diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriver.java b/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriver.java
index 0dfad4a0a..dcd3cdfe2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriver.java
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 import com.jetbrains.php.lang.psi.elements.Field;
 import com.jetbrains.php.lang.psi.elements.PhpAttribute;
 import com.jetbrains.php.lang.psi.elements.PhpClass;
-import com.jetbrains.php.lang.psi.stubs.indexes.expectedArguments.PhpExpectedFunctionArgument;
-import com.jetbrains.php.lang.psi.stubs.indexes.expectedArguments.PhpExpectedFunctionClassConstantArgument;
 import fr.adrienbrault.idea.symfony2plugin.doctrine.dict.DoctrineModelField;
 import fr.adrienbrault.idea.symfony2plugin.doctrine.metadata.dict.DoctrineMetadataModel;
 import fr.adrienbrault.idea.symfony2plugin.util.PhpElementsUtil;
@@ -90,12 +88,11 @@ public DoctrineMetadataModel getMetadata(@NotNull DoctrineMappingDriverArguments
                         String substring = fqn.substring(fqn.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1);
                         doctrineModelField.setRelationType(substring);
 
-                        PhpExpectedFunctionArgument argument = PhpElementsUtil.findAttributeArgumentByName("targetEntity", attribute);
-                        if (argument instanceof PhpExpectedFunctionClassConstantArgument) {
-                            String repositoryClassRaw = ((PhpExpectedFunctionClassConstantArgument) argument).getClassFqn();
-                            if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(repositoryClassRaw)) {
-                                doctrineModelField.setRelation(repositoryClassRaw);
-                            }
+                        // not resolving same entity namespace prefix: EntityHelper.resolveDoctrineLikePropertyClass
+                        // possible not a wide range usages for attributes
+                        String targetEntity = PhpElementsUtil.getAttributeArgumentStringByName(attribute, "targetEntity");
+                        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(targetEntity)) {
+                            doctrineModelField.setRelation("\\" + StringUtils.stripStart(targetEntity, "\\"));
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/util/PhpElementsUtil.java b/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/util/PhpElementsUtil.java
index be44acf2a..b82656480 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/util/PhpElementsUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/util/PhpElementsUtil.java
@@ -2035,6 +2035,7 @@ public static PhpExpectedFunctionArgument findAttributeArgumentByName(@NotNull S
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Nullable
     public static String getAttributeArgumentStringByName(@NotNull PhpAttribute phpAttribute, @NotNull String attributeName) {
         for (PhpAttribute.PhpAttributeArgument argument : phpAttribute.getArguments()) {
             if (!attributeName.equals(argument.getName())) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriverTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriverTest.java
index 0ff08dea6..d62c3b073 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/DoctrinePhpAttributeMappingDriverTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ public void testPhpAttributesMetadata() {
 
         assertEquals("\\Doctrine\\Orm\\MyTrait\\Egg", metadata.getField("appleTrait").getRelation());
         assertEquals("ManyToOne", metadata.getField("appleTrait").getRelationType());
+
+        assertEquals("\\ORM\\Foobar\\Egg", metadata.getField("eggClassString").getRelation());
+        assertEquals("ManyToMany", metadata.getField("eggClassString").getRelationType());
+
+        assertEquals("\\ORM\\Foobar\\Egg", metadata.getField("eggClassString").getRelation());
+        assertEquals("ManyToMany", metadata.getField("eggClassString").getRelationType());
     }
 
     private DoctrineMetadataModel createOrmMetadata() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/fixtures/attributes.php b/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/fixtures/attributes.php
index 345d2d064..040f9725c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/fixtures/attributes.php
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/adrienbrault/idea/symfony2plugin/tests/doctrine/metadata/driver/fixtures/attributes.php
@@ -51,5 +51,11 @@ class AttributeEntity {
 
         #[ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity:Egg::class)]
         public $egg;
+
+        #[ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity: '\ORM\Foobar\Egg')]
+        public $eggClassString;
+
+        #[ORM\ManyToMany(targetEntity: 'ORM\Foobar\Egg')]
+        public $eggClassStringBackslashless;
     };
 }
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