diff --git a/src/main/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/EnableDynamoDBRepositories.java b/src/main/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/EnableDynamoDBRepositories.java
index f226c4cd..92967d66 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/EnableDynamoDBRepositories.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/EnableDynamoDBRepositories.java
@@ -180,4 +180,10 @@
 	 *         bean name
 	 */
 	String mappingContextRef() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures whether nested repository-interfaces (e.g. defined as inner classes) should be discovered by the
+	 * repositories infrastructure.
+	 */
+	boolean considerNestedRepositories() default false;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/domain/sample/NestedRepostioryDocument.java b/src/test/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/domain/sample/NestedRepostioryDocument.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4625dc29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/domain/sample/NestedRepostioryDocument.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2018 spring-data-dynamodb (https://github.com/boostchicken/spring-data-dynamodb)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.socialsignin.spring.data.dynamodb.domain.sample;
+
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.datamodeling.DynamoDBAttribute;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.datamodeling.DynamoDBHashKey;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.datamodeling.DynamoDBTable;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+
+@DynamoDBTable(tableName = "nested_repo_test")
+public class NestedRepostioryDocument {
+    @DynamoDBHashKey
+    public String hashKey;
+
+    @DynamoDBAttribute
+    public String someData;
+
+    public NestedRepostioryDocument() {
+    }
+
+    public String getHashKey() { return hashKey; }
+    public void setHashKey(String hashKey) {this.hashKey = hashKey; }
+
+    public String getSomeData() {return someData; }
+    public void setSomeData(String someData) { this.someData = someData; }
+
+    public interface Repository extends CrudRepository<NestedRepostioryDocument, String> {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/ConsiderNestingRepositoriesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/ConsiderNestingRepositoriesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3158ec8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/socialsignin/spring/data/dynamodb/repository/config/ConsiderNestingRepositoriesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2018 spring-data-dynamodb (https://github.com/boostchicken/spring-data-dynamodb)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.socialsignin.spring.data.dynamodb.repository.config;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.socialsignin.spring.data.dynamodb.domain.sample.NestedRepostioryDocument;
+import org.socialsignin.spring.data.dynamodb.utils.DynamoDBLocalResource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = {DynamoDBLocalResource.class, ConsiderNestingRepositoriesTest.TestAppConfig.class})
+@TestPropertySource(properties = {"spring.data.dynamodb.entity2ddl.auto=create"})
+public class ConsiderNestingRepositoriesTest {
+
+    @Configuration
+    @EnableDynamoDBRepositories(basePackages = "org.socialsignin.spring.data.dynamodb.domain.sample", considerNestedRepositories = true)
+    public static class TestAppConfig {
+    }
+
+    @Autowired
+    private NestedRepostioryDocument.Repository repostitory;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNestedRepositoriesAreSupported() {
+        // make any call to the repository to make sure it is working
+        assertEquals(repostitory.findById("someId"), Optional.empty());
+    }
+}