diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
index d1432db4f..c10bfcc9e 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
  * @author Craig Andrews
  * @author Mathias Düsterhöft
  * @author Thomas Mrozinski
+ * @author Bas Schoenmaeckers
  * @since 2.2
  */
 public class DomainObjectReader {
@@ -235,8 +236,12 @@ <T> T doMerge(ObjectNode root, T target, ObjectMapper mapper) throws Exception {
 			String fieldName = entry.getKey();
 
 			if (!mappedProperties.isWritableProperty(fieldName)) {
+				PropertyAccessor targetPropertyAccessor = PropertyAccessorFactory.forBeanPropertyAccess(target);
+
+				if (!targetPropertyAccessor.isWritableProperty(fieldName)) {
+					i.remove();
+				}
 
-				i.remove();
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
index 1d59b25fa..94cfc4efb 100755
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
  * @author Mathias Düsterhöft
  * @author Ken Dombeck
  * @author Thomas Mrozinski
+ * @author Bas Schoenmaeckers
  */
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
@@ -576,6 +577,22 @@ public void doesNotWipeReadOnlyPropertyForPatch() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(result.email).isEqualTo("foo@bar.com");
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAREST-1524
+	public void useTransientSettersWithNonPersistentPropertiesForPatch() throws Exception {
+		SampleUser user = new SampleUser("name", "password");
+		user.lastLogin = new Date();
+		user.email = "foo@bar.com";
+		user.nonPersistentField = false;
+
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		ObjectNode source = (ObjectNode) mapper.readTree("{ \"online\" : true}");
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+		SampleUser result = reader.merge(source, user, mapper);
+
+		assertThat(result.isOnline()).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	@Test // DATAREST-1068
 	public void arraysCanBeResizedDuringMerge() throws Exception {
 		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
@@ -606,6 +623,22 @@ static class SampleUser {
 		@ReadOnlyProperty //
 		private String email;
 
+		@Transient
+		@JsonIgnore
+		boolean nonPersistentField;
+
+		@Transient
+		@JsonProperty
+		public boolean isOnline() {
+			return nonPersistentField;
+		}
+
+		@Transient
+		@JsonProperty
+		public void setOnline(Boolean online) {
+				this.nonPersistentField = online;
+		}
+
 		public SampleUser(String name, String password) {
 
 			this.name = name;