diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/EntityGenerator.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/EntityGenerator.php
index 918e4162b..b4047da96 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/EntityGenerator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/EntityGenerator.php
@@ -875,15 +875,13 @@ public function __construct()
                 }
             }
 
-            if ($metadata->isMappedSuperclass) {
-                $lines[] = ' * @' . $this->annotationsPrefix . 'MappedSuperClass';
-            } else {
-                $lines[] = ' * @' . $this->annotationsPrefix . 'Entity';
-            }
+            $customRepository = $metadata->customRepositoryClassName
+                ? '(repositoryClass="' . $metadata->customRepositoryClassName . '")'
+                : '';
 
-            if ($metadata->customRepositoryClassName) {
-                $lines[count($lines) - 1] .= '(repositoryClass="' . $metadata->customRepositoryClassName . '")';
-            }
+            $lines[] = ' * @' . $this->annotationsPrefix
+                . ($metadata->isMappedSuperclass ? 'MappedSuperclass' : 'Entity')
+                . $customRepository;
 
             if (isset($metadata->lifecycleCallbacks) && $metadata->lifecycleCallbacks) {
                 $lines[] = ' * @' . $this->annotationsPrefix . 'HasLifecycleCallbacks';
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/EntityGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/EntityGeneratorTest.php
index 1a41dee83..172213dab 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/EntityGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/EntityGeneratorTest.php
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools;
 
-use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\SchemaTool;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\EntityGenerator;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Export\ClassMetadataExporter;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataInfo;
+use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
+use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\RuntimeReflectionService;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory;
-use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC2372\DDC2372User;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataInfo;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\EntityGenerator;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC2372\DDC2372Admin;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC2372\DDC2372User;
+use Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase;
 
-class EntityGeneratorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
+class EntityGeneratorTest extends OrmTestCase
 {
 
     /**
@@ -245,8 +248,8 @@ class EntityGeneratorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
 
         $book = $this->newInstance($metadata);
 
-        $cm = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata($metadata->name);
-        $cm->initializeReflection(new \Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\RuntimeReflectionService);
+        $cm = new ClassMetadata($metadata->name);
+        $cm->initializeReflection(new RuntimeReflectionService);
 
         $driver = $this->createAnnotationDriver();
         $driver->loadMetadataForClass($cm->name, $cm);
@@ -266,13 +269,13 @@ class EntityGeneratorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
         $this->_generator->setAnnotationPrefix('ORM\\');
         $metadata = $this->generateBookEntityFixture();
 
-        $reader = new \Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader();
-        $driver = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\Driver\AnnotationDriver($reader, array());
+        $reader = new AnnotationReader();
+        $driver = new AnnotationDriver($reader, array());
 
         $book = $this->newInstance($metadata);
 
-        $cm = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata($metadata->name);
-        $cm->initializeReflection(new \Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\RuntimeReflectionService);
+        $cm = new ClassMetadata($metadata->name);
+        $cm->initializeReflection(new RuntimeReflectionService);
 
         $driver->loadMetadataForClass($cm->name, $cm);
 
@@ -284,6 +287,28 @@ class EntityGeneratorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
         $this->assertEquals($cm->customRepositoryClassName, $metadata->customRepositoryClassName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group DDC-3272
+     */
+    public function testMappedSuperclassAnnotationGeneration()
+    {
+        $metadata                     = new ClassMetadataInfo($this->_namespace . '\EntityGeneratorBook');
+        $metadata->namespace          = $this->_namespace;
+        $metadata->isMappedSuperclass = true;
+
+        $this->_generator->setAnnotationPrefix('ORM\\');
+        $this->_generator->writeEntityClass($metadata, $this->_tmpDir);
+        $this->newInstance($metadata); // force instantiation (causes autoloading to kick in)
+
+        $driver = new AnnotationDriver(new AnnotationReader(), array());
+        $cm     = new ClassMetadata($metadata->name);
+
+        $cm->initializeReflection(new RuntimeReflectionService);
+        $driver->loadMetadataForClass($cm->name, $cm);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($cm->isMappedSuperclass);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider getParseTokensInEntityFileData
      */