diff --git a/rsql-jpa/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPAPredicateConverter.java b/rsql-jpa/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPAPredicateConverter.java
index 6b587f96..d1dc13ee 100644
--- a/rsql-jpa/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPAPredicateConverter.java
+++ b/rsql-jpa/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPAPredicateConverter.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ RSQLJPAContext findPropertyPath(String propertyPath, Path startRoot) {
 						classMetadata = getManagedElementCollectionType(mappedProperty, classMetadata);
 						String keyJoin = getKeyJoin(root, mappedProperty);
 						log.debug("Create a element collection join between [{}] and [{}] using key [{}]", previousClass, classMetadata.getJavaType().getName(), keyJoin);
-						root = join(keyJoin, root, mappedProperty);
+						root = join(keyJoin, root, mappedProperty, joinHints.get(keyJoin));
 					} else {
 						log.debug("Create property path for type [{}] property [{}]", classMetadata.getJavaType().getName(), mappedProperty);
 						root = root.get(mappedProperty);
diff --git a/rsql-jpa/src/test/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPASupportTest.java b/rsql-jpa/src/test/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPASupportTest.java
index 59f8d21f..72bc1a81 100644
--- a/rsql-jpa/src/test/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPASupportTest.java
+++ b/rsql-jpa/src/test/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLJPASupportTest.java
@@ -183,6 +183,26 @@ public final void testElementCollection2() {
 		assertThat(rsql, count, is(4l));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public final void testElementCollection1WithJoinHints() {
+		final Map<String, JoinType> joinHints = new HashMap<String, JoinType>(){{put("Company.tags", JoinType.LEFT);}};
+		final String rsql = "tags!=tech,tags=na=''";
+		final List<Company> companies = companyRepository.findAll(toSpecification(rsql, null, joinHints));
+		final long count = companies.size();
+		log.info("rsql: {} -> count: {}", rsql, count);
+		assertThat(rsql, count, is(4L));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public final void testElementCollection2WithJoinHints() {
+		final Map<String, JoinType> joinHints = new HashMap<String, JoinType>(){{put("Company.bigTags", JoinType.LEFT);}};
+		final String rsql = "bigTags.tag!=tech,bigTags.tag=na=''";
+		final List<Company> companies = companyRepository.findAll(toSpecification(rsql, null, joinHints));
+		final long count = companies.size();
+		log.info("rsql: {} -> count: {}", rsql, count);
+		assertThat(rsql, count, is(4L));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public final void testToComplexMultiValueMap() {
 		String rsql = "sites.trunks.id==2,id=na=2,company.id=='2',id=na=3,name==''";