diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/DDC3597Image.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/DDC3597Image.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597;
+
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597\Embeddable\DDC3597Dimension;
+
+/**
+ * Description of Image
+ *
+ * @author Volker von Hoesslin <volker.von.hoesslin@empora.com>
+ * @Entity
+ */
+class DDC3597Image extends DDC3597Media {
+
+    /**
+     * @var DDC3597Dimension
+     * @Embedded(class = "Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597\Embeddable\DDC3597Dimension", columnPrefix = false)
+     */
+    private $dimension;
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $distributionHash
+     */
+    function __construct($distributionHash) {
+        parent::__construct($distributionHash);
+        $this->dimension = new DDC3597Dimension();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return DDC3597Dimension
+     */
+    public function getDimension() {
+        return $this->dimension;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/DDC3597Media.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/DDC3597Media.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597;
+
+/**
+ * Description of Media
+ * 
+ * @author Volker von Hoesslin <volker.von.hoesslin@empora.com>
+ * @Entity
+ */
+abstract class DDC3597Media extends DDC3597Root {
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     *
+     * @Column
+     */
+    private $distributionHash;
+
+    /**
+     * @var integer
+     *
+     * @Column
+     */
+    private $size = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     * @Column
+     */
+    private $format;
+
+    function __construct($distributionHash) {
+        $this->distributionHash = $distributionHash;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDistributionHash() {
+        return $this->distributionHash;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getSize() {
+        return $this->size;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $size
+     */
+    public function setSize($size) {
+        $this->size = $size;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getFormat() {
+        return $this->format;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $format
+     */
+    public function setFormat($format) {
+        $this->format = $format;
+    }
+
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/DDC3597Root.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/DDC3597Root.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\DiscriminatorMap;
+
+/**
+ * Description of Root
+ *
+ * @Entity
+ *
+ * @InheritanceType("JOINED")
+ * @DiscriminatorColumn(name="discriminator", type="string")
+ * @DiscriminatorMap({ "image" = "DDC3597Image"})
+ * @HasLifecycleCallbacks
+ */
+abstract class DDC3597Root {
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     *
+     * @Column(name="id", type="integer", nullable=false)
+     * @Id
+     * @GeneratedValue(strategy="IDENTITY")
+     */
+    protected $id;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \DateTime
+     * @Column(name="created_at", type="datetime", nullable=false)
+     */
+    protected $createdAt = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var \DateTime
+     * @Column(name="updated_at", type="datetime", nullable=false)
+     */
+    protected $updatedAt = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Set createdAt
+     *
+     * @PrePersist
+     */
+    public function _prePersist() {
+        $this->updatedAt = $this->createdAt = new \DateTime();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set updatedAt
+     *
+     * @PreUpdate
+     */
+    public function _preUpdate() {
+        $this->updatedAt = new \DateTime();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getId() {
+        return (int)$this->id;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return \DateTime
+     */
+    public function getCreatedAt() {
+        return $this->createdAt;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \DateTime
+     */
+    public function getUpdatedAt() {
+        return $this->updatedAt;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/Embeddable/DDC3597Dimension.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/Embeddable/DDC3597Dimension.php
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+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/DDC3597/Embeddable/DDC3597Dimension.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597\Embeddable;
+
+/**
+ * Description of DDC3597Dimension
+ *
+ * @Embeddable
+ */
+class DDC3597Dimension {
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     * @Column(type="integer", name="width")
+     */
+    private $width;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     * @Column(type="integer", name="height")
+     */
+    private $height;
+
+    function __construct($width = 0, $height = 0) {
+        $this->setWidth($width);
+        $this->setHeight($height);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getWidth() {
+        return $this->width;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $width
+     */
+    public function setWidth($width) {
+        $this->width = (int)$width;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getHeight() {
+        return $this->height;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $height
+     */
+    public function setHeight($height) {
+        $this->height = (int)$height;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3597Test.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/Ticket/DDC3597Test.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\Ticket;
+
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597\DDC3597Root;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597\DDC3597Media;
+use Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC3597\DDC3597Image;
+
+/**
+ * @group DDC-117
+ */
+class DDC3597Test extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(array(
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata(DDC3597Root::class),
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata(DDC3597Media::class),
+            $this->_em->getClassMetadata(DDC3597Image::class)
+        ));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group DDC-3597
+     */
+    public function testSaveImageEntity() {
+        $imageEntity = new DDC3597Image('foobar');
+        $imageEntity->setFormat('JPG');
+        $imageEntity->setSize(123);
+        $imageEntity->getDimension()->setWidth(300);
+        $imageEntity->getDimension()->setHeight(500);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($imageEntity);
+        $this->_em->flush(); //before this fix, it will fail with a exception
+
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        //request entity
+        $imageEntity = $this->_em->find(DDC3597Image::class, $imageEntity->getId());
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(DDC3597Image::class, $imageEntity);
+
+        //cleanup
+        $this->_em->remove($imageEntity);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        //check delete
+        $imageEntity = $this->_em->find(DDC3597Image::class, $imageEntity->getId());
+        $this->assertNull($imageEntity);
+    }
+
+}