diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Expr/From.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Expr/From.php
index 6646e1de2..a4ad22c3f 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Expr/From.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Expr/From.php
@@ -34,27 +34,54 @@ namespace Doctrine\ORM\Query\Expr;
  */
 class From
 {
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
     private $_from;
+    
+    /**
+     * @var string 
+     */
     private $_alias;
-
-    public function __construct($from, $alias)
+    
+    /**
+     * @var string 
+     */
+    private $_indexBy;
+    
+    /**
+     * @param string $from      The class name.
+     * @param string $alias     The alias of the class.
+     * @param string $indexBy   The index for the from.
+     */
+    public function __construct($from, $alias, $indexBy = null)
     {
-        $this->_from  = $from;
-        $this->_alias  = $alias;
+        $this->_from    = $from;
+        $this->_alias   = $alias;
+        $this->_indexBy = $indexBy;
     }
-
+    
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function getFrom()
     {
         return $this->_from;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function getAlias()
     {
         return $this->_alias;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
     public function __toString()
     {
-        return $this->_from . ' ' . $this->_alias;
+        return $this->_from . ' ' . $this->_alias . ($this->_indexBy ? ' INDEX BY ' . $this->_indexBy : '');
     }
 }
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diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php
index 9b2829408..f5914fd57 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -595,9 +595,10 @@ class QueryBuilder
      *
      * @param string $from   The class name.
      * @param string $alias  The alias of the class.
+     * @param string $indexBy The index for the from.
      * @return QueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
      */
-    public function from($from, $alias)
+    public function from($from, $alias,$indexBy = null)
     {
         return $this->add('from', new Expr\From($from, $alias), true);
     }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1335Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1335Test.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bd478a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC1335Test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use DateTime;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../TestInit.php';
+
+class DDC1135Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        
+        $classes = array(
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata(__NAMESPACE__ . '\DDC1135User')
+        );
+                
+        try {
+            $this->_schemaTool->dropSchema($classes);
+            $this->_schemaTool->createSchema($classes);
+        } catch(\Exception $e) {
+            
+        }
+    }
+    
+
+    public function testTicket()
+    {
+        $this->markTestIncomplete();
+        
+        $builder = $this->_em->createQueryBuilder();
+        $builder->select('u')->from('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket\DDC1135User', 'u', 'u.id');
+
+
+        $sql = $builder->getQuery()->getSQL();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('SELECT d0_.id AS id0, d0_.name AS name1 FROM DDC1135User INDEX BY d0_.id', $sql);
+    }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class DDC1135User
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @Id @Column(type="integer")
+     * @GeneratedValue
+     */
+    protected $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @Column(type="string", length=255)
+     */
+    protected $name;
+
+}
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