diff --git a/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/ChangeSetPersister.ts b/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/ChangeSetPersister.ts
index a7d45e296285..2fb940099a05 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/ChangeSetPersister.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/ChangeSetPersister.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 import { MetadataStorage } from '../metadata';
-import { AnyEntity, Dictionary, EntityMetadata, EntityProperty, FilterQuery, IPrimaryKey } from '../typings';
+import { AnyEntity, Dictionary, EntityData, EntityMetadata, EntityProperty, FilterQuery, IPrimaryKey } from '../typings';
 import { EntityIdentifier, wrap } from '../entity';
 import { ChangeSet, ChangeSetType } from './ChangeSet';
 import { QueryResult, Transaction } from '../connections';
 import { Utils, ValidationError } from '../utils';
 import { IDatabaseDriver } from '../drivers';
+import { Hydrator } from '../hydration';
 
 export class ChangeSetPersister {
 
   constructor(private readonly driver: IDatabaseDriver,
               private readonly identifierMap: Dictionary<EntityIdentifier>,
-              private readonly metadata: MetadataStorage) { }
+              private readonly metadata: MetadataStorage,
+              private readonly hydrator: Hydrator) { }
 
   async persistToDatabase<T extends AnyEntity<T>>(changeSet: ChangeSet<T>, ctx?: Transaction): Promise<void> {
     const meta = this.metadata.get(changeSet.name);
@@ -110,11 +112,14 @@ export class ChangeSetPersister {
    */
   private mapReturnedValues<T extends AnyEntity<T>>(entity: T, res: QueryResult, meta: EntityMetadata<T>): void {
     if (res.row && Object.keys(res.row).length > 0) {
-      Object.values<EntityProperty>(meta.properties).forEach(prop => {
+      const data = Object.values<EntityProperty>(meta.properties).reduce((data, prop) => {
         if (prop.fieldNames && res.row![prop.fieldNames[0]] && !Utils.isDefined(entity[prop.name], true)) {
-          entity[prop.name] = res.row![prop.fieldNames[0]];
+          data[prop.name] = res.row![prop.fieldNames[0]];
         }
-      });
+
+        return data;
+      }, {} as Dictionary);
+      this.hydrator.hydrate<T>(entity, meta, data as EntityData<T>, false);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/UnitOfWork.ts b/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/UnitOfWork.ts
index dd6d464c5ebb..a2c157b2943c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/UnitOfWork.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/unit-of-work/UnitOfWork.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class UnitOfWork {
   private readonly metadata = this.em.getMetadata();
   private readonly platform = this.em.getDriver().getPlatform();
   private readonly changeSetComputer = new ChangeSetComputer(this.em.getValidator(), this.originalEntityData, this.identifierMap, this.collectionUpdates, this.removeStack, this.metadata, this.platform);
-  private readonly changeSetPersister = new ChangeSetPersister(this.em.getDriver(), this.identifierMap, this.metadata);
+  private readonly changeSetPersister = new ChangeSetPersister(this.em.getDriver(), this.identifierMap, this.metadata, this.em.config.getHydrator(this.em.getEntityFactory(), this.em));
   private working = false;
 
   constructor(private readonly em: EntityManager) { }
diff --git a/tests/issues/GH725.test.ts b/tests/issues/GH725.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43948c293302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/issues/GH725.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { EntitySchema, MikroORM, Type, ValidationError } from '@mikro-orm/core';
+import { AbstractSqlDriver, SchemaGenerator } from '@mikro-orm/knex';
+
+export class DateTime {
+
+  constructor(private readonly date: Date) { }
+
+  toDate() {
+    return this.date;
+  }
+
+  static fromString(d: string) {
+    return new DateTime(new Date(d));
+  }
+
+}
+
+type Maybe<T> = T | null | undefined;
+
+export type TimestampTypeOptions = {
+  hasTimeZone: boolean;
+};
+
+export class DateTimeType extends Type<Maybe<DateTime>, Maybe<Date>> {
+
+  convertToDatabaseValue(value: unknown): Maybe<Date> {
+    if (value === undefined || value === null || value instanceof Date) {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    if (value instanceof DateTime) {
+      return value.toDate();
+    }
+
+    throw ValidationError.invalidType(DateTimeType, value, 'JS');
+  }
+
+  convertToJSValue(value: unknown): Maybe<DateTime> {
+    if (value === undefined || value === null) {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    if (value instanceof Date) {
+      return new DateTime(value);
+    }
+
+    throw ValidationError.invalidType(DateTimeType, value, 'database');
+  }
+
+  getColumnType(): string {
+    return 'timestamptz';
+  }
+
+}
+
+export class Test {
+
+  id!: string;
+  createdAt!: DateTime;
+
+}
+
+export const TestSchema = new EntitySchema<Test>({
+  class: Test,
+  properties: {
+    id: {
+      primary: true,
+      type: String,
+      columnType: 'uuid',
+      defaultRaw: 'uuid_generate_v4()',
+    },
+    createdAt: {
+      defaultRaw: 'now()',
+      type: DateTimeType,
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+describe('GH issue 725', () => {
+
+  let orm: MikroORM<AbstractSqlDriver>;
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    orm = await MikroORM.init({
+      entities: [TestSchema],
+      dbName: `mikro_orm_test_gh_725`,
+      type: 'postgresql',
+    });
+    await orm.getSchemaGenerator().ensureDatabase();
+    await orm.getSchemaGenerator().execute('CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS "uuid-ossp"');
+    await new SchemaGenerator(orm.em).dropSchema();
+    await new SchemaGenerator(orm.em).createSchema();
+  });
+
+  afterAll(() => orm.close(true));
+
+  test('mapping values from returning statement to custom types', async () => {
+    const test = new Test();
+    orm.em.persist(test);
+    expect(test.id).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(test.createdAt).toBeUndefined();
+
+    await orm.em.flush();
+    expect(typeof test.id).toBe('string');
+    expect(test.id).toHaveLength(36);
+    expect(test.createdAt).toBeInstanceOf(DateTime);
+
+    test.createdAt = DateTime.fromString('2020-01-01T00:00:00Z');
+    await orm.em.flush();
+    orm.em.clear();
+
+    const t1 = await orm.em.findOneOrFail(Test, test);
+    expect(t1.createdAt).toBeInstanceOf(DateTime);
+    expect(t1.createdAt.toDate().toISOString()).toBe('2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z');
+  });
+
+});