diff --git a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
index b9e5c1a8f..677bb53ce 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/behaviors/containable.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class ContainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
  *
  * - autoFields: (boolean, optional) auto-add needed fields to fetch requested
  * 				bindings. DEFAULTS TO: true
- * 
+ *
  * - countReset: (boolean, optional) If set to false, count queries will not reset containments
  * 				like normal queries would. Useful for using contain() and pagination.
  * 				DEFAULTS TO: false
@@ -297,9 +297,16 @@ class ContainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
 						$val = $Model->{$name}->alias.'.'.$key;
 					}
 					$children[$option] = isset($children[$option]) ? array_merge((array) $children[$option], (array) $val) : $val;
+					$newChildren = null;
+					if (!empty($name) && !empty($children[$key])) {
+						$newChildren = $children[$key];
+					}
 					unset($children[$key], $children[$i]);
 					$key = $option;
 					$optionKey = true;
+					if (!empty($newChildren)) {
+						$children = Set::merge($children, $newChildren);
+					}
 				}
 				if ($optionKey && isset($children[$key])) {
 					$keep[$name][$key] = array_merge((isset($keep[$name][$key]) ? $keep[$name][$key] : array()), (array) $children[$key]);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php
index 17c5dd551..4085b14d1 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/behaviors/containable.test.php
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ class ContainableTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/User', $r));
 		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/Comment', $r));
 		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/Article/keep/Comment/conditions/Comment[user_id=2]', $r));
+
+		$r = $this->__containments($this->Article, array('Comment(comment, published)' => 'Attachment(attachment)', 'User(user)'));
+		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/Comment', $r));
+		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/User', $r));
+		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/Article/keep/Comment', $r));
+		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/Article/keep/User', $r));
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract('/Article/keep/Comment/fields', $r), array('comment', 'published'));
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract('/Article/keep/User/fields', $r), array('user'));
+		$this->assertTrue(Set::matches('/Comment/keep/Attachment', $r));
+		$this->assertEqual(Set::extract('/Comment/keep/Attachment/fields', $r), array('attachment'));
 	}
 
 	function testInvalidContainments() {
@@ -2749,7 +2759,7 @@ class ContainableTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->__assertBindings($this->User->ArticleFeatured->Featured, array('belongsTo' => array('ArticleFeatured', 'Category')));
 		$this->__assertBindings($this->User->ArticleFeatured->Comment, array('belongsTo' => array('Article', 'User'), 'hasOne' => array('Attachment')));
 	}
-	
+
 	function testEmbeddedFindFields() {
 		$result = $this->Article->find('all', array('contain' => array('User(user)'), 'fields' => array('title')));
 		$expected = array(
@@ -2758,7 +2768,7 @@ class ContainableTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			array('Article' => array('title' => 'Third Article'), 'User' => array('user' => 'mariano', 'id' => 1)),
 		);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
-		
+
 		$result = $this->Article->find('all', array('contain' => array('User(id, user)'), 'fields' => array('title')));
 		$expected = array(
 			array('Article' => array('title' => 'First Article'), 'User' => array('user' => 'mariano', 'id' => 1)),
@@ -2766,6 +2776,36 @@ class ContainableTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			array('Article' => array('title' => 'Third Article'), 'User' => array('user' => 'mariano', 'id' => 1)),
 		);
 		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Article->find('all', array('contain' => array('Comment(comment, published)' => 'Attachment(attachment)', 'User(user)'), 'fields' => array('title')));
+		$expected = array(
+			array(
+				'Article' => array('title' => 'First Article', 'id' => 1),
+				'User' => array('user' => 'mariano', 'id' => 1),
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => 'First Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'id' => 1, 'article_id' => 1, 'Attachment' => array()),
+					array('comment' => 'Second Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'id' => 2, 'article_id' => 1, 'Attachment' => array()),
+					array('comment' => 'Third Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'id' => 3, 'article_id' => 1, 'Attachment' => array()),
+					array('comment' => 'Fourth Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'N', 'id' => 4, 'article_id' => 1, 'Attachment' => array()),
+				)
+			),
+			array(
+				'Article' => array('title' => 'Second Article', 'id' => 2),
+				'User' => array('user' => 'larry', 'id' => 3),
+				'Comment' => array(
+					array('comment' => 'First Comment for Second Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'id' => 5, 'article_id' => 2, 'Attachment' => array(
+						'attachment' => 'attachment.zip', 'id' => 1
+					)),
+					array('comment' => 'Second Comment for Second Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'id' => 6, 'article_id' => 2, 'Attachment' => array())
+				)
+			),
+			array(
+				'Article' => array('title' => 'Third Article', 'id' => 3),
+				'User' => array('user' => 'mariano', 'id' => 1),
+				'Comment' => array()
+			),
+		);
+		$this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
 	}
 
 	function testFindConditionalBinding() {
diff --git a/cake/tests/fixtures/comment_fixture.php b/cake/tests/fixtures/comment_fixture.php
index 329aa1068..f727341c4 100644
--- a/cake/tests/fixtures/comment_fixture.php
+++ b/cake/tests/fixtures/comment_fixture.php
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ class CommentFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
 		'updated' => 'datetime'
 	);
 	var $records = array(
-		array('article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 2, 'comment' => 'First Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:45:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:47:31'),
-		array('article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 4, 'comment' => 'Second Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:47:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:49:31'),
-		array('article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 1, 'comment' => 'Third Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:49:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:51:31'),
-		array('article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 1, 'comment' => 'Fourth Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'N', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:51:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:53:31'),
-		array('article_id' => 2, 'user_id' => 1, 'comment' => 'First Comment for Second Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:53:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:55:31'),
-		array('article_id' => 2, 'user_id' => 2, 'comment' => 'Second Comment for Second Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:55:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:57:31')
+		array('id' => 1, 'article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 2, 'comment' => 'First Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:45:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:47:31'),
+		array('id' => 2, 'article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 4, 'comment' => 'Second Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:47:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:49:31'),
+		array('id' => 3, 'article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 1, 'comment' => 'Third Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:49:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:51:31'),
+		array('id' => 4, 'article_id' => 1, 'user_id' => 1, 'comment' => 'Fourth Comment for First Article', 'published' => 'N', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:51:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:53:31'),
+		array('id' => 5, 'article_id' => 2, 'user_id' => 1, 'comment' => 'First Comment for Second Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:53:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:55:31'),
+		array('id' => 6, 'article_id' => 2, 'user_id' => 2, 'comment' => 'Second Comment for Second Article', 'published' => 'Y', 'created' => '2007-03-18 10:55:23', 'updated' => '2007-03-18 10:57:31')
 	);
 }