diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationAssocOnes.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationAssocOnes.java
index 74c5789f7..afccf654f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationAssocOnes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/parse/AnnotationAssocOnes.java
@@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ public class AnnotationAssocOnes extends AnnotationParser {
     prop.setEmbedded();
     prop.setDbInsertable(true);
     prop.setDbUpdateable(true);
-    prop.setColumnPrefix(embedded.prefix());
+    try {
+      prop.setColumnPrefix(embedded.prefix());
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodError e) {
+      // using standard JPA API without prefix option, maybe in EE container
+    }
 
     readEmbeddedAttributeOverrides(prop);
   }