diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
index e4b1f050a..53037d1ee 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
@@ -515,9 +515,8 @@ class YamlDriver extends FileDriver
                             if ( ! isset($joinColumnElement['name'])) {
                                 $joinColumnElement['name'] = $joinColumnName;
                             }
+                            $joinTable['joinColumns'][] = $this->joinColumnToArray($joinColumnElement);
                         }
-
-                        $joinTable['joinColumns'][] = $this->joinColumnToArray($joinColumnElement);
                     }
 
                     if (isset($joinTableElement['inverseJoinColumns'])) {
@@ -525,9 +524,8 @@ class YamlDriver extends FileDriver
                             if ( ! isset($joinColumnElement['name'])) {
                                 $joinColumnElement['name'] = $joinColumnName;
                             }
+                            $joinTable['inverseJoinColumns'][] = $this->joinColumnToArray($joinColumnElement);
                         }
-
-                        $joinTable['inverseJoinColumns'][] = $this->joinColumnToArray($joinColumnElement);
                     }
 
                     $mapping['joinTable'] = $joinTable;
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3711/DDC3711EntityA.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3711/DDC3711EntityA.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3146969ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3711/DDC3711EntityA.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @author Marc Pantel <pantel.m@gmail.com>
+ */
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+
+class DDC3711EntityA
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $id1;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $id2;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ArrayCollection
+     */
+    private $entityB;
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getId1()
+    {
+        return $this->id1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $id1
+     */
+    public function setId1($id1)
+    {
+        $this->id1 = $id1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getId2()
+    {
+        return $this->id2;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $id2
+     */
+    public function setId2($id2)
+    {
+        $this->id2 = $id2;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return ArrayCollection
+     */
+    public function getEntityB()
+    {
+        return $this->entityB;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ArrayCollection $entityB
+     *
+     * @return DDC3711EntityA
+     */
+    public function addEntityB($entityB)
+    {
+        $this->entityB[] = $entityB;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3711/DDC3711EntityB.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3711/DDC3711EntityB.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff589e092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3711/DDC3711EntityB.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @author Marc Pantel <pantel.m@gmail.com>
+ */
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711;
+
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;
+
+class DDC3711EntityB
+{
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $id1;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $id2;
+
+    /**
+     * @var ArrayCollection
+     */
+    private $entityA;
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getId1()
+    {
+        return $this->id1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $id1
+     */
+    public function setId1($id1)
+    {
+        $this->id1 = $id1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getId2()
+    {
+        return $this->id2;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $id2
+     */
+    public function setId2($id2)
+    {
+        $this->id2 = $id2;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return ArrayCollection
+     */
+    public function getEntityA()
+    {
+        return $this->entityA;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ArrayCollection $entityA
+     */
+    public function addEntityA($entityA)
+    {
+        $this->entityA[] = $entityA;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3711Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3711Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52c96154f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3711Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Marc Pantel <pantel.m@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
+use Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\YamlMappingDriverTest;
+
+class DDC3711Test extends YamlMappingDriverTest
+{
+    public function testCompositeKeyForJoinTableInManyToManyCreation()
+    {
+        $yamlDriver = $this->_loadDriver();
+
+        $em = $this->_getTestEntityManager();
+        $em->getConfiguration()->setMetadataDriverImpl($yamlDriver);
+        $factory = new \Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactory();
+        $factory->setEntityManager($em);
+
+        $entityA = new ClassMetadata('Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711\DDC3711EntityA');
+        $entityA = $factory->getMetadataFor('Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711\DDC3711EntityA');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(array('link_a_id1' => "id1", 'link_a_id2' => "id2"), $entityA->associationMappings['entityB']['relationToSourceKeyColumns']);
+        $this->assertEquals(array('link_b_id1' => "id1", 'link_b_id2' => "id2"), $entityA->associationMappings['entityB']['relationToTargetKeyColumns']);
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.DDC3711.DDC3711EntityA.dcm.yml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.DDC3711.DDC3711EntityA.dcm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8a87331d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.DDC3711.DDC3711EntityA.dcm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711\DDC3711EntityA:
+  type: entity
+  table: ddc3711.entityA
+  id:
+    id1:
+        type: int
+    id2:
+        type: int
+  manyToMany:
+    entityB:
+      targetEntity: Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711\DDC3711EntityB
+      joinTable:
+        name: link
+        joinColumns:
+          link_a_id1:
+              referencedColumnName: id1
+          link_a_id2:
+              referencedColumnName: id2
+        inverseJoinColumns:
+          link_b_id1:
+              referencedColumnName: id1
+          link_b_id2:
+              referencedColumnName: id2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.DDC3711.DDC3711EntityB.dcm.yml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.DDC3711.DDC3711EntityB.dcm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24ec96932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.Models.DDC3711.DDC3711EntityB.dcm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3711\DDC3711EntityB:
+  type: entity
+  table: ddc3711.entityB
+  id:
+    id1:
+        type: int
+    id2:
+        type: int