diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php b/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php
index f5ccb5a05..6f304d378 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Import/Schema.php
@@ -210,7 +210,24 @@ class Doctrine_Import_Schema
      */
     public function getRelations($properties)
     {
-        return isset($this->_relations[$properties['className']]) ? $this->_relations[$properties['className']]:array();
+        $all_relations = isset($this->_relations[$properties['className']]) ? $this->_relations[$properties['className']]:array();
+        
+        // This is for checking for duplicates between alias-relations and a auto-generated relations to ensure the result set of unique relations
+        $exist_relations = array();
+        $unique_relations = array();
+        foreach ($all_relations as $relation) {
+          if (!in_array($relation['class'], $exist_relations)) {
+            $exist_relations[] = $relation['class'];
+            $unique_relations = array_merge($unique_relations, array($relation['alias'] => $relation));
+          } else {
+            // check to see if this relationship is not autogenerated, if it's not, then the user must have explicitly declared it
+            if (!isset($relation['autogenerated']) || $relation['autogenerated'] != true) {
+              $unique_relations = array_merge($unique_relations, array($relation['alias'] => $relation));
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        
+        return $unique_relations;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -421,6 +438,10 @@ class Doctrine_Import_Schema
                 $newRelation['class'] = isset($relation['foreignClass']) ? $relation['foreignClass']:$className;
                 $newRelation['alias'] = isset($relation['foreignAlias']) ? $relation['foreignAlias']:$className;
                 
+                // this is so that we know that this relation was autogenerated and
+                // that we do not need to include it if it is explicitly declared in the schema by the users.
+                $newRelation['autogenerated'] = true; 
+                
                 if (isset($relation['refClass'])) {
                     $newRelation['refClass'] = $relation['refClass'];
                     $newRelation['type'] = isset($relation['foreignType']) ? $relation['foreignType']:$relation['type'];