diff --git a/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/collections/MiniApiTest.java b/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/collections/MiniApiTest.java
index 1f500a360..7efef1380 100644
--- a/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/collections/MiniApiTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-collections/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/collections/MiniApiTest.java
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import static com.mysema.query.collections.MiniApi.select;
 import static com.mysema.query.grammar.Grammar.gt;
 import static com.mysema.query.grammar.GrammarWithAlias.$;
 import static com.mysema.query.grammar.GrammarWithAlias.alias;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
@@ -201,6 +200,19 @@ public class MiniApiTest {
         .iterate($(c)).iterator();        
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void testAlias10(){
+        Cat c = alias(Cat.class, "cat");
+        
+        try{
+            from(c,cats).where($(c.getMate().getName().toUpperCase()).eq("MOE"));
+            fail("expected NPE");
+        }catch(NullPointerException ne){
+            // expected
+        }
+        
+    }
+    
     @Test
     @Ignore
     public void testAliasToString(){