diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
index e1667add2..216fca542 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/AbstractQuery.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use Doctrine\ORM\Cache\QueryCacheKey;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Cache\QueryCacheProfile;
 
 use Doctrine\ORM\Cache;
-use Doctrine\ORM\Query\QueryException;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Query\ResultSetMapping;
 
 /**
  * Base contract for ORM queries. Base class for Query and NativeQuery.
@@ -993,32 +993,54 @@ abstract class AbstractQuery
     private function executeUsingQueryCache($parameters = null, $hydrationMode = null)
     {
         $rsm        = $this->getResultSetMapping();
-        $querykey   = new QueryCacheKey($this->getHash(), $this->lifetime, $this->cacheMode ?: Cache::MODE_NORMAL);
         $queryCache = $this->_em->getCache()->getQueryCache($this->cacheRegion);
-        $result     = $queryCache->get($querykey, $rsm, $this->_hints);
+        $queryKey   = new QueryCacheKey(
+            $this->getHash(),
+            $this->lifetime,
+            $this->cacheMode ?: Cache::MODE_NORMAL,
+            $this->getTimestampKey()
+        );
+
+        $result     = $queryCache->get($queryKey, $rsm, $this->_hints);
 
         if ($result !== null) {
             if ($this->cacheLogger) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($queryCache->getRegion()->getName(), $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($queryCache->getRegion()->getName(), $queryKey);
             }
 
             return $result;
         }
 
         $result = $this->executeIgnoreQueryCache($parameters, $hydrationMode);
-        $cached = $queryCache->put($querykey, $rsm, $result, $this->_hints);
+        $cached = $queryCache->put($queryKey, $rsm, $result, $this->_hints);
 
         if ($this->cacheLogger) {
-            $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($queryCache->getRegion()->getName(), $querykey);
+            $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($queryCache->getRegion()->getName(), $queryKey);
 
             if ($cached) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($queryCache->getRegion()->getName(), $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($queryCache->getRegion()->getName(), $queryKey);
             }
         }
 
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return \Doctrine\ORM\Cache\TimestampCacheKey|null
+     */
+    private function getTimestampKey()
+    {
+        $entityName = reset($this->_resultSetMapping->aliasMap);
+
+        if (empty($entityName)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $metadata = $this->_em->getClassMetadata($entityName);
+
+        return new Cache\TimestampCacheKey($metadata->getTableName());
+    }
+
     /**
      * 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
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/Entity/AbstractEntityPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/Entity/AbstractEntityPersister.php
index eaead7cf7..ba850ed9d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/Entity/AbstractEntityPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/Persister/Entity/AbstractEntityPersister.php
@@ -381,13 +381,13 @@ abstract class AbstractEntityPersister implements CachedEntityPersister
         $query      = $this->persister->getSelectSQL($criteria, null, null, $limit, null, $orderBy);
         $hash       = $this->getHash($query, $criteria, null, null, null, $timestamp ? $timestamp->time : null);
         $rsm        = $this->getResultSetMapping();
-        $querykey   = new QueryCacheKey($hash, 0, Cache::MODE_NORMAL);
+        $queryKey   = new QueryCacheKey($hash, 0, Cache::MODE_NORMAL, $this->timestampKey);
         $queryCache = $this->cache->getQueryCache($this->regionName);
-        $result     = $queryCache->get($querykey, $rsm);
+        $result     = $queryCache->get($queryKey, $rsm);
 
         if ($result !== null) {
             if ($this->cacheLogger) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
 
             return $result[0];
@@ -397,15 +397,15 @@ abstract class AbstractEntityPersister implements CachedEntityPersister
             return null;
         }
 
-        $cached = $queryCache->put($querykey, $rsm, array($result));
+        $cached = $queryCache->put($queryKey, $rsm, array($result));
 
         if ($this->cacheLogger) {
             if ($result) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
 
             if ($cached) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
         }
 
@@ -421,28 +421,28 @@ abstract class AbstractEntityPersister implements CachedEntityPersister
         $query      = $this->persister->getSelectSQL($criteria, null, null, $limit, $offset, $orderBy);
         $hash       = $this->getHash($query, $criteria, null, null, null, $timestamp ? $timestamp->time : null);
         $rsm        = $this->getResultSetMapping();
-        $querykey   = new QueryCacheKey($hash, 0, Cache::MODE_NORMAL);
+        $queryKey   = new QueryCacheKey($hash, 0, Cache::MODE_NORMAL, $this->timestampKey);
         $queryCache = $this->cache->getQueryCache($this->regionName);
-        $result     = $queryCache->get($querykey, $rsm);
+        $result     = $queryCache->get($queryKey, $rsm);
 
         if ($result !== null) {
             if ($this->cacheLogger) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
 
             return $result;
         }
 
         $result = $this->persister->loadAll($criteria, $orderBy, $limit, $offset);
-        $cached = $queryCache->put($querykey, $rsm, $result);
+        $cached = $queryCache->put($queryKey, $rsm, $result);
 
         if ($this->cacheLogger) {
             if ($result) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
 
             if ($cached) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
         }
 
@@ -520,28 +520,28 @@ abstract class AbstractEntityPersister implements CachedEntityPersister
         $timestamp   = $this->timestampRegion->get($this->timestampKey);
         $hash        = $this->getHash($query, $criteria, null, null, null, $timestamp ? $timestamp->time : null);
         $rsm         = $this->getResultSetMapping();
-        $querykey    = new QueryCacheKey($hash, 0, Cache::MODE_NORMAL);
+        $queryKey    = new QueryCacheKey($hash, 0, Cache::MODE_NORMAL, $this->timestampKey);
         $queryCache  = $this->cache->getQueryCache($this->regionName);
-        $cacheResult = $queryCache->get($querykey, $rsm);
+        $cacheResult = $queryCache->get($queryKey, $rsm);
 
         if ($cacheResult !== null) {
             if ($this->cacheLogger) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheHit($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
 
             return $cacheResult;
         }
 
         $result = $this->persister->loadCriteria($criteria);
-        $cached = $queryCache->put($querykey, $rsm, $result);
+        $cached = $queryCache->put($queryKey, $rsm, $result);
 
         if ($this->cacheLogger) {
             if ($result) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCacheMiss($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
 
             if ($cached) {
-                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($this->regionName, $querykey);
+                $this->cacheLogger->queryCachePut($this->regionName, $queryKey);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/QueryCacheKey.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/QueryCacheKey.php
index 9a7d2b7bc..0e072a36f 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/QueryCacheKey.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/QueryCacheKey.php
@@ -45,14 +45,27 @@ class QueryCacheKey extends CacheKey
     public $cacheMode;
 
     /**
-     * @param string  $hash      Result cache id
-     * @param integer $lifetime  Query lifetime
-     * @param integer $cacheMode Query cache mode
+     * READ-ONLY: Public only for performance reasons, it should be considered immutable.
+     *
+     * @var TimestampCacheKey|null
      */
-    public function __construct($hash, $lifetime = 0, $cacheMode = Cache::MODE_NORMAL)
-    {
-        $this->hash      = $hash;
-        $this->lifetime  = $lifetime;
-        $this->cacheMode = $cacheMode;
+    public $timestampKey;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $hash Result cache id
+     * @param integer $lifetime Query lifetime
+     * @param int $cacheMode Query cache mode
+     * @param TimestampCacheKey|null $timestampKey
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        $hash,
+        $lifetime = 0,
+        $cacheMode = Cache::MODE_NORMAL,
+        TimestampCacheKey $timestampKey = null
+    ) {
+        $this->hash         = $hash;
+        $this->lifetime     = $lifetime;
+        $this->cacheMode    = $cacheMode;
+        $this->timestampKey = $timestampKey;
     }
 }