diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index 69336b7d1..123bcd95f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ class Model extends Overloadable {
 	function hasField($name, $checkVirtual = false) {
 		if (is_array($name)) {
 			foreach ($name as $n) {
-				if ($this->hasField($n)) {
+				if ($this->hasField($n,$checkVirtual)) {
 					return $n;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
index 5382e3d57..5fd099a5e 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
@@ -688,6 +688,24 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertFalse(isset($Controller->params['paging']['ControllerPost']['options'][0]));
 	}
 
+	function testPaginateOrderVirtualField() {
+		$Controller =& new Controller();
+		$Controller->uses = array('ControllerPost', 'ControllerComment');
+		$Controller->passedArgs[] = '1';
+		$Controller->params['url'] = array();
+		$Controller->constructClasses();
+		$Controller->ControllerPost->virtualFields = array('offset_test' => 'ControllerPost.id + 1');
+
+		$Controller->paginate = array(
+			'fields' => array('id', 'title'),
+			'order' => 'offset_test',
+			'limit' => 1
+		);
+		$result = $Controller->paginate('ControllerPost');
+
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract($result, '{n}.ControllerPost.offset_test'), array(2, 3));
+	}
+
 /**
  * testDefaultPaginateParams method
  *