diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityRepository.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityRepository.php
index 1c2c11d43..5b8563f9b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityRepository.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityRepository.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ namespace Doctrine\ORM;
  * @link www.doctrine-project.org
  * @since 2.0
  * @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
+ * @author Jonathan H. Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
  */
 class EntityRepository
 {
@@ -52,6 +53,19 @@ class EntityRepository
         $this->_class = $class;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Create a new QueryBuilder instance that is prepopulated for this entity name
+     *
+     * @param string $alias 
+     * @return QueryBuilder $qb
+     */
+    public function createQueryBuilder($alias)
+    {
+        return $this->_em->createQueryBuilder()
+            ->select($alias)
+            ->from($this->_entityName);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Clears the repository, causing all managed entities to become detached.
      */
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
index f3d2d8c14..62eb079d5 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadata.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use Doctrine\Common\DoctrineException;
  *    the serialized representation).
  *
  * @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
+ * @author Jonathan H. Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
  * @since 2.0
  */
 final class ClassMetadata extends ClassMetadataInfo
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
index d73ba560f..9f6982000 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataInfo.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use Doctrine\Common\DoctrineException;
  *    the serialized representation).
  *
  * @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
+ * @author Jonathan H. Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
  * @since 2.0
  */
 class ClassMetadataInfo