--- doctrine/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php (r7029)	Fri Jan 15 12:26:13 2010
+++ doctrine/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php (working copy)	Fri Jan 15 12:13:29 2010
@@ -359,16 +359,42 @@
         // Restore ReflectionClass and properties
         $this->reflClass = new \ReflectionClass($this->name);
         foreach ($this->fieldNames as $field) {
-            $this->reflFields[$field] = $this->reflClass->getProperty($field);
+            $this->reflFields[$field] = $this->_getReflectionProperty($this->reflClass, $field);
             $this->reflFields[$field]->setAccessible(true);
         }
         foreach ($this->associationMappings as $field => $mapping) {
-            $this->reflFields[$field] = $this->reflClass->getProperty($field);
+            $this->reflFields[$field] = $this->_getReflectionProperty($this->reflClass, $field);
             $this->reflFields[$field]->setAccessible(true);
         }
         
         //$this->prototype = unserialize(sprintf('O:%d:"%s":0:{}', strlen($this->name), $this->name));
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Gets a reflection property for a class.
+     * @param \ReflectionClass $refClass
+     * @param string $field
+     * @return \ReflectionProperty
+     */
+    private function _getReflectionProperty(\ReflectionClass $refClass, $field)
+    {
+        if(!$refClass->hasProperty($field))
+        {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        foreach($refClass->getProperties() as $p)
+        {
+            if($p->getName() == $field)
+            {
+                return $p;
+            }
+        }
+        if($parent = $refClass->getParentClass())
+        {
+            return $this->_getReflectionProperty($parent, $field);
+        }
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     //public $prototype;
 }