diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/inner_join_association_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/inner_join_association_test.rb
index e0dac01f4a..ebba6b28b7 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/inner_join_association_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/inner_join_association_test.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@

 class InnerJoinAssociationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :authors, :author_addresses, :essays, :posts, :comments, :categories, :categories_posts, :categorizations,
-           :taggings, :tags
+           :taggings, :tags, :people
+
+  def test_includes
+    person = Person.includes(agents: { agents: :agents }).last
+
+    assert person
+    assert_no_queries do
+      assert person.agents.last
+      assert person.agents.last.agents.last
+      assert person.agents.last.agents.last.primary_contact.agents.last.agents.last
+    end
+  end

   def test_construct_finder_sql_applies_aliases_tables_on_association_conditions
     result = Author.joins(:thinking_posts, :welcome_posts).to_a
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/person.rb b/activerecord/test/models/person.rb
index 0dfd29e45e..99e8cdc464 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/person.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/person.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :jobs_with_dependent_nullify,    source: :job, through: :references, dependent: :nullify

   belongs_to :primary_contact, class_name: "Person"
-  has_many :agents, class_name: "Person", foreign_key: "primary_contact_id"
+  has_many :agents, class_name: "Person", foreign_key: "primary_contact_id", inverse_of: :primary_contact
   has_many :agents_of_agents, through: :agents, source: :agents
   belongs_to :number1_fan, class_name: "Person"