diff --git a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php
index 368d81243..2730e6cf0 100644
--- a/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php
+++ b/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 
 		if (!isset($queryData['selfJoin'])) {
 			$queryData['selfJoin'] = array();
+			
 			$self = array(
 				'fields'	=> $this->fields($model, null, $queryData['fields']),
 				'joins'		=> array(array(
@@ -845,6 +846,12 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 				'conditions'=> $queryData['conditions'],
 				'order'		=> $queryData['order']
 			);
+			
+			if (!empty($queryData['joins'])) {
+				foreach($queryData['joins'] as $join) {
+					$self['joins'][] = $join;
+				}
+			}
 
 			if($this->__bypass === false) {
 				$self['fields'] = am($self['fields'], $this->fields($linkModel, $alias, ''));
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.test.php
index 02e157a6b..005ffb37d 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.test.php
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ class DboSourceTest extends UnitTestCase {
 			}
 		}
 		
-		$query = $this->db->generateAssociationQuery($model, $null, null, null, null, $queryData, false, $null);
-		$this->assertPattern('/^SELECT\s+(.+)FROM(.+)LEFT\s+JOIN\s+`category`\s+AS\s+`ParentCat`\s+ON\s+`Category2`\.`parent_id`\s+=\s+`ParentCat`\.`id`\s+WHERE/', $query);
+		$query = $this->db->generateAssociationQuery($this->model->Category2, $null, null, null, null, $queryData, false, $null);
+		$this->assertPattern('/^SELECT\s+(.+)FROM(.+)`Category2`\.`group_id`\s+=\s+`Group`\.`id`\s+WHERE/', $query);
 
 		$this->model = new TestModel4();
 		$this->model->loadInfo();