diff --git a/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Commands/AddToBucketCommand.cs b/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Commands/AddToBucketCommand.cs
index 67168c73..1498aada 100644
--- a/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Commands/AddToBucketCommand.cs
+++ b/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Commands/AddToBucketCommand.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public IEnumerable<WriteModel<EntityBucket<TGroup, TSubEntity>>> GetModel(WriteM
 				.Min(b => b.Min, itemTimeValue)
 				.Max(b => b.Max, itemTimeValue)
 				.SetOnInsert(b => b.BucketSize, BucketSize)
-				.SetOnInsert(b => b.Id, entityDefinition.Key.KeyGenerator.Generate());
+				.SetOnInsert(b => b.Id, entityDefinition.FindNearestKey().KeyGenerator.Generate());
 
 			yield return new UpdateOneModel<EntityBucket<TGroup, TSubEntity>>(filter, updateDefinition)
 			{
diff --git a/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Mapping/EntityDefinitionExtensions.cs b/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Mapping/EntityDefinitionExtensions.cs
index 650c508b..f39eb9c3 100644
--- a/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Mapping/EntityDefinitionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/MongoFramework/Infrastructure/Mapping/EntityDefinitionExtensions.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,24 @@ namespace MongoFramework.Infrastructure.Mapping
 {
 	public static class EntityDefinitionExtensions
 	{
-		public static PropertyDefinition GetIdProperty(this EntityDefinition definition)
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Finds the nearest <see cref="KeyDefinition"/> from <paramref name="definition"/>, recursively searching the base <see cref="EntityDefinition"/> if one exists.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="definition">The <see cref="EntityDefinition"/> to start the search from.</param>
+		/// <returns>The key definition; otherwise <see langword="null"/> if one can not be found.</returns>
+		public static KeyDefinition FindNearestKey(this EntityDefinition definition)
 		{
 			if (definition.Key is null)
 			{
-				return EntityMapping.GetOrCreateDefinition(definition.EntityType.BaseType).GetIdProperty();
+				return EntityMapping.GetOrCreateDefinition(definition.EntityType.BaseType).FindNearestKey();
 			}
 
-			return definition.Key?.Property;
+			return definition.Key;
+		}
+
+		public static PropertyDefinition GetIdProperty(this EntityDefinition definition)
+		{
+			return definition.FindNearestKey()?.Property;
 		}
 
 		public static string GetIdName(this EntityDefinition definition)
diff --git a/src/MongoFramework/Linq/LinqExtensions.cs b/src/MongoFramework/Linq/LinqExtensions.cs
index 52f94b76..549c0b0d 100644
--- a/src/MongoFramework/Linq/LinqExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/MongoFramework/Linq/LinqExtensions.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ public static string ToQuery(this IQueryable queryable)
 
 		public static IQueryable<TEntity> WhereIdMatches<TEntity>(this IQueryable<TEntity> queryable, IEnumerable entityIds) where TEntity : class
 		{
-			var idProperty = EntityMapping.GetOrCreateDefinition(typeof(TEntity)).Key.Property;
+			var idProperty = EntityMapping.GetOrCreateDefinition(typeof(TEntity)).GetIdProperty()
+				?? throw new ArgumentException($"No Id property was found on entity type {typeof(TEntity)} or any base types");
 			return queryable.WherePropertyMatches(idProperty, entityIds);
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/MongoFramework.Tests/Linq/LinqExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/MongoFramework.Tests/Linq/LinqExtensionsTests.cs
index 012a6cc3..b3d716b0 100644
--- a/tests/MongoFramework.Tests/Linq/LinqExtensionsTests.cs
+++ b/tests/MongoFramework.Tests/Linq/LinqExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ public class LinqExtensionsModel
 		{
 			public string Id { get; set; }
 		}
+		public class WhereIdMatchesInheritanceBaseModel
+		{
+			public string Id { get; set; }
+		}
+		public class WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel : WhereIdMatchesInheritanceBaseModel
+		{
+			public string Description { get; set; }
+		}
 		public class WhereIdMatchesGuidModel
 		{
 			public Guid Id { get; set; }
@@ -70,6 +78,34 @@ public void InvalidToQuery()
 			LinqExtensions.ToQuery(null);
 		}
 
+		[TestMethod]
+		public void WhereIdMatches_BaseTypeWithId()
+		{
+			var connection = TestConfiguration.GetConnection();
+			var context = new MongoDbContext(connection);
+			var dbSet = new MongoDbSet<WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel>(context);
+
+			var entityCollection = new[]
+			{
+				new WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel { Description = "1" },
+				new WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel { Description = "2" },
+				new WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel { Description = "3" },
+				new WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel { Description = "4" }
+			};
+			dbSet.AddRange(entityCollection);
+			context.SaveChanges();
+
+			var provider = new MongoFrameworkQueryProvider<WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel>(connection);
+			var queryable = new MongoFrameworkQueryable<WhereIdMatchesInheritanceDerivedModel>(provider);
+
+			var entityIds = entityCollection.Select(e => e.Id).Take(2);
+
+			var idMatchQueryable = LinqExtensions.WhereIdMatches(queryable, entityIds);
+
+			Assert.AreEqual(2, idMatchQueryable.Count());
+			Assert.IsTrue(idMatchQueryable.ToList().All(e => entityIds.Contains(e.Id)));
+		}
+
 		[TestMethod]
 		public void WhereIdMatchesGuids()
 		{