diff --git a/lib/Relationship.php b/lib/Relationship.php
index 2b8144898..689507de1 100644
--- a/lib/Relationship.php
+++ b/lib/Relationship.php
@@ -676,5 +676,14 @@ public function load_eagerly($models=array(), $attributes, $includes, Table $tab
 	{
 		$this->query_and_attach_related_models_eagerly($table,$models,$attributes,$includes, $this->primary_key,$this->foreign_key);
 	}
+
+	// Unlike the other relationships, a belongs_to stores its foreign key on the associate (and not
+	// on the new record). Therewfore, we must override the append_record_to_associate behaviour of
+	// AbstractRelationship to provide this behaviour.
+	protected function append_record_to_associate(Model $associate, Model $record)
+	{
+		$associate->{$this->foreign_key[0]} = $record->id;
+		return $record;
+	}
 };
 ?>
diff --git a/test/RelationshipTest.php b/test/RelationshipTest.php
index 6f428ac1a..047d18130 100644
--- a/test/RelationshipTest.php
+++ b/test/RelationshipTest.php
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ public function test_belongs_to_create_association()
 		$this->assert_not_null($venue->id);
 	}
 
+	public function test_belongs_to_create_association_sets_foreign_key()
+	{
+		$event = $this->get_relationship();
+		$values = array('city' => 'Richmond', 'state' => 'VA', 'name' => 'Club 54', 'address' => '123 street');
+		$venue = $event->create_venue($values);
+		$this->assert_equals($venue->id, $event->venue_id);
+	}
+
 	public function test_belongs_to_can_be_self_referential()
 	{
 		Author::$belongs_to = array(array('parent_author', 'class_name' => 'Author', 'foreign_key' => 'parent_author_id'));