diff --git a/src/Model/Join.php b/src/Model/Join.php
index 7867947f5..f965a455a 100644
--- a/src/Model/Join.php
+++ b/src/Model/Join.php
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ public function __construct(string $foreignTable = null)
         $this->foreign_table = $foreignTable;
 
         // handle foreign table containing a dot - that will be reverse join
+        // TODO this table split condition makes JoinArrayTest::testForeignFieldNameGuessTableWithSchema test
+        // quite unconsistent - drop it?
         if (str_contains($this->foreign_table, '.')) {
             // split by LAST dot in foreign_table name
             [$this->foreign_table, $this->foreign_field] = preg_split('~\.+(?=[^.]+$)~', $this->foreign_table);
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ protected function init(): void
             }
 
             if (!$this->foreign_field) {
-                $this->foreign_field = $this->getModelTableString($this->getOwner()) . '_' . $id_field;
+                $this->foreign_field = preg_replace('~^.+?\.~', '', $this->getModelTableString($this->getOwner())) . '_' . $id_field;
             }
         } else {
             $this->reverse = false;
diff --git a/tests/JoinArrayTest.php b/tests/JoinArrayTest.php
index b39951a6d..da561c332 100644
--- a/tests/JoinArrayTest.php
+++ b/tests/JoinArrayTest.php
@@ -385,16 +385,19 @@ public function testLoadMissing(): void
         $m_u = $m_u->load(2);
     }
 
-    /*
-    public function testTrickyCases(): void
+    public function testForeignFieldNameGuessTableWithSchema(): void
     {
         $db = new Persistence\Array_();
-        $m = new Model($db);
 
-        // tricky cases to testt
-        //
-        //$m->join('foo.bar', ['master_field' => 'baz']);
-        // foreign_table = 'foo.bar'
+        $m = new Model($db, ['table' => 'db.user']);
+        $j = $m->join('contact');
+        $this->assertFalse($this->getProtected($j, 'reverse'));
+        $this->assertSame('contact_id', $this->getProtected($j, 'master_field'));
+        $this->assertSame('id', $this->getProtected($j, 'foreign_field'));
+
+        $j = $m->join('contact2', ['reverse' => true]);
+        $this->assertTrue($this->getProtected($j, 'reverse'));
+        $this->assertSame('id', $this->getProtected($j, 'master_field'));
+        $this->assertSame('user_id', $this->getProtected($j, 'foreign_field'));
     }
-    */
 }
diff --git a/tests/ReferenceTest.php b/tests/ReferenceTest.php
index f554c4bc8..34baedd6c 100644
--- a/tests/ReferenceTest.php
+++ b/tests/ReferenceTest.php
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ public function testCustomRef(): void
         $this->assertSame('user_archive', $m->ref('archive')->table);
     }
 
-    public function testOtherDbFieldRef(): void
+    public function testTheirFieldNameGuessTableWithSchema(): void
     {
-        $user = new Model($this->db, ['table' => 'thisdb.user']);
-        $order = new Model($this->db, ['table' => 'otherdb.orders']);
+        $user = new Model($this->db, ['table' => 'db1.user']);
+        $order = new Model($this->db, ['table' => 'db2.orders']);
         $order->addField('user_id');
 
         $user->hasMany('Orders', ['model' => $order, 'caption' => 'My Orders']);