diff --git a/src/Provider/Doctrine/FixtureFactory.php b/src/Provider/Doctrine/FixtureFactory.php
index 5a3c52a..330075c 100644
--- a/src/Provider/Doctrine/FixtureFactory.php
+++ b/src/Provider/Doctrine/FixtureFactory.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection;
 use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping;
 use Exception;
 
 /**
@@ -84,12 +85,17 @@ public function get($name, array $fieldOverrides = [])
             throw EntityDefinitionUnavailable::for($name);
         }
 
+        /** @var EntityDef $def */
         $def = $this->entityDefs[$name];
+
         $config = $def->getConfig();
 
         $this->checkFieldOverrides($def, $fieldOverrides);
 
-        $ent = $def->getEntityMetadata()->newInstance();
+        /** @var Mapping\ClassMetadata $entityMetadata */
+        $entityMetadata = $def->getEntityMetadata();
+
+        $ent = $entityMetadata->newInstance();
         $fieldValues = [];
         foreach ($def->getFieldDefs() as $fieldName => $fieldDef) {
             $fieldValues[$fieldName] = array_key_exists($fieldName, $fieldOverrides)
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ public function get($name, array $fieldOverrides = [])
             $config['afterCreate']($ent, $fieldValues);
         }
 
-        if ($this->persist) {
+        if ($this->persist && false === $entityMetadata->isEmbeddedClass) {
             $this->em->persist($ent);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/PersistingTest.php b/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/PersistingTest.php
index 01df511..fc406be 100644
--- a/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/PersistingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/PersistingTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 namespace FactoryGirl\Tests\Provider\Doctrine\Fixtures;
 
+use FactoryGirl\Provider\Doctrine\FieldDef;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping;
+
 class PersistingTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
@@ -35,4 +38,56 @@ public function doesNotPersistByDefault()
             ->getQuery();
         $this->assertEmpty($q->getResult());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function doesNotPersistEmbeddableWhenAutomaticPersistingIsTurnedOn()
+    {
+        $mappingClasses = [
+            Mapping\Embeddable::class,
+            Mapping\Embedded::class,
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($mappingClasses as $mappingClass) {
+            if (!class_exists($mappingClass)) {
+                $this->markTestSkipped('Doctrine Embeddable feature not available');
+            }
+        }
+
+        $this->factory->defineEntity('Name', [
+            'first' => FieldDef::sequence(static function () {
+                $values = [
+                    null,
+                    'Doe',
+                    'Smith',
+                ];
+
+                return $values[array_rand($values)];
+            }),
+            'last' => FieldDef::sequence(static function () {
+                $values = [
+                    null,
+                    'Jane',
+                    'John',
+                ];
+
+                return $values[array_rand($values)];
+            }),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->factory->defineEntity('Commander', [
+            'name' => FieldDef::reference('Name'),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->factory->persistOnGet();
+
+        /** @var TestEntity\Commander $commander */
+        $commander = $this->factory->get('Commander');
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(TestEntity\Commander::class, $commander);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(TestEntity\Name::class, $commander->name());
+
+        $this->em->flush();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/TestEntity/Commander.php b/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/TestEntity/Commander.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a48c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/TestEntity/Commander.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FactoryGirl\Tests\Provider\Doctrine\Fixtures\TestEntity;
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class Commander
+{
+    /**
+     * @Id()
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
+     * @Column(
+     *     name="id",
+     *     type="integer"
+     * )
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @Embedded(
+     *     class="FactoryGirl\Tests\Provider\Doctrine\Fixtures\TestEntity\Name",
+     *     columnPrefix=false
+     * )
+     *
+     * @var Name
+     */
+    private $name;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->name = new Name();
+    }
+
+    public function id(): string
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function name(): Name
+    {
+        return $this->name;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/TestEntity/Name.php b/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/TestEntity/Name.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f0ba89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Provider/Doctrine/Fixtures/TestEntity/Name.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FactoryGirl\Tests\Provider\Doctrine\Fixtures\TestEntity;
+
+/**
+ * @Embeddable
+ */
+final class Name
+{
+    /**
+     * @Column(
+     *     name="first_name",
+     *     type="string",
+     *     length=100,
+     *     nullable=true
+     * )
+     *
+     * @var string|null
+     */
+    private $first;
+
+    /**
+     * @Column(
+     *     name="last_name",
+     *     type="string",
+     *     length=100,
+     *     nullable=true
+     * )
+     *
+     * @var string|null
+     */
+    private $last;
+
+    public function first(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->first;
+    }
+
+    public function last(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->last;
+    }
+}