diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1Schema.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1Schema.php
index d4ab0499b..83bb5d8f8 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1Schema.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1Schema.php
@@ -150,13 +150,19 @@ class ConvertDoctrine1Schema
             $column = array();
             $column['type'] = $string;
         }
+        if ( ! isset($column['name'])) {
+            $column['name'] = $name;
+        }
+        // check if a column alias was used (column_name as field_name)
+        if (preg_match("/(\w+)\sas\s(\w+)/i", $column['name'], $matches)) {
+            $name = $matches[1];
+            $column['name'] = $name;
+            $column['alias'] = $matches[2];
+        }
         if (preg_match("/([a-zA-Z]+)\(([0-9]+)\)/", $column['type'], $matches)) {
             $column['type'] = $matches[1];
             $column['length'] = $matches[2];
         }
-        if ( ! isset($column['name'])) {
-            $column['name'] = $name;
-        }
         $column['type'] = strtolower($column['type']);
         // check if legacy column type (1.x) needs to be mapped to a 2.0 one
         if (isset($this->_legacyTypeMap[$column['type']])) {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php
index cf07f8e2f..78b6eeffe 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Export/Driver/YamlExporter.php
@@ -106,10 +106,14 @@ class YamlExporter extends AbstractExporter
                 unset($fieldMapping['length']);
             }
 
-            unset($fieldMapping['fieldName']);
-
-            if ($fieldMapping['columnName'] == $name) {
-                unset($fieldMapping['columnName']);
+            $fieldMapping['column'] = $fieldMapping['columnName'];
+            unset(
+                $fieldMapping['columnName'],
+                $fieldMapping['fieldName']
+            );
+ 
+            if ($fieldMapping['column'] == $name) {
+                unset($fieldMapping['column']);
             }
 
             if (isset($fieldMapping['id']) && $fieldMapping['id']) {
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1SchemaTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1SchemaTest.php
index efe97acb0..614d395f8 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1SchemaTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/ConvertDoctrine1SchemaTest.php
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ class ConvertDoctrine1SchemaTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('Profile', $metadatas['Profile']->name);
         $this->assertEquals('User', $metadatas['User']->name);
         $this->assertEquals(4, count($metadatas['Profile']->fieldMappings));
-        $this->assertEquals(4, count($metadatas['User']->fieldMappings));
+        $this->assertEquals(5, count($metadatas['User']->fieldMappings));
         $this->assertEquals('text', $metadatas['User']->fieldMappings['clob']['type']);
+        $this->assertEquals('test_alias', $metadatas['User']->fieldMappings['theAlias']['columnName']);
+        $this->assertEquals('theAlias', $metadatas['User']->fieldMappings['theAlias']['fieldName']);
 
         $this->assertEquals('Profile', $metadatas['Profile']->associationMappings['User']->sourceEntityName);
         $this->assertEquals('User', $metadatas['Profile']->associationMappings['User']->targetEntityName);
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/doctrine1schema/schema.yml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/doctrine1schema/schema.yml
index 830ba2d69..67301c05d 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/doctrine1schema/schema.yml
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Tools/doctrine1schema/schema.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ User:
     password:
       type: string(255)
     clob: clob
+    test_alias as theAlias:
+      type: string(255)
   indexes:
     username:
       fields: [username]