diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
index 06d329b37..154e869bf 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
@@ -1715,6 +1715,13 @@ class Parser
         $token      = $this->lexer->token;
         $className  = $token['value'];
 
+        if (strrpos($className, ':') !== false) {
+            list($namespaceAlias, $simpleClassName) = explode(':', $className);
+
+            $className = $this->em->getConfiguration()
+                ->getEntityNamespace($namespaceAlias) . '\\' . $simpleClassName;
+        }
+
         $this->match(Lexer::T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS);
 
         $args[] = $this->NewObjectArg();
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/NewOperatorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/NewOperatorTest.php
index 6859af5e6..4ef9d29e2 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/NewOperatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/NewOperatorTest.php
@@ -153,6 +153,62 @@ class NewOperatorTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[2]);
     }
 
+    public function testShouldSupportFromEntityNamespaceAlias()
+    {
+        $dql = "
+            SELECT
+                new CmsUserDTO(u.name, e.email, a.city)
+            FROM
+                cms:CmsUser u
+            JOIN
+                u.email e
+            JOIN
+                u.address a
+            ORDER BY
+                u.name";
+
+
+        $this->_em->getConfiguration()
+            ->addEntityNamespace('cms', 'Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS');
+        
+        $query  = $this->_em->createQuery($dql);
+        $result = $query->getResult();
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $result);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[0]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[1]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[2]);
+    }
+
+    public function testShouldSupportValueObjectNamespaceAlias()
+    {
+        $dql = "
+            SELECT
+                new cms:CmsUserDTO(u.name, e.email, a.city)
+            FROM
+                cms:CmsUser u
+            JOIN
+                u.email e
+            JOIN
+                u.address a
+            ORDER BY
+                u.name";
+
+
+        $this->_em->getConfiguration()
+            ->addEntityNamespace('cms', 'Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS');
+
+        $query  = $this->_em->createQuery($dql);
+        $result = $query->getResult();
+
+        $this->assertCount(3, $result);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[0]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[1]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUserDTO', $result[2]);
+    }
+
     public function testShouldSupportLiteralExpression()
     {
         $dql = "