diff --git a/examples/inclusion.js b/examples/inclusion.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf15df82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/inclusion.js
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+var jdb = require('../index');
+
+var User, Post, Passport, City, Street, Building;
+var nbSchemaRequests = 0;
+
+setup(function () {
+
+  Passport.find({include: 'owner'}, function (err, passports) {
+    console.log('passports.owner', passports);
+  });
+
+  User.find({include: 'posts'}, function (err, users) {
+    console.log('users.posts', users);
+  });
+
+  Passport.find({include: {owner: 'posts'}}, function (err, passports) {
+    console.log('passports.owner.posts', passports);
+  });
+
+  Passport.find({
+    include: {owner: {posts: 'author'}}
+  }, function (err, passports) {
+    console.log('passports.owner.posts.author', passports);
+  });
+
+  User.find({include: ['posts', 'passports']}, function (err, users) {
+    // console.log('users.passports && users.posts', users);
+    users.forEach(function (user) {
+      console.log('user', user);
+      user.posts(function (err, posts) {
+        if (posts && posts.length > 0) {
+          console.log('posts', posts);
+        }
+      });
+      user.passports(function (err, passports) {
+        if (passports && passports.length > 0) {
+          console.log('posts', passports);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+function setup(done) {
+  var db = new jdb.DataSource({connector: 'memory'});
+  City = db.define('City');
+  Street = db.define('Street');
+  Building = db.define('Building');
+  User = db.define('User', {
+    name: String,
+    age: Number
+  });
+  Passport = db.define('Passport', {
+    number: String
+  });
+  Post = db.define('Post', {
+    title: String
+  });
+
+  Passport.belongsTo('owner', {model: User});
+  User.hasMany('passports', {foreignKey: 'ownerId'});
+  User.hasMany('posts', {foreignKey: 'userId'});
+  Post.belongsTo('author', {model: User, foreignKey: 'userId'});
+
+  db.automigrate(function () {
+    var createdUsers = [];
+    var createdPassports = [];
+    var createdPosts = [];
+    createUsers();
+    function createUsers() {
+      clearAndCreate(
+        User,
+        [
+          {name: 'User A', age: 21},
+          {name: 'User B', age: 22},
+          {name: 'User C', age: 23},
+          {name: 'User D', age: 24},
+          {name: 'User E', age: 25}
+        ],
+        function (items) {
+          createdUsers = items;
+          createPassports();
+        }
+      );
+    }
+
+    function createPassports() {
+      clearAndCreate(
+        Passport,
+        [
+          {number: '1', ownerId: createdUsers[0].id},
+          {number: '2', ownerId: createdUsers[1].id},
+          {number: '3'}
+        ],
+        function (items) {
+          createdPassports = items;
+          createPosts();
+        }
+      );
+    }
+
+    function createPosts() {
+      clearAndCreate(
+        Post,
+        [
+          {title: 'Post A', userId: createdUsers[0].id},
+          {title: 'Post B', userId: createdUsers[0].id},
+          {title: 'Post C', userId: createdUsers[0].id},
+          {title: 'Post D', userId: createdUsers[1].id},
+          {title: 'Post E'}
+        ],
+        function (items) {
+          createdPosts = items;
+          done();
+        }
+      );
+    }
+
+  });
+}
+
+function clearAndCreate(model, data, callback) {
+  var createdItems = [];
+  model.destroyAll(function () {
+    nextItem(null, null);
+  });
+
+  var itemIndex = 0;
+
+  function nextItem(err, lastItem) {
+    if (lastItem !== null) {
+      createdItems.push(lastItem);
+    }
+    if (itemIndex >= data.length) {
+      callback(createdItems);
+      return;
+    }
+    model.create(data[itemIndex], nextItem);
+    itemIndex++;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 79171c1b..0090da6b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-var fs = require('fs');
-
 exports.ModelBuilder = exports.LDL = require('./lib/model-builder.js').ModelBuilder;
 exports.DataSource = exports.Schema = require('./lib/datasource.js').DataSource;
 exports.ModelBaseClass = require('./lib/model.js');
@@ -14,7 +12,7 @@ exports.__defineGetter__('BaseSQL', function () {
 
 
 exports.__defineGetter__('version', function () {
-    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/package.json')).version;
+    return require('./package.json').version;
 });
 
 var commonTest = './test/common_test';
diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index eaaab854..7f62dc45 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ DataAccessObject.find = function find(params, cb) {
             var includes = params.include || [];
             if (typeof includes === 'string') {
               includes = [includes];
-            } else if (typeof includes === 'object') {
+            } else if (!Array.isArray(includes) && typeof includes === 'object') {
               includes = Object.keys(includes);
             }
             includes.forEach(function (inc) {
diff --git a/test/include.test.js b/test/include.test.js
index 8b26ee71..d8ca49fd 100644
--- a/test/include.test.js
+++ b/test/include.test.js
@@ -117,8 +117,15 @@ describe('include', function () {
         // The relation should be promoted as the 'owner' property
         user.should.have.property('posts');
         user.should.have.property('passports');
+
+        var userObj = user.toJSON();
+        userObj.should.have.property('posts');
+        userObj.should.have.property('passports');
+        userObj.posts.should.be.an.instanceOf(Array);
+        userObj.passports.should.be.an.instanceOf(Array);
+
         // The __cachedRelations should be removed from json output
-        user.toJSON().should.not.have.property('__cachedRelations');
+        userObj.should.not.have.property('__cachedRelations');
 
         user.__cachedRelations.should.have.property('posts');
         user.__cachedRelations.should.have.property('passports');