diff --git a/lib/connector.js b/lib/connector.js
index 09d20ea..e5ed811 100644
--- a/lib/connector.js
+++ b/lib/connector.js
@@ -135,8 +135,40 @@ Connector.prototype.getConnectorSpecificSettings = function(modelName) {
  * @returns {Object} Property definition
  */
 Connector.prototype.getPropertyDefinition = function(modelName, propName) {
-  var model = this.getModelDefinition(modelName);
-  return model && model.properties[propName];
+  const model = this.getModelDefinition(modelName);
+  return Connector.getNestedPropertyDefinition(
+    model.model.definition,
+    propName.split('.')
+  );
+};
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to get nested property definition
+ * @param {Object} definition Model name
+ * @param {Array} propPath
+ * @returns {Object} Property definition
+ */
+Connector.getNestedPropertyDefinition = function(definition, propPath) {
+  const properties = definition.properties || {};
+  const prop = properties[propPath[0]];
+  const isPropUndefined = typeof prop === 'undefined';
+  const isArray = !isPropUndefined && Array.isArray(prop.type);
+  const isFunction = !isPropUndefined && !isArray && typeof prop.type === 'function';
+
+  if (isPropUndefined || (propPath.length > 1 && (isArray && prop.type.length === 0))) {
+    throw new Error(g.f('Invalid property path'));
+  }
+
+  if (propPath.length === 1) return prop;
+
+  const nextDefinition =
+    (isArray && prop.type[0].definition) ||
+    (isFunction && prop.type.definition);
+
+  return Connector.getNestedPropertyDefinition(
+    nextDefinition,
+    propPath.slice(1)
+  );
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/connector.test.js b/test/connector.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc5985c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/connector.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2016. All Rights Reserved.
+// Node module: loopback-connector
+// This file is licensed under the MIT License.
+// License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+'use strict';
+
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+const {ModelBuilder} = require('loopback-datasource-juggler');
+const Connector = require('../lib/connector');
+
+describe('Connector', () => {
+  describe('getPropertyDefinition()', () => {
+    let connector, builder;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      connector = new Connector('MyConnector');
+      builder = new ModelBuilder();
+
+      const MyModel = builder.define('MyModel', {
+        firstname: String,
+        phoneList: [
+          {
+            number: Number,
+            label: {
+              title: String,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+        address: {
+          line1: String,
+        },
+        someProp: {
+          innerArray: [
+            {
+              date: Date,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+
+      connector.define({
+        model: MyModel,
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('supports retrieving first level properties definitions', () => {
+      const propDefinition1 = connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+        'MyModel',
+        'phoneList'
+      );
+
+      expect(propDefinition1.type).to.be.an('array');
+
+      const propDefinition2 = connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+        'MyModel',
+        'firstname'
+      );
+
+      expect(propDefinition2.type).to.be.equal(String);
+    });
+
+    it('supports first level nested array property definitions', () => {
+      const propDefinition = connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+        'MyModel',
+        'phoneList.number'
+      );
+
+      expect(propDefinition.type).to.equal(Number);
+    });
+
+    it('supports second level nested array property definitions', () => {
+      const propDefinition = connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+        'MyModel',
+        'phoneList.label.title'
+      );
+
+      expect(propDefinition.type).to.equal(String);
+    });
+
+    it('supports nested property definitions on objects', () => {
+      const propDefinition = connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+        'MyModel',
+        'address.line1'
+      );
+
+      expect(propDefinition.type).to.equal(String);
+    });
+
+    it('supports nested property definitions on array within object', () => {
+      const propDefinition = connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+        'MyModel',
+        'someProp.innerArray.date'
+      );
+
+      expect(propDefinition.type).to.equal(Date);
+    });
+
+    it('should fail for non-existing properties', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        connector.getPropertyDefinition(
+          'MyModel',
+          'non.existing.property'
+        )).to.throw(/Invalid property path/);
+    });
+  });
+});