diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
index 2e9e944f2..bc0e79e70 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/XmlDriver.php
@@ -230,12 +230,21 @@ class XmlDriver extends FileDriver
         if (isset($xmlRoot->field)) {
             foreach ($xmlRoot->field as $fieldMapping) {
                 $mapping = $this->columnToArray($fieldMapping);
+
+                if (isset($mapping['version'])) {
+                    $metadata->setVersionMapping($mapping);
+                }
+
                 $metadata->mapField($mapping);
             }
         }
 
         foreach ($mappings as $mapping) {
-             $metadata->mapField($mapping);
+            if (isset($mapping['version'])) {
+                $metadata->setVersionMapping($mapping);
+            }
+
+            $metadata->mapField($mapping);
         }
 
         // Evaluate <id ...> mappings
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
index ea53ef28b..35631e7a1 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/Driver/YamlDriver.php
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ class YamlDriver extends FileDriver
                     }
                 }
 
+                if (isset($mapping['version'])) {
+                    $metadata->setVersionMapping($mapping);
+                }
+
                 $metadata->mapField($mapping);
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php
index fb8525e6e..b994d4863 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/AbstractMappingDriverTest.php
@@ -139,14 +139,25 @@ abstract class AbstractMappingDriverTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
      */
     public function testFieldMappings($class)
     {
-        $this->assertEquals(3, count($class->fieldMappings));
+        $this->assertEquals(4, count($class->fieldMappings));
         $this->assertTrue(isset($class->fieldMappings['id']));
         $this->assertTrue(isset($class->fieldMappings['name']));
         $this->assertTrue(isset($class->fieldMappings['email']));
+        $this->assertTrue(isset($class->fieldMappings['version']));
 
         return $class;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @depends testFieldMappings
+     * @param ClassMetadata $class
+     */
+    public function testVersionedField($class)
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue($class->isVersioned);
+        $this->assertEquals("version", $class->versionField);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @depends testEntityTableNameAndInheritance
      * @param ClassMetadata $class
@@ -793,6 +804,12 @@ class User
      */
     public $groups;
 
+    /**
+     * @Column(type="integer")
+     * @Version
+     */
+    public $version;
+
 
     /**
      * @PrePersist
@@ -847,6 +864,9 @@ class User
            'columnName' => 'user_email',
            'columnDefinition' => 'CHAR(32) NOT NULL',
           ));
+        $mapping = array('fieldName' => 'version', 'type' => 'integer');
+        $metadata->setVersionMapping($mapping);
+        $metadata->mapField($mapping);
         $metadata->setIdGeneratorType(ClassMetadataInfo::GENERATOR_TYPE_AUTO);
         $metadata->mapOneToOne(array(
            'fieldName' => 'address',
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.php
index df4dedda5..815523cc1 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.php
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ $metadata->mapField(array(
    'columnName' => 'user_email',
    'columnDefinition' => 'CHAR(32) NOT NULL',
   ));
+$mapping = array('fieldName' => 'version', 'type' => 'integer');
+$metadata->setVersionMapping($mapping);
+$metadata->mapField($mapping);
 $metadata->setIdGeneratorType(ClassMetadataInfo::GENERATOR_TYPE_AUTO);
 $metadata->mapOneToOne(array(
    'fieldName' => 'address',
@@ -121,4 +124,4 @@ $metadata->setSequenceGeneratorDefinition(array(
         'sequenceName' => 'tablename_seq',
         'allocationSize' => 100,
         'initialValue' => 1,
-    ));
\ No newline at end of file
+    ));
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.xml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.xml
index 18f4d5819..f2ef7d814 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.xml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping
                           http://www.doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping.xsd">
-                              
+
     <entity name="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\User" table="cms_users">
         <options>
             <option name="foo">bar</option>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             <generator strategy="AUTO"/>
             <sequence-generator sequence-name="tablename_seq" allocation-size="100" initial-value="1" />
         </id>
-        
+
         <field name="name" column="name" type="string" length="50" nullable="true" unique="true">
             <options>
                 <option name="foo">bar</option>
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@
             </options>
         </field>
         <field name="email" column="user_email" type="string" column-definition="CHAR(32) NOT NULL" />
-        
+
+        <field name="version" type="integer" version="true" />
+
         <one-to-one field="address" target-entity="Address" inversed-by="user">
             <cascade><cascade-remove /></cascade>
             <join-column name="address_id" referenced-column-name="id" on-delete="CASCADE" on-update="CASCADE"/>
         </one-to-one>
-        
+
         <one-to-many field="phonenumbers" target-entity="Phonenumber" mapped-by="user" index-by="number" orphan-removal="true">
             <cascade>
                 <cascade-persist/>
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@
                 <order-by-field name="number" direction="ASC" />
             </order-by>
         </one-to-many>
-        
+
         <many-to-many field="groups" target-entity="Group">
             <cascade>
                 <cascade-all/>
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@
                 </inverse-join-columns>
             </join-table>
         </many-to-many>
-        
+
     </entity>
 
 </doctrine-mapping>
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.yml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.yml
index 5c1018560..3655db20f 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.yml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.User.dcm.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\User:
       type: string
       column: user_email
       columnDefinition: CHAR(32) NOT NULL
+    version:
+      type: integer
+      version: true
   oneToOne:
     address:
       targetEntity: Address
@@ -73,4 +76,4 @@ Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\User:
     name_idx:
       columns: name
     0:
-      columns: user_email
\ No newline at end of file
+      columns: user_email