diff --git a/src/spell.js b/src/spell.js
index 5731ad21..79b78f62 100644
--- a/src/spell.js
+++ b/src/spell.js
@@ -853,7 +853,14 @@ class Spell {
     if (qualifier in joins) {
       throw new Error(`invalid join target. ${qualifier} already defined.`);
     }
-    joins[qualifier] = { Model, on: parseConditions(Model, onConditions, ...values)[0] };
+
+    const association = this.Model.associations[qualifier] || this.Model.associations[pluralize(qualifier, 1)];
+
+    if (!association) {
+      joins[qualifier] = { Model, on: parseConditions(Model, onConditions, ...values)[0] };
+    } else {
+      joinAssociation(this, this.Model, this.Model.tableAlias, qualifier, { onConditions, values });
+    }
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/suite/basics.test.js b/test/integration/suite/basics.test.js
index 11dfb43f..706ba401 100644
--- a/test/integration/suite/basics.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/suite/basics.test.js
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ describe('=> Basic', () => {
       }, /unable to use virtual attribute realname as condition in model User/);
 
       await assert.rejects(async () => {
-        Post.hasOne('user', {
+        Post.belongsTo('user', {
           foreignKey: 'realname'
         });
       }, /unable to use virtual attribute realname as foreign key in model User/);
 
-      Post.hasOne('user', {
+      Post.belongsTo('user', {
         foreignKey: 'authorId'
       });
 
diff --git a/test/integration/suite/querying.test.js b/test/integration/suite/querying.test.js
index f9abee54..e6c0ebc1 100644
--- a/test/integration/suite/querying.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/suite/querying.test.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const Like = require('../../models/like');
 const Post = require('../../models/post');
 const Tag = require('../../models/tag');
 const TagMap = require('../../models/tagMap');
+const User = require('../../models/user');
 const { logger } = require('../../../src/utils');
 
 describe('=> Query', function() {
@@ -502,11 +503,14 @@ describe('=> Count / Group / Having', function() {
 describe('=> Group / Join / Subqueries', function() {
   before(async function() {
     await Post.remove({}, true);
+    await User.remove({}, true);
+    const user = await User.create({ name: 'Tyrael', nickname: 'Tyrael', email: 'tyrael@console.com' });
+    const user1 = await User.create({ name: 'Lazarus', nickname: 'Lazarus', email: 'lazarus@console.com' });
     const posts = await Post.bulkCreate([
-      { id: 1, title: 'New Post' },
-      { id: 2, title: 'Archbishop Lazarus' },
-      { id: 3, title: 'Archangel Tyrael' },
-      { id: 4, title: 'New Post 2' },
+      { id: 1, title: 'New Post', authorId: user.id },
+      { id: 2, title: 'Archbishop Lazarus', authorId: user1.id },
+      { id: 3, title: 'Archangel Tyrael', authorId: user.id },
+      { id: 4, title: 'New Post 2', authorId: user1.id },
     ]);
 
     await Attachment.bulkCreate([
@@ -530,6 +534,47 @@ describe('=> Group / Join / Subqueries', function() {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it('Bone.find().join() with association', async function() {
+    // https://github.com/cyjake/leoric/issues/417
+    // SELECT `posts`.*, `comments`.* FROM `articles` AS `posts` LEFT JOIN `comments` AS `comments` ON `comments`.`article_id` = `posts`.`id` WHERE `posts`.`gmt_deleted` IS NULL
+    assert.equal(Post.find().join(Comment, 'comments.articleId = posts.id').toSqlString(), Post.include('comments').toSqlString());
+    const posts = await Post.find().join(Comment, 'comments.articleId = posts.id');
+    assert.equal(posts.length, 4);
+
+    assert.equal(posts[0].comments.length, 0);
+    assert.equal(posts[1].comments.length, 2);
+    assert.equal(posts[2].comments.length, 1);
+    assert.equal(posts[3].comments.length, 0);
+    assert.ok(posts[1].comments[0] instanceof Comment);
+  });
+
+  it('Bone.find().join().limit() with association', async function() {
+    // https://github.com/cyjake/leoric/issues/417
+    const posts = await Post.find().limit(1).join(Comment, 'comments.articleId = posts.id').where({
+      'posts.title': { $like: 'Archb%' },
+    });
+    assert.equal(posts.length, 1);
+    assert.ok(posts[0].comments[0] instanceof Comment);
+  });
+
+  it('Bone.find().join() without association', async function() {
+    // https://github.com/cyjake/leoric/issues/417
+    const posts = await Post.find().join(User, 'posts.authorId = users.id');
+    assert.equal(posts.length, 4);
+
+    assert.ok(posts[0].users);
+    assert.ok(posts[1].users instanceof User);
+  });
+
+  it('Bone.find().join().limit() without association', async function() {
+    // https://github.com/cyjake/leoric/issues/417
+    const posts = await Post.find().limit(1).join(User, 'posts.authorId = users.id').where({
+      'posts.title': { $like: 'Archb%' },
+    });
+    assert.equal(posts.length, 1);
+    assert.ok(posts[0].users instanceof User);
+  });
+
   it('Bone.group() subquery', async function() {
     const posts = await Post.find({
       id: Comment.select('articleId').from(
diff --git a/test/start.sh b/test/start.sh
index 9f9a1414..97fae90f 100755
--- a/test/start.sh
+++ b/test/start.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ function run {
     args=("${args[@]:1}");
   fi
   echo "";
-  printf '"%s" ' "${args[@]}" | xargs echo "> DEBUG=leoric mocha --node-option require=ts-node/register,enable-source-maps -R dot --exit --timeout 5000 ${file}";
-  printf '"%s" ' "${args[@]}" | DEBUG=leoric xargs mocha --node-option require=ts-node/register,enable-source-maps -R dot --exit --timeout 5000 ${file} || exit $?;
+  printf '"%s" ' "${args[@]}" | xargs echo "> mocha --node-option require=ts-node/register,enable-source-maps -R spec --exit --timeout 5000 ${file}";
+  printf '"%s" ' "${args[@]}" | xargs mocha --node-option require=ts-node/register,enable-source-maps -R spec --exit --timeout 5000 ${file} || exit $?;
 }
 
 ##