diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0fb62e1..e749aa5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Changelog
 
 Here you can see the full list of changes between each SQLAlchemy-Utils release.
 
+0.27.10 (2014-12-03)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Fixed column alias handling in dependent_objects
+
 
 0.27.9 (2014-12-01)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index ba78c70..906547e 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ from .types import (
 from .models import Timestamp
 
 
-__version__ = '0.27.9'
+__version__ = '0.27.10'
 
 
 __all__ = (
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/foreign_keys.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/foreign_keys.py
index 11a646f..6a90b1c 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/foreign_keys.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/foreign_keys.py
@@ -279,31 +279,43 @@ def dependent_objects(obj, foreign_keys=None):
                 table in mapper.tables and
                 not (parent_mapper and table in parent_mapper.tables)
             ):
-                criteria = []
-                visited_constraints = []
-                for key in keys:
-                    if key.constraint not in visited_constraints:
-                        visited_constraints.append(key.constraint)
-                        subcriteria = [
-                            getattr(class_, column.key) ==
-                            getattr(
-                                obj,
-                                key.constraint.elements[index].column.key
-                            )
-                            for index, column
-                            in enumerate(key.constraint.columns)
-                        ]
-                        criteria.append(sa.and_(*subcriteria))
-
                 query = session.query(class_).filter(
-                    sa.or_(
-                        *criteria
-                    )
+                    sa.or_(*_get_criteria(keys, class_, obj))
                 )
                 chain.queries.append(query)
     return chain
 
 
+def _get_criteria(keys, class_, obj):
+    criteria = []
+    visited_constraints = []
+    for key in keys:
+        if key.constraint in visited_constraints:
+            continue
+        visited_constraints.append(key.constraint)
+
+        subcriteria = []
+        for index, column in enumerate(key.constraint.columns):
+            prop = sa.inspect(class_).get_property_by_column(
+                column
+            )
+            foreign_column = (
+                key.constraint.elements[index].column
+            )
+            subcriteria.append(
+                getattr(class_, prop.key) ==
+                getattr(
+                    obj,
+                    sa.inspect(type(obj))
+                    .get_property_by_column(
+                        foreign_column
+                    ).key
+                )
+            )
+        criteria.append(sa.and_(*subcriteria))
+    return criteria
+
+
 def non_indexed_foreign_keys(metadata, engine=None):
     """
     Finds all non indexed foreign keys from all tables of given MetaData.
@@ -347,10 +359,10 @@ def is_indexed_foreign_key(constraint):
 
     :param constraint: ForeignKeyConstraint object to check the indexes
     """
-    for index in constraint.table.indexes:
-        index_column_names = set(
-            column.name for column in index.columns
-        )
-        if index_column_names == set(constraint.columns):
-            return True
-    return False
+    return any(
+        set(column.name for column in index.columns)
+        ==
+        set(constraint.columns)
+        for index
+        in constraint.table.indexes
+    )
diff --git a/tests/functions/test_dependent_objects.py b/tests/functions/test_dependent_objects.py
index de64222..c9a904b 100644
--- a/tests/functions/test_dependent_objects.py
+++ b/tests/functions/test_dependent_objects.py
@@ -78,6 +78,85 @@ class TestDependentObjects(TestCase):
         assert objects[3] in deps
 
 
+class TestDependentObjectsWithColumnAliases(TestCase):
+    def create_models(self):
+        class User(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'user'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            first_name = sa.Column(sa.Unicode(255))
+            last_name = sa.Column(sa.Unicode(255))
+
+        class Article(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'article'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            author_id = sa.Column(
+                '_author_id', sa.Integer, sa.ForeignKey('user.id')
+            )
+            owner_id = sa.Column(
+                '_owner_id',
+                sa.Integer, sa.ForeignKey('user.id', ondelete='SET NULL')
+            )
+
+            author = sa.orm.relationship(User, foreign_keys=[author_id])
+            owner = sa.orm.relationship(User, foreign_keys=[owner_id])
+
+        class BlogPost(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'blog_post'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            owner_id = sa.Column(
+                '_owner_id',
+                sa.Integer, sa.ForeignKey('user.id', ondelete='CASCADE')
+            )
+
+            owner = sa.orm.relationship(User)
+
+        self.User = User
+        self.Article = Article
+        self.BlogPost = BlogPost
+
+    def test_returns_all_dependent_objects(self):
+        user = self.User(first_name=u'John')
+        articles = [
+            self.Article(author=user),
+            self.Article(),
+            self.Article(owner=user),
+            self.Article(author=user, owner=user)
+        ]
+        self.session.add_all(articles)
+        self.session.commit()
+
+        deps = list(dependent_objects(user))
+        assert len(deps) == 3
+        assert articles[0] in deps
+        assert articles[2] in deps
+        assert articles[3] in deps
+
+    def test_with_foreign_keys_parameter(self):
+        user = self.User(first_name=u'John')
+        objects = [
+            self.Article(author=user),
+            self.Article(),
+            self.Article(owner=user),
+            self.Article(author=user, owner=user),
+            self.BlogPost(owner=user)
+        ]
+        self.session.add_all(objects)
+        self.session.commit()
+
+        deps = list(
+            dependent_objects(
+                user,
+                (
+                    fk for fk in get_referencing_foreign_keys(self.User)
+                    if fk.ondelete == 'RESTRICT' or fk.ondelete is None
+                )
+            ).limit(5)
+        )
+        assert len(deps) == 2
+        assert objects[0] in deps
+        assert objects[3] in deps
+
+
 class TestDependentObjectsWithManyReferences(TestCase):
     def create_models(self):
         class User(self.Base):