diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 42f4a234ba..20ba7b9f33 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## [Git master](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/compare/v1.1.3...master) (not released)
 
+* [Core] Fixed a bug where `@XStreamConverter` annotations were ignored (Aslak Hellesøy)
 * [Android] New Cucumber-Android module ([#525](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/pull/525) Maximilian Fellner).
 * [Build] Deploy maven SNAPSHOT versions from Travis ([#517](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/issues/517), [#528](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/pull/528) Tom Dunstan)
 * [Core] JUnitFormatter to mark skipped tests as failures in strict mode ([#543](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm/pull/543) brasmusson)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/ParameterInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/ParameterInfo.java
index 5f8b13995f..1e8d57db25 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/ParameterInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/cucumber/runtime/ParameterInfo.java
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public Object convert(String value, LocalizedXStreams.LocalizedXStream xStream)
             xStream.setParameterType(this);
             SingleValueConverter converter;
             xStream.processAnnotations(getRawType());
+            xStream.autodetectAnnotations(true); // Needed to unlock annotation processing
 
             if (transformer != null) {
                 transformer.setParameterInfoAndLocale(this, xStream.getLocale());
diff --git a/examples/java-calculator/src/test/java/cucumber/examples/java/calculator/ShoppingStepdefs.java b/examples/java-calculator/src/test/java/cucumber/examples/java/calculator/ShoppingStepdefs.java
index be06809f02..3ef31c2908 100644
--- a/examples/java-calculator/src/test/java/cucumber/examples/java/calculator/ShoppingStepdefs.java
+++ b/examples/java-calculator/src/test/java/cucumber/examples/java/calculator/ShoppingStepdefs.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package cucumber.examples.java.calculator;
 
+import cucumber.api.Transformer;
 import cucumber.api.java.en.Given;
 import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
 import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
+import cucumber.deps.com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamConverter;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,26 @@ public void my_change_should_be_(int change) {
 
     public static class Grocery {
         public String name;
-        public int price;
+        public Price price;
+
+        public Grocery() {
+            super();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @XStreamConverter(Price.Converter.class)
+    public static class Price {
+        public int value;
+
+        public Price(int value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        public static class Converter extends Transformer<Price> {
+            @Override
+            public Price transform(String value) {
+                return new Price(Integer.parseInt(value));
+            }
+        }
     }
 }