diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Export.php b/lib/Doctrine/Export.php
index cc7478474..4bcb59396 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Export.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Export.php
@@ -127,9 +127,20 @@ class Doctrine_Export extends Doctrine_Connection_Module
     public function dropConstraint($table, $name, $primary = false)
     {
         $table = $this->conn->quoteIdentifier($table);
-        $name  = $this->conn->quoteIdentifier($this->conn->formatter->getIndexName($name));
+        $name  = $this->conn->quoteIdentifier($name);
         return $this->conn->exec('ALTER TABLE ' . $table . ' DROP CONSTRAINT ' . $name);
     }
+    /**
+     * drop existing foreign key
+     *
+     * @param string    $table        name of table that should be used in method
+     * @param string    $name         name of the foreign key to be dropped
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function dropForeignKey($table, $name)
+    {
+        return $this->dropConstraint($table, $name);
+    }
     /**
      * dropSequenceSql
      * drop existing sequence
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Export/Mysql.php b/lib/Doctrine/Export/Mysql.php
index b3e47906b..86facf549 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Export/Mysql.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Export/Mysql.php
@@ -636,4 +636,11 @@ class Doctrine_Export_Mysql extends Doctrine_Export
         $table  = $this->conn->quoteIdentifier($table, true);
         return 'DROP TABLE ' . $table;
     }
+    
+    public function dropForeignKey($table, $name)
+    {
+        $table = $this->conn->quoteIdentifier($table);
+        $name  = $this->conn->quoteIdentifier($name);
+        return $this->conn->exec('ALTER TABLE ' . $table . ' DROP FOREIGN KEY ' . $name);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Migration.php b/lib/Doctrine/Migration.php
index 23aa40409..f8e0d89ee 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Migration.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Migration.php
@@ -34,17 +34,19 @@
 class Doctrine_Migration
 {
     protected $changes = array('created_tables'      =>  array(),
-                               'dropped_tables'      =>  array(),
                                'renamed_tables'      =>  array(),
+                               'created_constraints' =>  array(),
+                               'dropped_fks'         =>  array(),
+                               'created_fks'         =>  array(),
+                               'dropped_constraints' =>  array(),
+                               'dropped_tables'      =>  array(),
                                'added_columns'       =>  array(),
                                'renamed_columns'     =>  array(),
                                'changed_columns'     =>  array(),
                                'removed_columns'     =>  array(),
                                'added_indexes'       =>  array(),
-                               'removed_indexes'     =>  array(),
-                               'created_constraints' =>  array(),
-                               'dropped_constraints' =>  array(),
-                               'created_fks'         =>  array()),
+                               'removed_indexes'     =>  array()
+                               ),
               $migrationTableName = 'migration_version',
               $migrationClassesDirectory = array(),
               $migrationClasses = array();
@@ -439,6 +441,20 @@ class Doctrine_Migration
         $this->addChange('created_fks', $options);
     }
     
+    /**
+     * dropForeignKey
+     *
+     * @param string $tableName
+     * @param string $constraintName
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function dropForeignKey($tableName, $fkName)
+    {
+        $options = get_defined_vars();
+        
+        $this->addChange('dropped_fks', $options);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * addColumn
      *
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Migration/Process.php b/lib/Doctrine/Migration/Process.php
index c0351f268..93549710c 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Migration/Process.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Migration/Process.php
@@ -150,4 +150,12 @@ class Doctrine_Migration_Process
             $conn->export->createForeignKey($fk['tableName'], $fk['definition']);
         }
     }
+    
+    public function processDroppedFks($foreignKeys)
+    {
+        foreach ($foreignKeys as $fk) {
+            $conn = $this->getConnection($fk['tableName']);
+            $conn->export->dropForeignKey($fk['tableName'], $fk['fkName']);
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ExportTestCase.php b/tests/ExportTestCase.php
index 900cc5c17..3ff67fa4c 100644
--- a/tests/ExportTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/ExportTestCase.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Doctrine_Export_TestCase extends Doctrine_UnitTestCase
     {
         $this->export->dropConstraint('sometable', 'relevancy');
 
-        $this->assertEqual($this->adapter->pop(), 'ALTER TABLE sometable DROP CONSTRAINT relevancy_idx');
+        $this->assertEqual($this->adapter->pop(), 'ALTER TABLE sometable DROP CONSTRAINT relevancy');
     }
     public function testCreateIndexExecutesSql() 
     {