diff --git a/cake/libs/model/model.php b/cake/libs/model/model.php
index e5e0e4819..933153828 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/model.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/model.php
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ class Model extends Object {
  */
 	protected function _deleteLinks($id) {
 		foreach ($this->hasAndBelongsToMany as $assoc => $data) {
-			$joinModel = $data['with'];
+			list($plugin, $joinModel) = pluginSplit($data['with']);
 			$records = $this->{$joinModel}->find('all', array(
 				'conditions' => array_merge(array($this->{$joinModel}->escapeField($data['foreignKey']) => $id)),
 				'fields' => $this->{$joinModel}->primaryKey,
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php
index 97535ad17..77c546fec 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php
@@ -533,6 +533,23 @@ class ModelDeleteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		$this->assertTrue($result, 'deleteAll returned false when all no records matched conditions. %s');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that a plugin model as the 'with' model doesn't have issues
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testDeleteLinksWithPLuginJoinModel() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Article', 'ArticlesTag', 'Tag');
+		$Article =& new Article();
+		$Article->unbindModel(array('hasAndBelongsToMany' => array('Tag')), false);
+		unset($Article->Tag, $Article->ArticleTags);
+		$Article->bindModel(array('hasAndBelongsToMany' => array(
+			'Tag' => array('with' => 'TestPlugin.ArticlesTag')
+		)), false);
+
+		$this->assertTrue($Article->delete(1));
+	}
+
 /**
  * test deleteLinks with Multiple habtm associations
  *