diff --git a/ORM/NullableEmbeddable/PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator.php b/ORM/NullableEmbeddable/PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28647d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ORM/NullableEmbeddable/PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddable;
+
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\Exception\NoSuchPropertyException;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessor as DefaultPropertyAccessor;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessorInterface;
+
+final class PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator implements NullatorInterface
+{
+    private $propertyAccessor;
+    private $closureNullator;
+
+    public function __construct(PropertyAccessorInterface $propertyAccessor, ClosureNullator $closureNullator)
+    {
+        $this->propertyAccessor = $propertyAccessor;
+        $this->closureNullator = $closureNullator;
+    }
+
+    public static function createWithDefault()
+    {
+        return new self(new DefaultPropertyAccessor(), new ClosureNullator());
+    }
+
+    public function setNull(&$object, $property)
+    {
+        try {
+            $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($object, $property, null);
+        } catch (NoSuchPropertyException $exception) {
+            $this->setNullByReflection($object, $property);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function setNullByReflection(&$object, $property)
+    {
+        $entity = clone $object;
+
+        $this->makePropertyPublic($object, $property);
+        $this->closureNullator->setNull($object, $property);
+
+        $object = $entity;
+    }
+
+    private function makePropertyPublic(&$object, $property)
+    {
+        $reflectionProperty = $this->getReflectionProperty($object, $property);
+
+        if (false !== strpos($property, '.')) {
+            $reflectionProperty = $this->getPropertyPathReflectionProperty($object, $property);
+        }
+
+        if (null === $reflectionProperty) {
+            throw new NoSuchPropertyException();
+        }
+
+        $reflectionProperty->setAccessible(true);
+        $reflectionProperty->setValue($object, null);
+    }
+
+    private function getPropertyPathReflectionProperty(&$object, $property)
+    {
+        $reflectionProperty = null;
+
+        $propertyPathProperties = explode('.', $property);
+        $numOfProperties = \count($propertyPathProperties);
+
+        foreach ($propertyPathProperties as $propertyIndex => $pathProperty) {
+            $reflectionProperty = $this->getReflectionProperty($object, $pathProperty);
+
+            if ($propertyIndex < $numOfProperties - 1) {
+                $object = $this->propertyAccessor->getValue($object, $pathProperty);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $reflectionProperty;
+    }
+
+    private function getReflectionProperty($object, $property)
+    {
+        if (false === \is_object($object)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $reflectionClass = (new \ReflectionClass(\get_class($object)));
+
+        while ($reflectionClass instanceof \ReflectionClass) {
+            if ($reflectionClass->hasProperty($property)) {
+                return $reflectionClass->getProperty($property);
+            }
+
+            $reflectionClass = $reflectionClass->getParentClass();
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ORM/NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory.php b/ORM/NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory.php
index 913a091..3bb46fb 100644
--- a/ORM/NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory.php
+++ b/ORM/NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddable\ClosureNullator;
 use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddable\PropertyAccessor;
+use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddable\PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator;
 
 final class NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory
 {
@@ -23,4 +24,12 @@ public static function createWithClosureNullator(): NullableEmbeddableListener
 
         return new NullableEmbeddableListener($evaluator, $nullator);
     }
+
+    public static function createWithPropertyAccessorReflectionNullator(): NullableEmbeddableListener
+    {
+        $evaluator = PropertyAccessor::createWithDefault();
+        $nullator = PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator::createWithDefault();
+
+        return new NullableEmbeddableListener($evaluator, $nullator);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/NullableEmbeddable/PropertyAccessorReflectionNullatorTest.php b/Tests/NullableEmbeddable/PropertyAccessorReflectionNullatorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..305238e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/NullableEmbeddable/PropertyAccessorReflectionNullatorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tarifhaus\Doctrine\Tests\NullableEmbeddable;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory;
+use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddableListener;
+use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\Tests\EntityWithoutSetter;
+use Tarifhaus\Doctrine\Tests\TopLevelEntityWithoutSetter;
+use Tarifhaus\Tests\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddable;
+
+/**
+ * @covers \Tarifhaus\Doctrine\ORM\NullableEmbeddable\PropertyAccessorReflectionNullator
+ */
+final class PropertyAccessorReflectionNullatorTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var NullableEmbeddableListener
+     */
+    private $listener;
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->listener = NullableEmbeddableListenerFactory::createWithPropertyAccessorReflectionNullator();
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_nullates_without_using_setter()
+    {
+        $embeddable = new NullableEmbeddable(true);
+        $object = new EntityWithoutSetter($embeddable);
+
+        $this->listener->addMapping(get_class($object), 'property');
+        $this->listener->postLoad($object);
+
+        static::assertNull($object->getProperty());
+    }
+
+    public function test_it_nullates_nested_embeddables_without_using_setter()
+    {
+        $embeddable = new NullableEmbeddable(true);
+        $childEntity = new EntityWithoutSetter($embeddable);
+        $entity = new TopLevelEntityWithoutSetter($childEntity);
+
+        $this->listener->addMapping(get_class($entity), 'childEntity.property');
+        $this->listener->postLoad($entity);
+
+        static::assertNull($entity->getChildEntity()->getProperty());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/TopLevelEntityWithoutSetter.php b/Tests/TopLevelEntityWithoutSetter.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b0a8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/TopLevelEntityWithoutSetter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tarifhaus\Doctrine\Tests;
+
+final class TopLevelEntityWithoutSetter
+{
+    private $childEntity;
+
+    public function __construct(EntityWithoutSetter $childEntity)
+    {
+        $this->childEntity = $childEntity;
+    }
+
+    public function getChildEntity()
+    {
+        return $this->childEntity;
+    }
+}