diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java
index 5003501027..0b2c160d48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/Querydsl.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Mark Paluch
  * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Marcus Voltolim
  */
 public class Querydsl {
 
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ private Expression<?> buildOrderPropertyPathFrom(Order order) {
 
 		while (path != null) {
 
-			sortPropertyExpression = !path.hasNext() && order.isIgnoreCase() //
+			sortPropertyExpression = !path.hasNext() && order.isIgnoreCase() && String.class == path.getType() //
 					? Expressions.stringPath((Path<?>) sortPropertyExpression, path.getSegment()).lower() //
 					: Expressions.path(path.getType(), (Path<?>) sortPropertyExpression, path.getSegment());
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslIntegrationTests.java
index 17bb9dafd0..0282a15dfe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/support/QuerydslIntegrationTests.java
@@ -32,11 +32,14 @@
 import com.querydsl.core.types.dsl.PathBuilder;
 import com.querydsl.jpa.JPQLQuery;
 
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
 /**
  * Integration tests for {@link Querydsl}.
  *
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Jens Schauder
+ * @author Marcus Voltolim
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration({ "classpath:infrastructure.xml" })
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ public class QuerydslIntegrationTests {
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
 
-		userPath = new PathBuilder<User>(User.class, "user");
+		userPath = new PathBuilder<>(User.class, "user");
 		querydsl = new Querydsl(em, userPath);
 		userQuery = querydsl.createQuery().select(userPath);
 	}
@@ -67,4 +70,17 @@ public void defaultOrderingShouldNotGenerateAnNullOrderingHint() {
 				.doesNotContain("nulls first") //
 				.doesNotContain("nulls last");
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATAJPA-1198; DATAJPA-1779
+	public void orderWithIgnoreCaseAddLowerOnlyStringType() {
+		// firstname (String); id (Integer); dateOfBirth (Date)
+		Sort.Order[] orders = Stream.of("firstname", "id", "dateOfBirth").map(name -> Sort.Order.asc(name).ignoreCase()).toArray(Sort.Order[]::new);
+		JPQLQuery<User> result = querydsl.applySorting(Sort.by(orders), userQuery);
+
+		assertThat(result).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(result.toString()) //
+				.startsWith("select user") //
+				.endsWith("order by lower(user.firstname) asc, user.id asc, user.dateOfBirth asc");
+	}
+
 }