diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Field.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Field.java
index 5566f4a4c8..fbe1c0fb99 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Field.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Field.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Mark Paluch
  * @author Owen Q
+ * @author Kirill Egorov
  */
 public class Field {
 
@@ -124,6 +126,17 @@ public Field projectAs(MongoExpression expression, String field) {
 	 */
 	public Field include(String... fields) {
 
+		return include(Arrays.asList(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Include one or more {@code fields} to be returned by the query operation.
+	 *
+	 * @param fields the document field names to be included.
+	 * @return {@code this} field projection instance.
+	 */
+	public Field include(Collection<String> fields) {
+
 		Assert.notNull(fields, "Keys must not be null");
 
 		for (String key : fields) {
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ public Field include(String... fields) {
 	/**
 	 * Exclude a single {@code field} from being returned by the query operation.
 	 *
-	 * @param field the document field name to be included.
+	 * @param field the document field name to be excluded.
 	 * @return {@code this} field projection instance.
 	 */
 	public Field exclude(String field) {
@@ -151,12 +164,23 @@ public Field exclude(String field) {
 	/**
 	 * Exclude one or more {@code fields} from being returned by the query operation.
 	 *
-	 * @param fields the document field names to be included.
+	 * @param fields the document field names to be excluded.
 	 * @return {@code this} field projection instance.
 	 * @since 3.1
 	 */
 	public Field exclude(String... fields) {
 
+		return exclude(Arrays.asList(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Exclude one or more {@code fields} from being returned by the query operation.
+	 *
+	 * @param fields the document field names to be excluded.
+	 * @return {@code this} field projection instance.
+	 */
+	public Field exclude(Collection<String> fields) {
+
 		Assert.notNull(fields, "Keys must not be null");
 
 		for (String key : fields) {
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
index 451d4a4c05..e6a23199d3 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleMongoRepository.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
  * @author Mark Paluch
  * @author Mehran Behnam
  * @author Jens Schauder
+ * @author Kirill Egorov
  */
 public class SimpleMongoRepository<T, ID> implements MongoRepository<T, ID> {
 
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ private ExecutableFindOperation.TerminatingFind<T> createQuery(UnaryOperator<Que
 			query.limit(getLimit());
 
 			if (!getFieldsToInclude().isEmpty()) {
-				query.fields().include(getFieldsToInclude().toArray(new String[0]));
+				query.fields().include(getFieldsToInclude());
 			}
 
 			getReadPreference().ifPresent(query::withReadPreference);
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleReactiveMongoRepository.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleReactiveMongoRepository.java
index bb110c9d7c..41f9210b33 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleReactiveMongoRepository.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SimpleReactiveMongoRepository.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
  * @author Ruben J Garcia
  * @author Jens Schauder
  * @author Clément Petit
+ * @author Kirill Egorov
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public class SimpleReactiveMongoRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> implements ReactiveMongoRepository<T, ID> {
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ private ReactiveFindOperation.TerminatingFind<T> createQuery(UnaryOperator<Query
 			query.limit(getLimit());
 
 			if (!getFieldsToInclude().isEmpty()) {
-				query.fields().include(getFieldsToInclude().toArray(new String[0]));
+				query.fields().include(getFieldsToInclude());
 			}
 
 			readPreference.ifPresent(query::withReadPreference);
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/FieldUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/FieldUnitTests.java
index b93fd1b2f6..6dba758d87 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/FieldUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/FieldUnitTests.java
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link Field}.
  *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Owen Q
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Kirill Egorov
  */
 class FieldUnitTests {
 
@@ -64,4 +67,22 @@ void rendersExclusionCorrectly() {
 
 		assertThat(fields.getFieldsObject()).isEqualTo("{foo:0, bar:0, baz:0}");
 	}
+
+	@Test // GH-4625
+	void overriddenInclusionMethodsCreateEqualFields() {
+
+		Field left = new Field().include("foo", "bar");
+		Field right = new Field().include(List.of("foo", "bar"));
+
+		assertThat(left).isEqualTo(right);
+	}
+
+	@Test // GH-4625
+	void overriddenExclusionMethodsCreateEqualFields() {
+
+		Field left = new Field().exclude("foo", "bar");
+		Field right = new Field().exclude(List.of("foo", "bar"));
+
+		assertThat(left).isEqualTo(right);
+	}
 }