diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptorManager.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptorManager.java
index 4a64ff0d1..74e0bb199 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptorManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BeanDescriptorManager.java
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ public class BeanDescriptorManager implements BeanDescriptorMap {
     orderProperty.setDbInsertable(orderColumn.isInsertable());
     orderProperty.setDbUpdateable(orderColumn.isUpdatable());
     orderProperty.setDbRead(true);
+    orderProperty.setOwningType(targetDesc.getBeanType());
 
     targetDesc.setOrderColumn(orderProperty);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderMaster.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderMaster.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71a6978a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderMaster.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package org.tests.order;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.OrderColumn;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Entity
+public class OrderMaster {
+
+  @Id
+  Long id;
+
+  @OneToMany(mappedBy = "master")
+  @OrderColumn(name = "sort_order")
+  List<OrderReferencedChild> children;
+
+  public Long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(final Long id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public List<OrderReferencedChild> getChildren() {
+    return children;
+  }
+
+  public void setChildren(final List<OrderReferencedChild> children) {
+    this.children = children;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderReferencedChild.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderReferencedChild.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22215a3e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderReferencedChild.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package org.tests.order;
+
+import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+@Entity
+@DiscriminatorValue("D")
+public class OrderReferencedChild extends OrderReferencedParent {
+
+  String childName;
+
+  @ManyToOne
+  OrderMaster master;
+
+  public OrderReferencedChild(final String name) {
+    super(name);
+  }
+
+  public String getChildName() {
+    return childName;
+  }
+
+  public void setChildName(final String childName) {
+    this.childName = childName;
+  }
+
+  public OrderMaster getMaster() {
+    return master;
+  }
+
+  public void setMaster(final OrderMaster master) {
+    this.master = master;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderReferencedParent.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderReferencedParent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b98e9f2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/OrderReferencedParent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.tests.order;
+
+import io.ebean.annotation.Index;
+
+import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
+import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
+import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+
+@Entity
+@MappedSuperclass
+@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
+@DiscriminatorColumn(name = "type")
+@Index(columnNames = "type")
+public class OrderReferencedParent {
+
+  @Id
+  Long id;
+
+  String name;
+
+  public OrderReferencedParent(final String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public Long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(final Long id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(final String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/order/TestOrderColumn.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/TestOrderColumn.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb0477e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/order/TestOrderColumn.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.tests.order;
+
+import io.ebean.Ebean;
+import io.ebean.TransactionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class TestOrderColumn extends TransactionalTestCase {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testOrderColumnInheritance() {
+    final OrderMaster master = new OrderMaster();
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      final OrderReferencedChild child = new OrderReferencedChild("p" + i);
+      child.setChildName("c" + i);
+
+      master.getChildren().add(child);
+    }
+
+    Ebean.save(master);
+
+    final OrderMaster result = Ebean.find(OrderMaster.class).findOne();
+
+    assertThat(result.getChildren()).hasSize(5);
+    assertThat(result.getChildren()).extracting(OrderReferencedChild::getName).containsExactly("p0", "p1", "p2", "p3", "p4");
+    assertThat(result.getChildren()).extracting(OrderReferencedChild::getChildName).containsExactly("c0", "c1", "c2", "c3", "c4");
+  }
+
+}