diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Record.php b/lib/Doctrine/Record.php
index 879e8bd8f..b5f0c6341 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Record.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Record.php
@@ -669,6 +669,26 @@ abstract class Doctrine_Record extends Doctrine_Record_Abstract implements Count
 
         return $this;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * refresh
+     * refres data of related objects from the database
+     *
+     * @param string $name                      name of a related component.
+     *                                          if set, this method only refreshes the specified related component
+     */
+    public function refreshRelated($name = null)
+    {
+        if (is_null($name)) {
+            foreach ($this->_table->getRelations() as $rel) {
+            	$this->_references[$rel->getAlias()] = $rel->fetchRelatedFor($this);
+            }
+        } else {
+            $rel = $this->_table->getRelation($name);
+            $this->_references[$name] = $rel->fetchRelatedFor($this);
+        }
+    }
+    
     /**
      * getTable
      * returns the table object for this record
diff --git a/tests/RecordTestCase.php b/tests/RecordTestCase.php
index 6b45aaf78..d8ea937b1 100644
--- a/tests/RecordTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/RecordTestCase.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Doctrine_Record_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase
         $this->tables[] = 'fieldNameTest';
         $this->tables[] = 'GzipTest';
         $this->tables[] = 'Book';
+        $this->tables[] = 'EntityAddress';
         parent::prepareTables();
     }
 
@@ -869,5 +870,21 @@ class Doctrine_Record_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase
         $user = $this->connection->getTable("User")->find(4);
         $this->assertTrue($user->getIterator() instanceof ArrayIterator);
     }
+    
+    public function testRefreshRelated()
+    {
+    	$user = $this->connection->getTable("User")->find(4);
+    	$user->Address[0]->address = "Address #1";
+      $user->Address[1]->address = "Address #2";
+      $user->save();
+      $this->assertEqual(count($user->Address), 2);
+      Doctrine_Query::create()->delete()->from('EntityAddress')->where('user_id = ? AND address_id = ?', array($user->id, $user->Address[1]->id))->execute();
+      $user->refreshRelated('Address');
+      $this->assertEqual(count($user->Address), 1);
+      Doctrine_Query::create()->delete()->from('EntityAddress')->where('user_id = ? AND address_id = ?', array($user->id, $user->Address[0]->id))->execute();
+      $user->refreshRelated();
+      $this->assertEqual(count($user->Address), 0);
+    }
+    
 }
 ?>