diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/ComponentPartTester.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/ComponentPartTester.cs
index 14567a1d2..34130ac6e 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/ComponentPartTester.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/ComponentPartTester.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using NUnit.Framework;
+using System;
+using FluentNHibernate.MappingModel;
+using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace FluentNHibernate.Testing.DomainModel.Mapping;
 
@@ -103,6 +105,34 @@ public void ComponentSetsClass()
             .ForMapping(m =>
                 m.Component(x => x.Component, c => c.Map(x => x.Name)))
             .Element("class/component").HasAttribute("class", typeof(ComponentTarget).AssemblyQualifiedName);                
-    }        
+    }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void ComponentCanSetTuplizer()
+    {
+        Type tuplizerType = typeof(NHibernate.Tuple.Entity.PocoEntityTuplizer);
+        new MappingTester<PropertyTarget>()
+            .ForMapping(m =>
+                m.Component(x => x.Component, c => c.Tuplizer(TuplizerMode.Poco, tuplizerType)))
+            .Element("class/component/tuplizer")
+            .HasAttribute("class", tuplizerType.AssemblyQualifiedName)
+            .HasAttribute("entity-mode", nameof(TuplizerMode.Poco).ToLower());
+    }
+    
+    [Test]
+    public void ComponentCanSetTuplizerInCorrectOrderRegardlessOfDeclaration()
+    {
+        Type tuplizerType = typeof(NHibernate.Tuple.Entity.PocoEntityTuplizer);
+        new MappingTester<PropertyTarget>()
+            .ForMapping(m =>
+                m.Component(x => x.Component, c =>
+                {
+                    c.Map(x => x.Name);
+                    c.ParentReference(x => x.MyParent);
+                    c.Tuplizer(TuplizerMode.Poco, tuplizerType);
+                }))
+            .Element("class/component/tuplizer").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(0)
+            .Element("class/component/parent").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(1)
+            .Element("class/component/property").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(2);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/MappingTester.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/MappingTester.cs
index 7c2878f50..9caebece9 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/MappingTester.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/MappingTester.cs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public virtual MappingTester<T> ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(int elementPosition)
         else
         {
             XmlElement elementAtPosition = (XmlElement)currentElement.ParentNode.ChildNodes.Item(elementPosition);
-            Assert.That(elementAtPosition, Is.EqualTo(currentElement), $"Expected '{currentElement.Name}' but was '{elementAtPosition.Name}'");
+            Assert.That(elementAtPosition, Is.SameAs(currentElement), $"Expected '{currentElement.Name}' but was '{elementAtPosition.Name}'");
         }
 
         return this;
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/SubClassTester.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/SubClassTester.cs
index d378d2287..604cb12ed 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/SubClassTester.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/SubClassTester.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+using System;
 using FluentNHibernate.Conventions;
 using FluentNHibernate.Conventions.Instances;
 using FluentNHibernate.Mapping;
+using FluentNHibernate.MappingModel;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace FluentNHibernate.Testing.DomainModel.Mapping;
@@ -590,7 +592,28 @@ public void SubSubclassOneToManyReferenceHasConventionApplied()
             .HasAttribute("foreign-key", "test_fk");
 
     }
-
+    
+    [Test]
+    public void SubclassCanSetTuplizerInCorrectOrder()
+    {
+        Type tuplizerType = typeof(NHibernate.Tuple.Entity.PocoEntityTuplizer);
+        new MappingTester<MappedObject>()
+            .SubClassMapping<MappedObjectSubclass>(m =>
+            {
+                m.Map(x => x.SubclassProperty);
+                m.Tuplizer(TuplizerMode.Poco, tuplizerType);
+                m.DiscriminatorValue("test");
+            })
+            .ForMapping(m =>
+            {
+                m.DiscriminateSubClassesOnColumn("test_column");
+                m.Id(x => x.Id);
+                m.Tuplizer(TuplizerMode.Poco, tuplizerType);
+            })
+            .Element("class/subclass/tuplizer").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(0)
+            .Element("class/tuplizer").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(0);
+    }
+    
     public class TestPropertyConvention : IPropertyConvention
     {
         public void Apply(IPropertyInstance instance)
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/UnionSubclassTester.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/UnionSubclassTester.cs
index e5987293d..efb0e6efb 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/UnionSubclassTester.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate.Testing/DomainModel/Mapping/UnionSubclassTester.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using System;
+using FluentNHibernate.MappingModel;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace FluentNHibernate.Testing.DomainModel.Mapping;
@@ -44,4 +46,24 @@ public void ShouldAllowEntityNameToBeSetOnUnionSubclasses()
             }).Element("class/union-subclass")
             .HasAttribute("entity-name", "name");
     }
+    
+    [Test]
+    public void SubclassCanSetTuplizerInCorrectOrder()
+    {
+        Type tuplizerType = typeof(NHibernate.Tuple.Entity.PocoEntityTuplizer);
+        new MappingTester<MappedObject>()
+            .SubClassMapping<MappedObjectSubclass>(m =>
+            {
+                m.Map(x => x.SubclassProperty);
+                m.Tuplizer(TuplizerMode.Poco, tuplizerType);
+            })
+            .ForMapping(m =>
+            {
+                m.UseUnionSubclassForInheritanceMapping();
+                m.Id(x => x.Id);
+                m.Tuplizer(TuplizerMode.Poco, tuplizerType);
+            })
+            .Element("class/union-subclass/tuplizer").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(0)
+            .Element("class/tuplizer").Exists().ShouldBeInParentAtPosition(0);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClassMap.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClassMap.cs
index 0e1991659..7d86203d3 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClassMap.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClassMap.cs
@@ -583,17 +583,8 @@ public ClassMap<T> ApplyFilter(string name)
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="mode">Tuplizer entity-mode</param>
     /// <param name="tuplizerType">Tuplizer type</param>
-    public TuplizerPart Tuplizer(TuplizerMode mode, Type tuplizerType)
-    {
-        providers.TuplizerMapping = new TuplizerMapping();
-        providers.TuplizerMapping.Set(x => x.Mode, Layer.UserSupplied, mode);
-        providers.TuplizerMapping.Set(x => x.Type, Layer.UserSupplied, new TypeReference(tuplizerType));
-
-        return new TuplizerPart(providers.TuplizerMapping)
-            .Type(tuplizerType)
-            .Mode(mode);
-    }
-
+    public TuplizerPart Tuplizer(TuplizerMode mode, Type tuplizerType) => CreateTuplizerPart(mode, tuplizerType);
+    
     ClassMapping IMappingProvider.GetClassMapping()
     {
         var mapping = new ClassMapping(attributes.Clone());
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClasslikeMapBase.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClasslikeMapBase.cs
index 4f9b87065..812016fa7 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClasslikeMapBase.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ClasslikeMapBase.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using FluentNHibernate.Mapping.Providers;
+using FluentNHibernate.MappingModel;
 using FluentNHibernate.Utils;
 
 namespace FluentNHibernate.Mapping;
@@ -438,6 +439,17 @@ protected StoredProcedurePart StoredProcedure(string element, string innerText)
         providers.StoredProcedures.Add(part);
         return part;
     }
+    
+    protected TuplizerPart CreateTuplizerPart(TuplizerMode mode, Type tuplizerType)
+    {
+        providers.TuplizerMapping = new TuplizerMapping();
+        providers.TuplizerMapping.Set(x => x.Mode, Layer.UserSupplied, mode);
+        providers.TuplizerMapping.Set(x => x.Type, Layer.UserSupplied, new TypeReference(tuplizerType));
+
+        return new TuplizerPart(providers.TuplizerMapping)
+            .Type(tuplizerType)
+            .Mode(mode);
+    }
 
     internal IEnumerable<IPropertyMappingProvider> Properties => providers.Properties;
 
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPart.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPart.cs
index ba95ab242..e46482e01 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPart.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPart.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ public ComponentPart<T> LazyLoad()
         nextBool = true;
         return this;
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the tuplizer for this component. The tuplizer defines how to transform
+    /// a Property-Value to its persistent representation, and viceversa a Column-Value
+    /// to its in-memory representation, and the EntityMode defines which tuplizer is in use.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="mode">Tuplizer entity-mode</param>
+    /// <param name="tuplizerType">Tuplizer type</param>
+    public TuplizerPart Tuplizer(TuplizerMode mode, Type tuplizerType) => CreateTuplizerPart(mode, tuplizerType);
 
     IComponentMapping IComponentMappingProvider.GetComponentMapping()
     {
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPartBase.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPartBase.cs
index 95efcde5b..5ece64ee6 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPartBase.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/ComponentPartBase.cs
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ protected ComponentMapping CreateComponentMapping()
         if (member is not null)
             mapping.Set(x => x.Name, Layer.Defaults, member.Name);
 
+        mapping.Set(x => x.Tuplizer, Layer.UserSupplied, providers.TuplizerMapping);
+
         foreach (var property in providers.Properties)
             mapping.AddProperty(property.GetPropertyMapping());
 
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubClassPart.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubClassPart.cs
index f641fa43e..4bc8ad060 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubClassPart.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubClassPart.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 using FluentNHibernate.Mapping.Providers;
 using FluentNHibernate.MappingModel;
 using FluentNHibernate.MappingModel.ClassBased;
-using FluentNHibernate.Utils;
 
 namespace FluentNHibernate.Mapping;
 
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubclassMap.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubclassMap.cs
index 0e279b554..94dff86f7 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubclassMap.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/Mapping/SubclassMap.cs
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@ public void Extends(Type type)
     {
         attributes.Set("Extends", Layer.UserSupplied, type);
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the tuplizer for this entity. The tuplizer defines how to transform
+    /// a Property-Value to its persistent representation, and viceversa a Column-Value
+    /// to its in-memory representation, and the EntityMode defines which tuplizer is in use.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="mode">Tuplizer entity-mode</param>
+    /// <param name="tuplizerType">Tuplizer type</param>
+    public TuplizerPart Tuplizer(TuplizerMode mode, Type tuplizerType) => CreateTuplizerPart(mode, tuplizerType);
 
     SubclassMapping IIndeterminateSubclassMappingProvider.GetSubclassMapping(SubclassType type)
     {
@@ -330,6 +339,9 @@ SubclassMapping IIndeterminateSubclassMappingProvider.GetSubclassMapping(Subclas
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.StoredProcedure:
                     mapping.AddStoredProcedure(((IStoredProcedureMappingProvider)mappingProviderObj).GetStoredProcedureMapping());
                     break;
+                case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Tupilizer:
+                    mapping.Set(y => y.Tuplizer, Layer.Defaults, (TuplizerMapping)mappingProviderObj);
+                    break;
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Subclass:
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Filter:
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Join:
@@ -338,7 +350,6 @@ SubclassMapping IIndeterminateSubclassMappingProvider.GetSubclassMapping(Subclas
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.NaturalId:
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Version:
                 case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Discriminator:
-                case MappingProviderStore.ProviderType.Tupilizer:
                 default:
                     throw new Exception("Internal Error");
             }
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/ComponentMapping.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/ComponentMapping.cs
index dabdf523f..7048493c9 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/ComponentMapping.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/ComponentMapping.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ public override void AcceptVisitor(IMappingModelVisitor visitor)
     {
         visitor.ProcessComponent(this);
 
+        if (Tuplizer is not null)
+            visitor.Visit(Tuplizer);
+        
         base.AcceptVisitor(visitor);
     }
 
@@ -39,6 +42,8 @@ public override void AcceptVisitor(IMappingModelVisitor visitor)
     public TypeReference Class => attributes.GetOrDefault<TypeReference>();
 
     public bool Lazy => attributes.GetOrDefault<bool>();
+    
+    public TuplizerMapping Tuplizer => attributes.GetOrDefault<TuplizerMapping>();
 
     public bool Equals(ComponentMapping other)
     {
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/SubclassMapping.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/SubclassMapping.cs
index b453691c1..ebeec9d7e 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/SubclassMapping.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/ClassBased/SubclassMapping.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ public override void AcceptVisitor(IMappingModelVisitor visitor)
     {
         visitor.ProcessSubclass(this);
 
+        if (Tuplizer is not null)
+            visitor.Visit(Tuplizer);
+        
         if (SubclassType == SubclassType.JoinedSubclass && Key is not null)
             visitor.Visit(Key);
 
@@ -66,6 +69,8 @@ public override void AcceptVisitor(IMappingModelVisitor visitor)
     public TypeReference Persister => attributes.GetOrDefault<TypeReference>();
 
     public int BatchSize => attributes.GetOrDefault<int>();
+    
+    public TuplizerMapping Tuplizer => attributes.GetOrDefault<TuplizerMapping>();
 
     public void OverrideAttributes(AttributeStore store)
     {
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/BaseXmlComponentWriter.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/BaseXmlComponentWriter.cs
index 9f86bc6f8..d292c3ee3 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/BaseXmlComponentWriter.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/BaseXmlComponentWriter.cs
@@ -47,4 +47,12 @@ public override void Visit(ParentMapping parentMapping)
 
         document.ImportAndAppendChild(parentXml);
     }
+    
+    public override void Visit(TuplizerMapping mapping)
+    {
+        var writer = serviceLocator.GetWriter<TuplizerMapping>();
+        var filterXml = writer.Write(mapping);
+
+        document.ImportAndAppendChild(filterXml);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/XmlSubclassWriter.cs b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/XmlSubclassWriter.cs
index 538b65eef..f40382894 100644
--- a/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/XmlSubclassWriter.cs
+++ b/src/FluentNHibernate/MappingModel/Output/XmlSubclassWriter.cs
@@ -104,4 +104,12 @@ public override void Visit(JoinMapping joinMapping)
 
         document.ImportAndAppendChild(xml);
     }
+    
+    public override void Visit(TuplizerMapping mapping)
+    {
+        var writer = serviceLocator.GetWriter<TuplizerMapping>();
+        var filterXml = writer.Write(mapping);
+
+        document.ImportAndAppendChild(filterXml);
+    }
 }