diff --git a/lib/model-builder.js b/lib/model-builder.js
index 7cceeb10..b2455cbb 100644
--- a/lib/model-builder.js
+++ b/lib/model-builder.js
@@ -416,7 +416,14 @@ function buildSchema(name, properties, associations) {
             });
             delete properties[p];
         } else {
-            properties[p] = type;
+            var typeDef = {
+                type: type
+            };
+            delete properties[p].type;
+            for(var a in properties[p]) {
+                typeDef[a] = properties[p][a];
+            }
+            properties[p] = typeDef;
         }
     }
     return properties;
diff --git a/test/adl.test.js b/test/adl.test.js
index 546bbf1a..5034f945 100644
--- a/test/adl.test.js
+++ b/test/adl.test.js
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ describe('Load models from json', function () {
 
         var m1 = new models.anonymous({title: 'Test'});
         m1.should.have.property('title', 'Test');
+        m1.should.have.property('author', 'Raymond');
 
         models = loadSchemasSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test2-schemas.json'));
         models.should.have.property('address');