diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
index 5fe365346..4f03e8507 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanProperty.java
@@ -835,6 +835,13 @@ public class BeanProperty implements ElPropertyValue, Property, STreeProperty {
     return scalarType.format(value);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the value from String format into Object value.
+   */
+  public Object parse(String value) {
+    return scalarType.parse(value);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Read the value for this property from L2 cache entry and set it to the bean.
    * <p>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java
index f1a93dfbb..599a8a97e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/id/IdBinderEmbedded.java
@@ -263,11 +263,9 @@ public final class IdBinderEmbedded implements IdBinder {
   public Object convertIdFromJson(Object value) {
 
     Map<String, Object> map = (Map<String, Object>) value;
-
     EntityBean idValue = idDesc.createEntityBean();
     for (BeanProperty prop : props) {
-      Object val = map.get(prop.getName());
-      prop.setValue(idValue, val);
+      prop.setValue(idValue, map.get(prop.getName()));
     }
     return idValue;
   }
@@ -465,7 +463,14 @@ public final class IdBinderEmbedded implements IdBinder {
 
   @Override
   public Object convertId(Object idValue) {
-    // can not cast/convert if it is embedded
+    if (idValue instanceof String) {
+      final EntityBean embId = idDesc.createEntityBean();
+      final String[] rawVals = ((String)idValue).split("\\|");
+      for (int i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
+        props[i].setValue(embId, props[i].parse(rawVals[i]));
+      }
+      return embId;
+    }
     return idValue;
   }