diff --git a/lib/migration.js b/lib/migration.js
index 060a271..5c10a3f 100644
--- a/lib/migration.js
+++ b/lib/migration.js
@@ -418,15 +418,19 @@ function mixinMigration(MySQL, mysql) {
     //TODO validate that these are in the same DB, etc.
     //TODO this is probably a better place to check this than in autoupdate or buildColumnDefinitions
     var definition = this.getModelDefinition(model);
+
     var fk = definition.settings.foreignKeys[keyName];
     if (fk) {
-      var fkEntity = typeof fk.entity === 'object' ? fk.entity : {name: fk.entity}; //this.getModelDefinition(fk.entity);
+      //get the definition of the referenced object
+      var fkEntityName = (typeof fk.entity === 'object') ? fk.entity.name : fk.entity;
 
-      //TODO verify that the other model in the same DB
-      return ' CONSTRAINT ' + this.client.escapeId(fk.name) +
-        ' FOREIGN KEY (' + fk.foreignKey + ')' +
-        ' REFERENCES ' + this.tableEscaped(fkEntity.name) +
-        '(' + this.client.escapeId(fk.entityKey) + ')';
+      //verify that the other model in the same DB
+      if (this._models[fkEntityName]) {
+        return ' CONSTRAINT ' + this.client.escapeId(fk.name) +
+          ' FOREIGN KEY (' + fk.foreignKey + ')' +
+          ' REFERENCES ' + this.tableEscaped(fkEntityName) +
+          '(' + this.client.escapeId(fk.entityKey) + ')';
+      }
     }
     return '';
   };