diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php
index 3b81241f8..ed5c102aa 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php
@@ -171,7 +171,13 @@ class YamlExporter extends AbstractExporter
                 );
 
                 $associationMappingArray = array_merge($associationMappingArray, $oneToOneMappingArray);
-                $array['oneToOne'][$name] = $associationMappingArray;
+
+                if ($associationMapping['type'] & ClassMetadataInfo::ONE_TO_ONE) {
+                    $array['oneToOne'][$name] = $associationMappingArray;
+                } else {
+                    $array['manyToOne'][$name] = $associationMappingArray;
+                }
+
             } else if ($associationMapping['type'] == ClassMetadataInfo::ONE_TO_MANY) {
                 $oneToManyMappingArray = array(
                     'mappedBy'      => $associationMapping['mappedBy'],
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest.php
index 964512e81..688a29859 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest.php
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ abstract class AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTest
     protected function _createMetadataDriver($type, $path)
     {
         $mappingDriver = array(
-            'php' => 'PHPDriver',
+            'php'        => 'PHPDriver',
             'annotation' => 'AnnotationDriver',
-            'xml' => 'XmlDriver',
-            'yaml' => 'YamlDriver',
+            'xml'        => 'XmlDriver',
+            'yaml'       => 'YamlDriver',
         );
         $this->assertArrayHasKey($type, $mappingDriver, "There is no metadata driver for the type '" . $type . "'.");
         $driverName = $mappingDriver[$type];
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ abstract class AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTest
      * @depends testIdentifierIsExported
      * @param ClassMetadataInfo $class
      */
-    public function testFieldsAreExpored($class)
+    public function testFieldsAreExported($class)
     {
         $this->assertTrue(isset($class->fieldMappings['id']['id']) && $class->fieldMappings['id']['id'] === true);
         $this->assertEquals('id', $class->fieldMappings['id']['fieldName']);
@@ -211,13 +211,12 @@ abstract class AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * @depends testFieldsAreExpored
+     * @depends testFieldsAreExported
      * @param ClassMetadataInfo $class
      */
     public function testOneToOneAssociationsAreExported($class)
     {
         $this->assertTrue(isset($class->associationMappings['address']));
-        //$this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OneToOneMapping', $class->associationMappings['address']);
         $this->assertEquals('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Address', $class->associationMappings['address']['targetEntity']);
         $this->assertEquals('address_id', $class->associationMappings['address']['joinColumns'][0]['name']);
         $this->assertEquals('id', $class->associationMappings['address']['joinColumns'][0]['referencedColumnName']);
@@ -233,6 +232,15 @@ abstract class AbstractClassMetadataExporterTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTest
         return $class;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @depends testFieldsAreExported
+     */
+    public function testManyToOneAssociationsAreExported($class)
+    {
+        $this->assertTrue(isset($class->associationMappings['mainGroup']));
+        $this->assertEquals('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Group', $class->associationMappings['mainGroup']['targetEntity']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @depends testOneToOneAssociationsAreExported
      * @param ClassMetadataInfo $class
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/annotation/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/annotation/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php
index ddeece824..5a82cc6f1 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/annotation/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/annotation/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class User
      */
     public $address;
 
+    /**
+     * @ManyToOne(targetEntity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Group")
+     */
+    public $mainGroup;
+
     /**
      *
      * @OneToMany(targetEntity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Phonenumber", mappedBy="user", cascade={"persist", "merge"}, orphanRemoval=true)
@@ -65,4 +70,4 @@ class User
     public function doStuffOnPostPersist()
     {
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php
index f90f22071..2a52bc3d8 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/php/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.php
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ $metadata->mapField(array(
    'columnDefinition' => 'CHAR(32) NOT NULL',
   ));
 $metadata->setIdGeneratorType(ClassMetadataInfo::GENERATOR_TYPE_AUTO);
+$metadata->mapManyToOne(array(
+    'fieldName' => 'mainGroup',
+    'targetEntity' => 'Doctrine\\Tests\\ORM\Tools\\Export\\Group',
+));
 $metadata->mapOneToOne(array(
    'fieldName' => 'address',
    'targetEntity' => 'Doctrine\\Tests\\ORM\\Tools\\Export\\Address',
@@ -102,4 +106,4 @@ $metadata->mapManyToMany(array(
    ),
    ),
    'orderBy' => NULL,
-  ));
\ No newline at end of file
+  ));
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.xml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.xml
index 843882278..22d2852b0 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.xml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
       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\Tools\Export\User" table="cms_users">
-        
+
         <lifecycle-callbacks>
             <lifecycle-callback type="prePersist" method="doStuffOnPrePersist"/>
             <lifecycle-callback type="prePersist" method="doOtherStuffOnPrePersistToo"/>
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
         <id name="id" type="integer" column="id">
             <generator strategy="AUTO"/>
         </id>
-        
+
         <field name="name" column="name" type="string" length="50" nullable="true" unique="true" />
         <field name="email" column="user_email" type="string" column-definition="CHAR(32) NOT NULL" />
-        
+
         <one-to-one field="address" target-entity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Address" inversed-by="user" orphan-removal="true">
             <cascade><cascade-persist /></cascade>
             <join-column name="address_id" referenced-column-name="id" on-delete="CASCADE" on-update="CASCADE"/>
         </one-to-one>
-        
+
+        <many-to-one field="mainGroup" target-entity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Group" />
+
         <one-to-many field="phonenumbers" target-entity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Phonenumber" mapped-by="user" orphan-removal="true">
             <cascade>
                 <cascade-persist/>
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@
                 <order-by-field name="number" direction="ASC" />
             </order-by>
         </one-to-many>
-        
+
         <one-to-many field="interests" target-entity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Interests" mapped-by="user" orphan-removal="true">
             <cascade>
                 <cascade-refresh/>
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@
                 <cascade-remove/>
             </cascade>
         </one-to-many>
-        
+
         <many-to-many field="groups" target-entity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Group">
             <cascade>
                 <cascade-all/>
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@
                 </inverse-join-columns>
             </join-table>
         </many-to-many>
-        
+
     </entity>
 
 </doctrine-mapping>
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.yml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.yml
index ee48d8511..25071d9b3 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.yml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/Export/yaml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Tools.Export.User.dcm.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\User:
       cascade: [ persist ]
       inversedBy: user
       orphanRemoval: true
+  manyToOne:
+    mainGroup:
+      targetEntity: Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Group
   oneToMany:
     phonenumbers:
       targetEntity: Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\Phonenumber
@@ -57,4 +60,4 @@ Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Tools\Export\User:
         - all
   lifecycleCallbacks:
     prePersist: [ doStuffOnPrePersist, doOtherStuffOnPrePersistToo ] 
-    postPersist: [ doStuffOnPostPersist ] 
\ No newline at end of file
+    postPersist: [ doStuffOnPostPersist ]