diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index 1dfb93349..2947b19ee 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 use ReflectionClass;
 use Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
 use Doctrine\Common\ClassLoader;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheException;
 
 /**
  * A <tt>ClassMetadata</tt> instance holds all the object-relational mapping metadata
@@ -1486,6 +1487,10 @@ class ClassMetadataInfo implements ClassMetadata
             if ( ! $this->isIdentifierComposite && count($this->identifier) > 1) {
                 $this->isIdentifierComposite = true;
             }
+
+            if ($this->cache && !isset($mapping['cache'])) {
+                throw CacheException::nonCacheableEntityAssociation($this->name, $mapping['fieldName']);
+            }
         }
 
         // Mandatory attributes for both sides