diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProvider.java b/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProvider.java
index c5983b663..e053f228f 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProvider.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProvider.java
@@ -124,8 +124,26 @@ private Object getResourceId(Class<?> type, @Nullable Object reference) {
 
 	private @Nullable Object entityIdentifierOrNull(Object instance) {
 
-		return entities.getRequiredPersistentEntity(instance.getClass()) //
-				.getIdentifierAccessor(instance) //
-				.getIdentifier();
+		PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity = entities.getRequiredPersistentEntity(instance.getClass());
+
+		// First try the standard IdentifierAccessor path (works for simple @Id)
+		Object identifier = entity.getIdentifierAccessor(instance).getIdentifier();
+
+		if (identifier != null) {
+			return identifier;
+		}
+
+		// Fall back to reading the ID property directly via PersistentPropertyAccessor.
+		// This handles composite keys (@EmbeddedId / @IdClass) where the IdentifierAccessor
+		// may return null because the mapping layer cannot resolve the composite key through
+		// its standard path (e.g. when the key type contains non-primitive fields such as
+		// Joda-Time DateTime that are not registered in the mapping context).
+		PersistentProperty<?> idProperty = entity.getIdProperty();
+
+		if (idProperty == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return entity.getPropertyAccessor(instance).getProperty(idProperty);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProviderUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProviderUnitTests.java
index 6e1ca067b..577ff6fbc 100755
--- a/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProviderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/core/support/DefaultSelfLinkProviderUnitTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -30,8 +31,13 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.core.mapping.context.KeyValueMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.IdentifierAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.MappingException;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentPropertyAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentEntities;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.core.domain.Profile;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
@@ -129,4 +135,68 @@ void rejectsLinkCreationForUnknownEntity() {
 				.withMessageContaining(Object.class.getName()) //
 				.withMessageContaining("Couldn't find PersistentEntity for");
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATAREST-846
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	void fallsBackToIdPropertyAccessorWhenIdentifierAccessorReturnsNullForCompositeKey() {
+
+		// Simulate an entity whose IdentifierAccessor returns null (as happens with
+		// @EmbeddedId / @IdClass in Spring Data JPA when the mapping context cannot
+		// resolve the composite key via its standard path), but whose ID property
+		// is still readable via PersistentPropertyAccessor.
+		CompositeKey compositeKey = new CompositeKey(1L, "part2");
+
+		IdentifierAccessor identifierAccessor = mock(IdentifierAccessor.class);
+		when(identifierAccessor.getIdentifier()).thenReturn(null);
+
+		PersistentProperty idProperty = mock(PersistentProperty.class);
+
+		PersistentPropertyAccessor propertyAccessor = mock(PersistentPropertyAccessor.class);
+		when(propertyAccessor.getProperty(idProperty)).thenReturn(compositeKey);
+
+		PersistentEntity persistentEntity = mock(PersistentEntity.class);
+		when(persistentEntity.getIdentifierAccessor(any())).thenReturn(identifierAccessor);
+		when(persistentEntity.getIdProperty()).thenReturn(idProperty);
+		when(persistentEntity.getPropertyAccessor(any())).thenReturn(propertyAccessor);
+
+		PersistentEntities mockEntities = mock(PersistentEntities.class);
+		when(mockEntities.getRequiredPersistentEntity(CompositeKeyEntity.class)).thenReturn(persistentEntity);
+
+		SelfLinkProvider providerUnderTest = new DefaultSelfLinkProvider(mockEntities, entityLinks, lookups,
+				conversionService);
+
+		CompositeKeyEntity entity = new CompositeKeyEntity(compositeKey);
+		Link link = providerUnderTest.createSelfLinkFor(entity);
+
+		assertThat(link.getHref()).endsWith(compositeKey.toString());
+	}
+
+	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Helper types for the composite-key test
+	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	static class CompositeKey implements Serializable {
+
+		final Long part1;
+		final String part2;
+
+		CompositeKey(Long part1, String part2) {
+			this.part1 = part1;
+			this.part2 = part2;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return part1 + "_" + part2;
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class CompositeKeyEntity {
+
+		@Id CompositeKey id;
+
+		CompositeKeyEntity(CompositeKey id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+	}
 }