diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTest.java
index 37174e95ab..ab50580099 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTest.java
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ package org.hibernate.test.subselectfetch;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect;
 import org.hibernate.mapping.Collection;
 
+import org.hibernate.testing.SkipForDialect;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
+@SkipForDialect({SQLServerDialect.class, SybaseDialect.class})
 public class SubselectFetchWithFormulaTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 	@Override
 	protected String getBaseForMappings() {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTransactSqlTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTransactSqlTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4962b7666c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/SubselectFetchWithFormulaTransactSqlTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.subselectfetch;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Collection;
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialect;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+@RequiresDialect({SQLServerDialect.class,SybaseDialect.class})
+public class SubselectFetchWithFormulaTransactSqlTest extends BaseNonConfigCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	@Override
+	protected String getBaseForMappings() {
+		return "";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected String[] getMappings() {
+		return new String[] {
+				"org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/NameTransactSql.hbm.xml",
+				"org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/Value.hbm.xml"
+		};
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void before() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getTransaction().begin();
+
+		Name chris = new Name();
+		chris.setId( 1 );
+		chris.setName( "chris" );
+		Value cat = new Value();
+		cat.setId(1);
+		cat.setName( chris );
+		cat.setValue( "cat" );
+		Value canary = new Value();
+		canary.setId( 2 );
+		canary.setName( chris );
+		canary.setValue( "canary" );
+
+		session.persist( chris );
+		session.persist( cat );
+		session.persist( canary );
+
+		Name sam = new Name();
+		sam.setId(2);
+		sam.setName( "sam" );
+		Value seal = new Value();
+		seal.setId( 3 );
+		seal.setName( sam );
+		seal.setValue( "seal" );
+		Value snake = new Value();
+		snake.setId( 4 );
+		snake.setName( sam );
+		snake.setValue( "snake" );
+
+		session.persist( sam );
+		session.persist(seal);
+		session.persist( snake );
+
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void after() {
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getTransaction().begin();
+		session.createQuery( "delete Value" ).executeUpdate();
+		session.createQuery( "delete Name" ).executeUpdate();
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+	}
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void checkSubselectWithFormula() throws Exception {
+		// as a pre-condition make sure that subselect fetching is enabled for the collection...
+		Collection collectionBinding = metadata().getCollectionBinding( Name.class.getName() + ".values" );
+		assertThat( collectionBinding.isSubselectLoadable(), is( true ) );
+
+		// Now force the subselect fetch and make sure we do not get SQL errors
+		Session session = openSession();
+		session.getTransaction().begin();
+		List results = session.createCriteria(Name.class).list();
+		for (Object result : results) {
+			Name name = (Name) result;
+			name.getValues().size();
+		}
+		session.getTransaction().commit();
+		session.close();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/NameTransactSql.hbm.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/NameTransactSql.hbm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38f1eb2cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/subselectfetch/NameTransactSql.hbm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+  ~
+  ~ License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+  ~ See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+  -->
+<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping
+  PUBLIC "-//Hibernate?Hibernate Mapping DTD//EN"
+  "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
+
+<hibernate-mapping>
+
+  <class name="org.hibernate.test.subselectfetch.Name" table="Name">
+    <id name="id" column="id"/>
+    <property  name="name" column="name"/>
+
+    <property name="nameLength" formula="(select len(name) from name where id=name.id)"/>
+
+    <bag name="values" inverse="true" lazy="false" fetch="subselect">
+      <key column="name_id"/>
+      <one-to-many class="org.hibernate.test.subselectfetch.Value"/>
+    </bag>
+
+  </class>
+
+</hibernate-mapping>