diff --git a/src/Nest/Enums/FieldType.cs b/src/Nest/Enums/FieldType.cs
index 9c5bb8c835a..b5ff37886b1 100644
--- a/src/Nest/Enums/FieldType.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/Enums/FieldType.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ public enum FieldType
 		[EnumMember(Value = "long")]
 		Long,
 		/// <summary>
+		/// Short type.
+		/// </summary>
+		[EnumMember(Value = "short")]
+		Short,
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Byte type.
+		/// </summary>
+		[EnumMember(Value = "byte")]
+		Byte,
+		/// <summary>
 		/// Float type.
 		/// </summary>
 		[EnumMember(Value = "float")]
diff --git a/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/TypeMappingWriter.cs b/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/TypeMappingWriter.cs
index 06cec1dae65..98631534e3d 100644
--- a/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/TypeMappingWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/TypeMappingWriter.cs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ internal RootObjectMapping RootObjectMappingFromAttributes()
 			using (var ms = new MemoryStream(nestedJson.Utf8Bytes()))
 				return this._elasticSerializer.Deserialize<RootObjectMapping>(ms);
 		}
+
 		internal ObjectMapping ObjectMappingFromAttributes()
 		{
 			var json = JObject.Parse(this.MapFromAttributes());
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ internal ObjectMapping ObjectMappingFromAttributes()
 			using (var ms = new MemoryStream(nestedJson.Utf8Bytes()))
 				return this._elasticSerializer.Deserialize<ObjectMapping>(ms);
 		}
+
 		internal NestedObjectMapping NestedObjectMappingFromAttributes()
 		{
 			var json = JObject.Parse(this.MapFromAttributes());
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ internal NestedObjectMapping NestedObjectMappingFromAttributes()
 			using (var ms = new MemoryStream(nestedJson.Utf8Bytes()))
 				return this._elasticSerializer.Deserialize<NestedObjectMapping>(ms);
 		}
+
 		public string MapFromAttributes()
 		{
 			var sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ internal void WriteProperties(JsonWriter jsonWriter)
 					continue;
 
 				var propertyName = this.Infer.PropertyName(p);
-				var type = GetElasticSearchType(att, p);
+				var type = GetElasticsearchTypeName(att, p);
 
 				if (type == null) //could not get type from attribute or infer from CLR type.
 					continue;
@@ -182,38 +185,37 @@ private void WritePropertiesFromAttribute(JsonWriter jsonWriter, IElasticPropert
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Get the Elastic Search Field Type Related.
+		/// Gets the Elasticsearch type name for a given ElasticPropertyAttribute.
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="att">ElasticPropertyAttribute</param>
-		/// <param name="p">Property Field</param>
-		/// <returns>String with the type name or null if can not be inferres</returns>
-		private string GetElasticSearchType(IElasticPropertyAttribute att, PropertyInfo p)
+		/// <param name="attribute">ElasticPropertyAttribute</param>
+		/// <param name="propertyInfo">Property field</param>
+		/// <returns>String containing the type name, or null if can not be inferred.</returns>
+		private string GetElasticsearchTypeName(IElasticPropertyAttribute attribute, PropertyInfo propertyInfo)
 		{
 			FieldType? fieldType = null;
-			if (att != null)
-			{
-				fieldType = att.Type;
-			}
+			
+			if (attribute != null)
+				fieldType = attribute.Type;
 
 			if (fieldType == null || fieldType == FieldType.None)
 			{
-				fieldType = this.GetFieldTypeFromType(p.PropertyType);
-				if (fieldType == null && att != null)
+				fieldType = this.GetFieldType(propertyInfo.PropertyType);
+				if (fieldType == null && attribute != null)
 				{
-					var message = _noFieldTypeMessage.F(p.Name, this._type.Name);
+					var message = _noFieldTypeMessage.F(propertyInfo.Name, this._type.Name);
 					throw new DslException(message);
 				}
 			}
 
-			return this.GetElasticSearchTypeFromFieldType(fieldType);
+			return this.GetElasticsearchType(fieldType);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Get the Elastic Search Field from a FieldType.
+		/// Gets the Elasticsearch type name for a given FieldType.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="fieldType">FieldType</param>
-		/// <returns>String with the type name or null if can not be inferres</returns>
-		private string GetElasticSearchTypeFromFieldType(FieldType? fieldType)
+		/// <returns>String containing the type name, or null if can not be inferred.</returns>
+		private string GetElasticsearchType(FieldType? fieldType)
 		{
 			switch (fieldType)
 			{
@@ -231,6 +233,10 @@ private string GetElasticSearchTypeFromFieldType(FieldType? fieldType)
 					return "string";
 				case FieldType.Integer:
 					return "integer";
+				case FieldType.Short:
+					return "short";
+				case FieldType.Byte:
+					return "byte";
 				case FieldType.Long:
 					return "long";
 				case FieldType.Float:
@@ -255,11 +261,11 @@ private string GetElasticSearchTypeFromFieldType(FieldType? fieldType)
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Inferes the FieldType from the type of the property.
+		/// Gets the FieldType for a given CLR type.
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="propertyType">Type of the property</param>
-		/// <returns>FieldType or null if can not be inferred</returns>
-		private FieldType? GetFieldTypeFromType(Type propertyType)
+		/// <param name="propertyType">CLR type of the property</param>
+		/// <returns>The FieldType, or null if can not be inferred.</returns>
+		private FieldType? GetFieldType(Type propertyType)
 		{
 			propertyType = GetUnderlyingType(propertyType);
 
@@ -274,8 +280,16 @@ private string GetElasticSearchTypeFromFieldType(FieldType? fieldType)
 				switch (propertyType.Name)
 				{
 					case "Int32":
+					case "UInt32":
 						return FieldType.Integer;
+					case "Int16":
+					case "UInt16":
+						return FieldType.Short;
+					case "Byte":
+					case "SByte":
+						return FieldType.Byte;
 					case "Int64":
+					case "UInt64":
 						return FieldType.Long;
 					case "Single":
 						return FieldType.Float;
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/AttributeBasedMap/AllTypesTest.cs b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/AttributeBasedMap/AllTypesTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20d7830e7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/AttributeBasedMap/AllTypesTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Nest.Tests.Unit.Core.AttributeBasedMap
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class AllTypesTest : BaseAttributeMappingTests
+	{
+		public class AllTypes
+		{
+			public int IntegerField { get; set; }
+			public short ShortField { get; set; }
+			public byte ByteField { get; set; }
+			public long LongField { get; set; }
+			public float FloatField { get; set; }
+			public double DoubleField { get; set; }
+			public DateTime DateField { get; set; }
+			public bool BoolField { get; set; }
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void TestAllTypes()
+		{
+			var json = this.CreateMapFor<AllTypes>();
+			this.JsonEquals(json, System.Reflection.MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod());
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/AttributeBasedMap/TestAllTypes.json b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/AttributeBasedMap/TestAllTypes.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eacb07dc99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/AttributeBasedMap/TestAllTypes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "alltypes": {
+    "properties": {
+      "integerField": {
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "shortField": {
+        "type": "short"
+      },
+      "byteField": {
+        "type": "byte"
+      },
+      "longField": {
+        "type": "long"
+      },
+      "floatField": {
+        "type": "float"
+      },
+      "doubleField": {
+        "type": "double"
+      },
+      "dateField": {
+        "type": "date"
+      },
+      "boolField": {
+        "type": "boolean"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Nest.Tests.Unit.csproj b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Nest.Tests.Unit.csproj
index 3a61368b706..e2073bc986f 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Nest.Tests.Unit.csproj
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Nest.Tests.Unit.csproj
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Cluster\NodeTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Cluster\Reroute\RerouteTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Cluster\State\StateTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Core\AttributeBasedMap\AllTypesTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\AttributeBasedMap\IncludeInParentTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\Bulk\BulkTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Core\Bulk\BulkUrlTests.cs" />
@@ -120,6 +121,9 @@
     <None Include="Cluster\Reroute\ClusterReroute.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Include="Core\AttributeBasedMap\TestAllTypes.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Include="Core\AttributeBasedMap\TestIncludeInParent.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>