diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/SourceMethod.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/SourceMethod.java
index 9361ddb3e..f0f6108d8 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/SourceMethod.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/source/SourceMethod.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class SourceMethod implements Method {
     private List<String> parameterNames;
 
     private List<SourceMethod> applicablePrototypeMethods;
+    private List<SourceMethod> applicableReversePrototypeMethods;
 
     private Boolean isBeanMapping;
     private Boolean isEnumMapping;
@@ -312,11 +313,11 @@ public class SourceMethod implements Method {
     }
 
     public boolean reverses(SourceMethod method) {
-        return getDeclaringMapper() == null
-            && isAbstract()
+        return method.getDeclaringMapper() == null
+            && method.isAbstract()
             && getSourceParameters().size() == 1 && method.getSourceParameters().size() == 1
-            && equals( first( getSourceParameters() ).getType(), method.getResultType() )
-            && equals( getResultType(), first( method.getSourceParameters() ).getType() );
+            && first( getSourceParameters() ).getType().isAssignableTo( method.getResultType() )
+            && getResultType().isAssignableTo( first( method.getSourceParameters() ).getType() );
     }
 
     public boolean isSame(SourceMethod method) {
@@ -486,6 +487,20 @@ public class SourceMethod implements Method {
         return applicablePrototypeMethods;
     }
 
+    public List<SourceMethod> getApplicableReversePrototypeMethods() {
+        if ( applicableReversePrototypeMethods == null ) {
+            applicableReversePrototypeMethods = new ArrayList<SourceMethod>();
+
+            for ( SourceMethod prototype : prototypeMethods ) {
+                if ( reverses( prototype ) ) {
+                    applicableReversePrototypeMethods.add( prototype );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return applicableReversePrototypeMethods;
+    }
+
     private static boolean allParametersAreAssignable(List<Parameter> fromParams, List<Parameter> toParams) {
         if ( fromParams.size() == toParams.size() ) {
             Set<Parameter> unaccountedToParams = new HashSet<Parameter>( toParams );
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/processor/MapperCreationProcessor.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/processor/MapperCreationProcessor.java
index 00d5a7f93..6c8e78a4d 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/processor/MapperCreationProcessor.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/processor/MapperCreationProcessor.java
@@ -424,10 +424,15 @@ public class MapperCreationProcessor implements ModelElementProcessor<List<Sourc
         initializingMethods.add( method );
 
         MappingOptions mappingOptions = method.getMappingOptions();
-        List<SourceMethod> applicablePrototypeMethods = method.getApplicablePrototypeMethods();
+        List<SourceMethod> applicableReversePrototypeMethods = method.getApplicableReversePrototypeMethods();
 
         MappingOptions inverseMappingOptions =
-            getInverseMappingOptions( availableMethods, method, initializingMethods, mapperConfig );
+            getInverseMappingOptions( join( availableMethods, applicableReversePrototypeMethods ),
+                method,
+                initializingMethods,
+                mapperConfig );
+
+        List<SourceMethod> applicablePrototypeMethods = method.getApplicablePrototypeMethods();
 
         MappingOptions templateMappingOptions =
             getTemplateMappingOptions(
@@ -457,6 +462,21 @@ public class MapperCreationProcessor implements ModelElementProcessor<List<Sourc
                     Message.INHERITCONFIGURATION_MULTIPLE_PROTOTYPE_METHODS_MATCH,
                     Strings.join( applicablePrototypeMethods, ", " ) );
             }
+
+            if ( applicableReversePrototypeMethods.size() == 1 ) {
+                mappingOptions.applyInheritedOptions(
+                    first( applicableReversePrototypeMethods ).getMappingOptions(),
+                    true,
+                    method,
+                    messager,
+                    typeFactory );
+            }
+            else if ( applicableReversePrototypeMethods.size() > 1 ) {
+                messager.printMessage(
+                    method.getExecutable(),
+                    Message.INHERITINVERSECONFIGURATION_MULTIPLE_PROTOTYPE_METHODS_MATCH,
+                    Strings.join( applicablePrototypeMethods, ", " ) );
+            }
         }
 
         mappingOptions.markAsFullyInitialized();
@@ -497,7 +517,7 @@ public class MapperCreationProcessor implements ModelElementProcessor<List<Sourc
             // method is configured as being reverse method, collect candidates
             List<SourceMethod> candidates = new ArrayList<SourceMethod>();
             for ( SourceMethod oneMethod : rawMethods ) {
-                if ( oneMethod.reverses( method ) ) {
+                if ( method.reverses( oneMethod ) ) {
                     candidates.add( oneMethod );
                 }
             }
@@ -559,7 +579,7 @@ public class MapperCreationProcessor implements ModelElementProcessor<List<Sourc
      * Returns the configuring forward method's options in case the given method is annotated with
      * {@code @InheritConfiguration} and exactly one such configuring method can unambiguously be selected (as per the
      * source/target type and optionally the name given via {@code @InheritConfiguration}). The method cannot be marked
-     * forward mapping itself (hence 'ohter'). And neither can it contain an {@code @InheritReverseConfiguration}
+     * forward mapping itself (hence 'other'). And neither can it contain an {@code @InheritReverseConfiguration}
      */
     private MappingOptions getTemplateMappingOptions(List<SourceMethod> rawMethods, SourceMethod method,
                                                      List<SourceMethod> initializingMethods,
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Message.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Message.java
index 3ac151f94..1da8d2706 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Message.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/util/Message.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public enum Message {
     INHERITCONFIGURATION_DUPLICATE_MATCHES( "Given name \"%s\" matches several candidate methods: %s." ),
     INHERITCONFIGURATION_NO_NAME_MATCH( "Given name \"%s\" does not match the only candidate. Did you mean: \"%s\"." ),
     INHERITCONFIGURATION_MULTIPLE_PROTOTYPE_METHODS_MATCH( "More than one configuration prototype method is applicable. Use @InheritConfiguration to select one of them explicitly: %s." ),
+    INHERITINVERSECONFIGURATION_MULTIPLE_PROTOTYPE_METHODS_MATCH( "More than one configuration prototype method is applicable. Use @InheritInverseConfiguration to select one of them explicitly: %s." ),
     INHERITCONFIGURATION_CYCLE( "Cycle detected while evaluating inherited configurations. Inheritance path: %s" ),
 
     VALUEMAPPING_DUPLICATE_SOURCE( "Source value mapping: \"%s\" cannot be mapped more than once." ),
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dec59790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ *  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.inheritfromconfig;
+
+import org.mapstruct.InheritInverseConfiguration;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+import org.mapstruct.Mapping;
+import org.mapstruct.MappingInheritanceStrategy;
+import org.mapstruct.factory.Mappers;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andreas Gudian
+ */
+@Mapper(
+    config = AutoInheritedConfig.class,
+    mappingInheritanceStrategy = MappingInheritanceStrategy.EXPLICIT
+)
+public abstract class CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance {
+    public static final CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance INSTANCE =
+        Mappers.getMapper( CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance.class );
+
+    @InheritInverseConfiguration(name = "baseDtoToEntity")
+    @Mapping( target = "colour", source = "color" )
+    public abstract CarDto toCarDto(CarEntity entity);
+
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/InheritFromConfigTest.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/InheritFromConfigTest.java
index bfa84a3f2..c3f6fd5bf 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/InheritFromConfigTest.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/inheritfromconfig/InheritFromConfigTest.java
@@ -125,6 +125,21 @@ public class InheritFromConfigTest {
         assertThat( carDto.getId() ).isEqualTo( 42L );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @IssueKey( "1065" )
+    @WithClasses({ CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance.class } )
+    public void explicitInheritedMappingIsAppliedInReverseDirectlyFromConfig() {
+
+        CarEntity carEntity = new CarEntity();
+        carEntity.setColor( "red" );
+        carEntity.setPrimaryKey( 42L );
+
+        CarDto carDto = CarMapperReverseWithExplicitInheritance.INSTANCE.toCarDto( carEntity );
+
+        assertThat( carDto.getColour() ).isEqualTo( "red" );
+        assertThat( carDto.getId() ).isEqualTo( 42L );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void explicitInheritedMappingWithTwoLevelsIsOverriddenAtMethodLevel() {
         CarDto carDto = newTestDto();
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryConfig.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryConfig.java
index aebc6616a..c4c1c6613 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryConfig.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryConfig.java
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ public interface ArtistToChartEntryConfig {
         @Mapping(target = "artistName", source = "artist.name"),
         @Mapping(target = "chartName", ignore = true )
     })
-    BaseChartEntry mapForward( Song song );
+    BaseChartEntry mapForwardConfig( Song song );
 }
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryWithConfigReverse.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryWithConfigReverse.java
index ed6eadbe1..bd934dc10 100644
--- a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryWithConfigReverse.java
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/nestedsourceproperties/ArtistToChartEntryWithConfigReverse.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public abstract class ArtistToChartEntryWithConfigReverse {
     })
     abstract ChartEntryWithBase mapForward(Song song);
 
-    @InheritInverseConfiguration
+    @InheritInverseConfiguration( name = "mapForward" )
     @Mapping(target = "positions", ignore = true)
     abstract Song mapReverse(ChartEntryWithBase ce);
 }