diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java
index 26610a0b1..54b1532ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/dbutils/BeanProcessor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.dbutils.annotations.Column;
 
 import java.beans.BeanInfo;
+import java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor;
 import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
 import java.beans.Introspector;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
@@ -262,7 +263,12 @@ private <T> T populateBean(final ResultSet rs, final T bean,
             }
 
             final PropertyDescriptor prop = props[columnToProperty[i]];
-            final Class<?> propType = prop.getPropertyType();
+            Class<?> propType;
+            if (prop instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
+                propType = ((IndexedPropertyDescriptor) prop).getIndexedPropertyType();
+            } else {
+                propType = prop.getPropertyType();
+            }
 
             Object value = null;
             if (propType != null) {