diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/TableBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/TableBinder.java
index fc30ceaad7..87391077c0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/TableBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/TableBinder.java
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ public class TableBinder {
 			}
 			while ( idColumns.hasNext() ) {
 				Column column = (Column) idColumns.next();
-				columns[0].overrideFromReferencedColumnIfNecessary( column );
 				columns[0].linkValueUsingDefaultColumnNaming( column, referencedEntity, value );
+				columns[0].overrideFromReferencedColumnIfNecessary( column );
 			}
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/schemaupdate/ImplicitCompositeKeyJoinTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/schemaupdate/ImplicitCompositeKeyJoinTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a0557cfa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/schemaupdate/ImplicitCompositeKeyJoinTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/*
+ * 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.schemaupdate;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Embeddable;
+import javax.persistence.EmbeddedId;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.ForeignKey;
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.internal.SchemaCreatorImpl;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-9865")
+public class ImplicitCompositeKeyJoinTest {
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger( ImplicitCompositeKeyJoinTest.class );
+
+	private final static String EXPECTED_SQL = "create table Employee " +
+			"(age varchar(15) not null" +
+			", birthday varchar(255) not null" +
+			", name varchar(20) not null" +
+			", manager_age varchar(15)" +
+			", manager_birthday varchar(255)" +
+			", manager_name varchar(20)" +
+			", primary key (age, birthday, name))";
+
+	@Test
+	public void testImplicitCompositeJoin() throws Exception {
+
+		StandardServiceRegistry ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().build();
+		try {
+			org.hibernate.boot.Metadata metadata = new MetadataSources( ssr )
+					.addAnnotatedClass( Employee.class )
+					.buildMetadata();
+
+			boolean passed = false;
+
+			List<String> commands = new SchemaCreatorImpl().generateCreationCommands(
+					metadata,
+					false
+			);
+			for ( String command : commands ) {
+				LOGGER.info( command );
+
+				if ( EXPECTED_SQL.equals( command ) ) {
+					passed = true;
+				}
+			}
+			assertTrue(
+					"Expected create table command for Employee entity not found",
+					passed
+			);
+		}
+		finally {
+			StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( ssr );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity
+	@Table(name = "Employee")
+	public class Employee {
+		@EmbeddedId
+		@ForeignKey(name = "none")
+		private EmployeeId id;
+
+		@ManyToOne(optional = true)
+		@ForeignKey(name = "none")
+		private Employee manager;
+
+		public void setId(EmployeeId id) {
+			this.id = id;
+		}
+
+		public EmployeeId getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public void setManager(Employee manager) {
+			this.manager = manager;
+		}
+
+		public Employee getManager() {
+			return manager;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Embeddable
+	public class EmployeeId implements Serializable {
+		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+		public EmployeeId(String name, String birthday, String age) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.birthday = birthday;
+			this.age = age;
+		}
+
+		@Column(length = 15)
+		public String age;
+
+		@Column(length = 20)
+		private String name;
+
+		private String birthday;
+
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+			int hash = 1;
+			hash = hash * 31 + (name != null ? name.hashCode() : 0);
+			hash = hash * 31 + (age != null ? age.hashCode() : 0);
+			return hash * 31 + (birthday != null ? birthday.hashCode() : 0);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+			if ( obj == this ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			if ( !(obj instanceof EmployeeId) ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			EmployeeId that = (EmployeeId) obj;
+			if ( age != that.age ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			if ( birthday != that.birthday ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			if ( name != null && !name.equals( that.name ) ) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		public void setAge(String age) {
+			this.age = age;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+
+		public void setBirthday(String birthday) {
+			this.birthday = birthday;
+		}
+
+		public String getAge() {
+			return age;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public String getBirthday() {
+			return birthday;
+		}
+	}
+}