diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
index 4ada9160e..be22ad895 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ namespace Doctrine\ORM;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type,
     Doctrine\ORM\Query\QueryException,
-    Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile;
+    Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile,
+    Doctrine\ORM\Internal\Hydration\CacheHydrator;
 
 /**
  * Base contract for ORM queries. Base class for Query and NativeQuery.
@@ -101,6 +102,11 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
      */
     protected $_expireResultCache = false;
 
+    /**
+     * @param \Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile
+     */
+    protected $_hydrationCacheProfile;
+
     /**
      * Initializes a new instance of a class derived from <tt>AbstractQuery</tt>.
      *
@@ -299,6 +305,26 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set a cache profile for hydration caching.
+     *
+     * @param \Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile $profile
+     * @return \Doctrine\ORM\AbstractQuery
+     */
+    public function setHydrationCacheProfile(QueryCacheProfile $profile = null)
+    {
+        $this->_hydrationCacheProfile = $profile;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile
+     */
+    public function getHydrationCacheProfile()
+    {
+        return $this->_hydrationCacheProfile;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Defines a cache driver to be used for caching result sets and implictly enables caching.
      *
@@ -644,15 +670,72 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
             $this->setParameters($params);
         }
 
+        $saveCache = function() {};
+        if ($this->_hydrationCacheProfile !== null) {
+            list($cacheKey, $realCacheKey) = $this->getHydrationCacheId();
+
+            $qcp = $this->getHydrationCacheProfile();
+            $cache = $qcp->getResultCacheDriver();
+
+            $result = $cache->fetch($cacheKey);
+            if (isset($result[$realCacheKey])) {
+                return $result[$realCacheKey];
+            }
+
+            if ( ! $result) {
+                $result = array();
+            }
+            $saveCache = function($data) use ($cache, $result, $cacheKey, $realCacheKey, $qcp) {
+                $result[$realCacheKey] = $data;
+                $cache->save($cacheKey, $result, $qcp->getLifetime());
+            };
+        }
+
         $stmt = $this->_doExecute();
 
         if (is_numeric($stmt)) {
+            $saveCache($stmt);
             return $stmt;
         }
 
-        return $this->_em->getHydrator($this->_hydrationMode)->hydrateAll(
+        $data = $this->_em->getHydrator($this->_hydrationMode)->hydrateAll(
             $stmt, $this->_resultSetMapping, $this->_hints
         );
+
+        $saveCache($data);
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the result cache id to use to store the result set cache entry.
+     * Will return the configured id if it exists otherwise a hash will be
+     * automatically generated for you.
+     *
+     * @return array ($key, $hash)
+     */
+    protected function getHydrationCacheId()
+    {
+        $params = $this->getParameters();
+        foreach ($params AS $key => $value) {
+            if (is_object($value) && $this->_em->getMetadataFactory()->hasMetadataFor(get_class($value))) {
+                if ($this->_em->getUnitOfWork()->getEntityState($value) == UnitOfWork::STATE_MANAGED) {
+                    $idValues = $this->_em->getUnitOfWork()->getEntityIdentifier($value);
+                } else {
+                    $class = $this->_em->getClassMetadata(get_class($value));
+                    $idValues = $class->getIdentifierValues($value);
+                }
+                $params[$key] = $idValues;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $sql = $this->getSQL();
+        $hints = $this->getHints();
+        $hints['hydrationMode'] = $this->getHydrationMode();
+        ksort($hints);
+
+        $qcp = $this->getHydrationCacheProfile();
+        return $qcp->generateCacheKeys($sql, $params, $hints);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/HydrationCacheTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/HydrationCacheTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3acf8c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/HydrationCacheTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional;
+
+use Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cms\CmsUser;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile;
+use Doctrine\Common\Cache\ArrayCache;
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-1766
+ */
+class HydrationCacheTest extends OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->useModelSet('cms');
+        parent::setUp();
+    }
+
+    public function testHydrationCache()
+    {
+        $cache = new ArrayCache();
+
+        $user = new CmsUser;
+        $user->name = "Benjamin";
+        $user->username = "beberlei";
+        $user->status = 'active';
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+
+        $dql = "SELECT u FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cms\CmsUser u";
+        $users = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                      ->setHydrationCacheProfile(new QueryCacheProfile(null, null, $cache))
+                      ->getResult();
+
+        $c = $this->getCurrentQueryCount();
+        $dql = "SELECT u FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cms\CmsUser u";
+        $users = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                      ->setHydrationCacheProfile(new QueryCacheProfile(null, null, $cache))
+                      ->getResult();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($c, $this->getCurrentQueryCount(), "Should not execute query. Its cached!");
+
+        $dql = "SELECT u FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cms\CmsUser u";
+        $users = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                      ->setHydrationCacheProfile(new QueryCacheProfile(null, null, $cache))
+                      ->getArrayResult();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($c + 1, $this->getCurrentQueryCount(), "Hydration is part of cache key.");
+
+        $dql = "SELECT u FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cms\CmsUser u";
+        $users = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                      ->setHydrationCacheProfile(new QueryCacheProfile(null, null, $cache))
+                      ->getArrayResult();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($c + 1, $this->getCurrentQueryCount(), "Hydration now cached");
+
+        $dql = "SELECT u FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cms\CmsUser u";
+        $users = $this->_em->createQuery($dql)
+                      ->setHydrationCacheProfile(new QueryCacheProfile('cachekey', null, $cache))
+                      ->getArrayResult();
+
+        $data = $this->readAttribute($cache, 'data');
+        var_dump(array_keys($data));
+
+        $this->assertTrue($cache->contains('cachekey'), 'Explicit cache key');
+    }
+}
+