diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/AbstractCollectionPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/AbstractCollectionPersister.php
index 61222318f..0b1dcfbc3 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/AbstractCollectionPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/AbstractCollectionPersister.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\ORM\Persisters;
 
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Criteria;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManager;
 use Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister implements CollectionPersister
      * @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform
      */
     protected $platform;
-    
+
     /**
      * The quote strategy.
      *
@@ -203,6 +204,14 @@ abstract class AbstractCollectionPersister implements CollectionPersister
         throw new \BadMethodCallException("Selecting a collection by index is not supported by this CollectionPersister.");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function loadCriteria(PersistentCollection $coll, Criteria $criteria)
+    {
+        throw new \BadMethodCallException("Filtering a collection by Criteria is not supported by this CollectionPersister.");
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the SQL statement used for deleting a row from the collection.
      *
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/CollectionPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/CollectionPersister.php
index f99d57805..55bef82b9 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/CollectionPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/CollectionPersister.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\ORM\Persisters;
 
+use Doctrine\Common\Collections\Criteria;
 use Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection;
 
 /**
@@ -136,4 +137,14 @@ interface CollectionPersister
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function get(PersistentCollection $collection, $index);
+
+    /**
+     * Loads association entities matching the given Criteria object.
+     *
+     * @param \Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection    $persistentCollection
+     * @param \Doctrine\Common\Collections\Criteria $criteria
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function loadCriteria(PersistentCollection $collection, Criteria $criteria);
 }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
index d4bb6f907..db80abf53 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/ManyToManyPersister.php
@@ -553,11 +553,7 @@ class ManyToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
     }
 
     /**
-     * Loads Entities matching the given Criteria object.
-     *
-     * @param PersistentCollection                  $coll
-     * @param \Doctrine\Common\Collections\Criteria $criteria
-     * @return array
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function loadCriteria(PersistentCollection $coll, Criteria $criteria)
     {