diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php
index 52a4791a9..90a3a8d5b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Proxy/ProxyFactory.php
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ class <proxyClassName> extends \<className> implements \Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\Proxy
     {
         if (!$this->__isInitialized__ && $this->_entityPersister) {
             $this->__isInitialized__ = true;
+
+            if (method_exists($this, "__wakeup")) {
+                // call this after __isInitialized__to avoid infinite recursion
+                // but before loading to emulate what ClassMetadata::newInstance()
+                // provides.
+                $this->__wakeup();
+            }
+
             if ($this->_entityPersister->load($this->_identifier, $this) === null) {
                 throw new \Doctrine\ORM\EntityNotFoundException();
             }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/ECommerce/ECommerceProduct.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/ECommerce/ECommerceProduct.php
index 198e16720..d159a51da 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/ECommerce/ECommerceProduct.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Models/ECommerce/ECommerceProduct.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class ECommerceProduct
     private $related;
 
     public $isCloned = false;
+    public $wakeUp = false;
 
     public function __construct()
     {
@@ -166,4 +167,12 @@ class ECommerceProduct
     {
         $this->isCloned = true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Testing docblock contents here
+     */
+    public function __wakeup()
+    {
+        $this->wakeUp = true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ReferenceProxyTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ReferenceProxyTest.php
index 3b6e1f546..8ecb389af 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ReferenceProxyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ReferenceProxyTest.php
@@ -130,4 +130,21 @@ class ReferenceProxyTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $entity = $this->_em->getReference('Doctrine\Tests\Models\ECommerce\ECommerceProduct' , $id);
         $this->assertEquals('Doctrine 2 Cookbook', $entity->getName());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group DDC-1022
+     */
+    public function testWakeupCalledOnProxy()
+    {
+        $id = $this->createProduct();
+
+        /* @var $entity Doctrine\Tests\Models\ECommerce\ECommerceProduct */
+        $entity = $this->_em->getReference('Doctrine\Tests\Models\ECommerce\ECommerceProduct' , $id);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($entity->wakeUp);
+
+        $entity->setName('Doctrine 2 Cookbook');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($entity->wakeUp, "Loading the proxy should call __wakeup().");
+    }
 }