto.class,
+    User.class, UserDto.class, Wheel.class, WheelDto.class,
+    Dictionary.class, DictionaryDto.class, Word.class, WordDto.class,
+    ForeignWord.class, ForeignWordDto.class,
+    Computer.class, ComputerDto.class,
+    Cat.class, CatDto.class, Info.class, InfoDto.class
+})
+@RunWith(AnnotationProcessorTestRunner.class)
+public class DottedErrorMessageTest {
+
+    private static final String PROPERTY = "property";
+    private static final String COLLECTION_ELEMENT = "Collection element";
+    private static final String MAP_KEY = "Map key";
+    private static final String MAP_VALUE = "Map value";
+
+    @Test
+    @WithClasses({
+        UnmappableDeepNestingMapper.class
+    })
+    @ExpectedCompilationOutcome(
+        value = CompilationResult.FAILED,
+        diagnostics = {
+            @Diagnostic(type = UnmappableDeepNestingMapper.class,
+                kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                line = 26,
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map " + PROPERTY +
+                    " \".*Color house\\.roof\\.color\" to \".*house\\.roof\\.color\"\\. " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*ColorDto map\\(.*Color value\\)\"\\.")
+        }
+    )
+    public void testDeepNestedBeans() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithClasses({
+        UnmappableDeepListMapper.class
+    })
+    @ExpectedCompilationOutcome(
+        value = CompilationResult.FAILED,
+        diagnostics = {
+            @Diagnostic(type = UnmappableDeepListMapper.class,
+                kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                line = 26,
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map " + COLLECTION_ELEMENT +
+                    " \".*Wheel car\\.wheels\" to \".*car\\.wheels\"\\. " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*WheelDto map\\(.*Wheel value\\)\"\\.")
+        }
+    )
+    public void testIterables() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithClasses({
+        UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper.class
+    })
+    @ExpectedCompilationOutcome(
+        value = CompilationResult.FAILED,
+        diagnostics = {
+            @Diagnostic(type = UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper.class,
+                kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                line = 26,
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map " + MAP_KEY +
+                    " \".*Word dictionary\\.wordMap\\{:key\\}\" to \".*dictionary\\.wordMap\\{:key\\}\"\\. " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*WordDto map\\(.*Word value\\)\"\\.")
+        }
+    )
+    public void testMapKeys() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithClasses({
+        UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper.class
+    })
+    @ExpectedCompilationOutcome(
+        value = CompilationResult.FAILED,
+        diagnostics = {
+            @Diagnostic(type = UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper.class,
+                kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                line = 26,
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map " + MAP_VALUE +
+                    " \".*ForeignWord dictionary\\.wordMap\\{:value\\}\" " +
+                    "to \".*dictionary\\.wordMap\\{:value\\}\"\\. " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: " +
+                    "\".*ForeignWordDto map\\(.*ForeignWord value\\)\"\\.")
+        }
+    )
+    public void testMapValues() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithClasses({
+        UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper.class
+    })
+    @ExpectedCompilationOutcome(
+        value = CompilationResult.FAILED,
+        diagnostics = {
+            @Diagnostic(type = UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper.class,
+                kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                line = 26,
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map " + PROPERTY +
+                    " \".*Info computers\\[\\].info\" to \".*computers\\[\\].info\"\\. " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*InfoDto map\\(.*Info value\\)\"\\.")
+        }
+    )
+    public void testCollectionElementProperty() {
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @WithClasses({
+        UnmappableValuePropertyMapper.class
+    })
+    @ExpectedCompilationOutcome(
+        value = CompilationResult.FAILED,
+        diagnostics = {
+            @Diagnostic(type = UnmappableValuePropertyMapper.class,
+                kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
+                line = 26,
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map " + PROPERTY +
+                    " \".*Info catNameMap\\{:value\\}.info\" to \".*catNameMap\\{:value\\}.info\"\\. " +
+                    "Consider to declare/implement a mapping method: \".*InfoDto map\\(.*Info value\\)\"\\.")
+        }
+    )
+    public void testMapValueProperty() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Car.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Car.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b74ed368e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Car.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Car {
+
+    private String name;
+    private int year;
+    private List<Wheel> wheels;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getYear() {
+        return year;
+    }
+
+    public void setYear(int year) {
+        this.year = year;
+    }
+
+    public List<Wheel> getWheels() {
+        return wheels;
+    }
+
+    public void setWheels(List<Wheel> wheels) {
+        this.wheels = wheels;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/CarDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/CarDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8c9a80e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/CarDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class CarDto {
+
+    private String name;
+    private int year;
+    private List<WheelDto> wheels;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getYear() {
+        return year;
+    }
+
+    public void setYear(int year) {
+        this.year = year;
+    }
+
+    public List<WheelDto> getWheels() {
+        return wheels;
+    }
+
+    public void setWheels(List<WheelDto> wheels) {
+        this.wheels = wheels;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Cat.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Cat.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5ed659ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Cat.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Cat {
+
+    private Info info;
+
+    public Info getInfo() {
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    public void setInfo(Info info) {
+        this.info = info;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/CatDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/CatDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf3321730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/CatDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class CatDto {
+
+    private InfoDto info;
+
+    public InfoDto getInfo() {
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    public void setInfo(InfoDto info) {
+        this.info = info;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Color.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Color.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eddc7dfe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Color.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Color {
+    private String cmyk;
+
+    public Color() {
+    }
+
+    public Color(String cmyk) {
+        this.cmyk = cmyk;
+    }
+
+    public String getCmyk() {
+        return cmyk;
+    }
+
+    public void setCmyk(String cmyk) {
+        this.cmyk = cmyk;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ColorDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ColorDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30eb26140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ColorDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class ColorDto {
+    private String rgb;
+
+    public String getRgb() {
+        return rgb;
+    }
+
+    public void setRgb(String rgb) {
+        this.rgb = rgb;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Computer.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Computer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cd2bee32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Computer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Computer {
+
+    private Info info;
+
+    public Info getInfo() {
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    public void setInfo(Info info) {
+        this.info = info;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ComputerDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ComputerDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..660ec226f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ComputerDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class ComputerDto {
+
+    private InfoDto info;
+
+    public InfoDto getInfo() {
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    public void setInfo(InfoDto info) {
+        this.info = info;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Dictionary.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Dictionary.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ac5a27f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Dictionary.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class Dictionary {
+
+    private Map<Word, ForeignWord> wordMap;
+
+    public Map<Word, ForeignWord> getWordMap() {
+        return wordMap;
+    }
+
+    public void setWordMap(
+        Map<Word, ForeignWord> wordMap) {
+        this.wordMap = wordMap;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/DictionaryDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/DictionaryDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21e55f7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/DictionaryDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DictionaryDto {
+
+    private Map<WordDto, ForeignWordDto> wordMap;
+
+    public Map<WordDto, ForeignWordDto> getWordMap() {
+        return wordMap;
+    }
+
+    public void setWordMap(
+        Map<WordDto, ForeignWordDto> wordMap) {
+        this.wordMap = wordMap;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ForeignWord.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ForeignWord.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b94862d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ForeignWord.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class ForeignWord {
+
+    private String meaning;
+
+    public String getMeaning() {
+        return meaning;
+    }
+
+    public void setMeaning(String meaning) {
+        this.meaning = meaning;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ForeignWordDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ForeignWordDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f64cc9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/ForeignWordDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class ForeignWordDto {
+    private String pronunciation;
+
+    public String getPronunciation() {
+        return pronunciation;
+    }
+
+    public void setPronunciation(String pronunciation) {
+        this.pronunciation = pronunciation;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/House.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/House.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f7ae15dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/House.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class House {
+
+    private String name;
+    private int year;
+    private Roof roof;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getYear() {
+        return year;
+    }
+
+    public void setYear(int year) {
+        this.year = year;
+    }
+
+    public Roof getRoof() {
+        return roof;
+    }
+
+    public void setRoof(Roof roof) {
+        this.roof = roof;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/HouseDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/HouseDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19e95b637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/HouseDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class HouseDto {
+
+    private String name;
+    private int year;
+    private RoofDto roof;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getYear() {
+        return year;
+    }
+
+    public void setYear(int year) {
+        this.year = year;
+    }
+
+    public RoofDto getRoof() {
+        return roof;
+    }
+
+    public void setRoof(RoofDto roof) {
+        this.roof = roof;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Info.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bbb21d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Info {
+    private String size;
+
+    public String getSize() {
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    public void setSize(String size) {
+        this.size = size;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/InfoDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/InfoDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8a804aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/InfoDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class InfoDto {
+    private String color;
+
+    public String getColor() {
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    public void setColor(String color) {
+        this.color = color;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Roof.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Roof.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b62268a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Roof.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Roof {
+    private Color color;
+
+    public Color getColor() {
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    public void setColor(Color color) {
+        this.color = color;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/RoofDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/RoofDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3768fd44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/RoofDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class RoofDto {
+    private ColorDto color;
+
+    public ColorDto getColor() {
+        return color;
+    }
+
+    public void setColor(ColorDto color) {
+        this.color = color;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fb4f584c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class UnmappableCollectionElementPropertyMapper {
+
+    abstract UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+
+    public HouseDto map(House house) {
+        return new HouseDto();
+    }
+
+    public CarDto map(Car carDto) {
+        return new CarDto();
+    }
+
+    public DictionaryDto map(Dictionary dictionary) {
+        return new DictionaryDto();
+    }
+
+    public CatDto map(Cat cat) {
+        return new CatDto();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepListMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepListMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78d6faabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepListMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class UnmappableDeepListMapper {
+
+    abstract UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+
+    public HouseDto map(House house) {
+        return new HouseDto();
+    }
+
+    public DictionaryDto map(Dictionary dictionary) {
+        return new DictionaryDto();
+    }
+
+    public ComputerDto map(Computer computer) {
+        return new ComputerDto();
+    }
+
+    public CatDto map(Cat cat) {
+        return new CatDto();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00fe65b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class UnmappableDeepMapKeyMapper {
+
+    abstract UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+
+    public CarDto map(Car carDto) {
+        return new CarDto();
+    }
+
+    public HouseDto map(House house) {
+        return new HouseDto();
+    }
+
+    public ForeignWordDto map(ForeignWord word) {
+        return new ForeignWordDto();
+    }
+
+    public ComputerDto map(Computer computer) {
+        return new ComputerDto();
+    }
+
+    public CatDto map(Cat cat) {
+        return new CatDto();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2aafa267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class UnmappableDeepMapValueMapper {
+
+    abstract UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+
+    public CarDto map(Car carDto) {
+        return new CarDto();
+    }
+
+    public HouseDto map(House house) {
+        return new HouseDto();
+    }
+
+    public WordDto map(Word word) {
+        return new WordDto();
+    }
+
+    public ComputerDto map(Computer computer) {
+        return new ComputerDto();
+    }
+
+    public CatDto map(Cat cat) {
+        return new CatDto();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepNestingMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepNestingMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a01896cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableDeepNestingMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class UnmappableDeepNestingMapper {
+
+    abstract UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+
+    public CarDto map(Car carDto) {
+        return new CarDto();
+    }
+
+    public DictionaryDto map(Dictionary dictionary) {
+        return new DictionaryDto();
+    }
+
+    public ComputerDto map(Computer computer) {
+        return new ComputerDto();
+    }
+
+    public CatDto map(Cat cat) {
+        return new CatDto();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableValuePropertyMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableValuePropertyMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40f79307c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UnmappableValuePropertyMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+@Mapper
+public abstract class UnmappableValuePropertyMapper {
+
+    abstract UserDto userToUserDto(User user);
+
+    public HouseDto map(House house) {
+        return new HouseDto();
+    }
+
+    public CarDto map(Car carDto) {
+        return new CarDto();
+    }
+
+    public DictionaryDto map(Dictionary dictionary) {
+        return new DictionaryDto();
+    }
+
+    public ComputerDto map(Computer computer) {
+        return new ComputerDto();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/User.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10ce16b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class User {
+
+    private String name;
+    //list of Wheels inside
+    private Car car;
+    //deep nesting inside Roof->Color
+    private House house;
+    //unmappable keys/values
+    private Dictionary dictionary;
+    //collection element's property can't be mapped
+    private List<Computer> computers;
+    //map value property can't be mapped
+    private Map<String, Cat> catNameMap;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Car getCar() {
+        return car;
+    }
+
+    public void setCar(Car car) {
+        this.car = car;
+    }
+
+    public House getHouse() {
+        return house;
+    }
+
+    public void setHouse(House house) {
+        this.house = house;
+    }
+
+    public Dictionary getDictionary() {
+        return dictionary;
+    }
+
+    public void setDictionary(Dictionary dictionary) {
+        this.dictionary = dictionary;
+    }
+
+    public List<Computer> getComputers() {
+        return computers;
+    }
+
+    public void setComputers(List<Computer> computers) {
+        this.computers = computers;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Cat> getCatNameMap() {
+        return catNameMap;
+    }
+
+    public void setCatNameMap(Map<String, Cat> catNameMap) {
+        this.catNameMap = catNameMap;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UserDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UserDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f0048b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/UserDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class UserDto {
+
+    private String name;
+    private CarDto car;
+    private HouseDto house;
+    private DictionaryDto dictionary;
+    private List<ComputerDto> computers;
+    private Map<String, CatDto> catNameMap;
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public CarDto getCar() {
+        return car;
+    }
+
+    public void setCar(CarDto car) {
+        this.car = car;
+    }
+
+    public HouseDto getHouse() {
+        return house;
+    }
+
+    public void setHouse(HouseDto house) {
+        this.house = house;
+    }
+
+    public DictionaryDto getDictionary() {
+        return dictionary;
+    }
+
+    public void setDictionary(DictionaryDto dictionary) {
+        this.dictionary = dictionary;
+    }
+
+    public List<ComputerDto> getComputers() {
+        return computers;
+    }
+
+    public void setComputers(List<ComputerDto> computers) {
+        this.computers = computers;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, CatDto> getCatNameMap() {
+        return catNameMap;
+    }
+
+    public void setCatNameMap(
+        Map<String, CatDto> catNameMap) {
+        this.catNameMap = catNameMap;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Wheel.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Wheel.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c7102a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Wheel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Wheel {
+    private boolean front;
+    private boolean right;
+
+    public boolean isFront() {
+        return front;
+    }
+
+    public void setFront(boolean front) {
+        this.front = front;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isRight() {
+        return right;
+    }
+
+    public void setRight(boolean right) {
+        this.right = right;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/WheelDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/WheelDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e185b073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/WheelDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class WheelDto {
+    private boolean front;
+    private boolean left;
+
+    public boolean isFront() {
+        return front;
+    }
+
+    public void setFront(boolean front) {
+        this.front = front;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isLeft() {
+        return left;
+    }
+
+    public void setLeft(boolean left) {
+        this.left = left;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Word.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Word.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b27767783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/Word.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class Word {
+
+    private String meaning;
+
+    public String getMeaning() {
+        return meaning;
+    }
+
+    public void setMeaning(String meaning) {
+        this.meaning = meaning;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/WordDto.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/WordDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdce91ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedbeans/erroneous/WordDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.nestedbeans.erroneous;
+
+public class WordDto {
+    private String pronunciation;
+
+    public String getPronunciation() {
+        return pronunciation;
+    }
+
+    public void setPronunciation(String pronunciation) {
+        this.pronunciation = pronunciation;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/selection/generics/ConversionTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/selection/generics/ConversionTest.java
index b28350da1..9398e634b 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/selection/generics/ConversionTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/selection/generics/ConversionTest.java
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ public class ConversionTest {
             @Diagnostic(type = ErroneousSourceTargetMapper6.class,
                 kind = javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR,
                 line = 29,
-                messageRegExp = "Can't map property \"org.mapstruct.ap.test.selection.generics.WildCardSuperWrapper"
-                    + "<java.lang.String> foo\" to"
-                    + " \"org.mapstruct.ap.test.selection.generics.WildCardSuperWrapper" +
-                    "<org.mapstruct.ap.test.selection.generics.TypeA> foo\"")
+                messageRegExp = "Can't map property \"java.lang.String "
+                    + "foo\\.wrapped\" to"
+                    + " \"org.mapstruct.ap.test.selection.generics.TypeA " +
+                    "foo\\.wrapped\"")
         })
     public void shouldFailOnNonMatchingWildCards() {
     }