diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Fields.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Fields.java
index 243ff783d0..349236cbbe 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Fields.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Fields.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.Name;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.RecordType;
+import org.jooq.Table;
+import org.jooq.TableField;
 
 /**
  * A simple wrapper for <code>Field[]</code>, providing some useful lookup
@@ -91,11 +93,34 @@ class Fields<R extends Record> extends AbstractQueryPart implements RecordType<R
             }
         }
 
-        // In case no exact match was found, return the first field with matching name
-        String name = field.getName();
-        for (Field<?> f1 : fields) {
-            if (f1.getName().equals(name)) {
-                return (Field<T>) f1;
+        // [#4283] table / column matches are better than only column matches
+        Field<?> columnMatch = null;
+
+        String tableName = tableName(field);
+        String fieldName = field.getName();
+
+        for (Field<?> f : fields) {
+            if (tableName != null) {
+                String tName = tableName(f);
+
+                if (tName != null && tableName.equals(tName) && f.getName().equals(fieldName))
+                    return (Field<T>) f;
+            }
+
+            // In case no exact match was found, return the first field with matching name
+            if (columnMatch == null && f.getName().equals(fieldName))
+                columnMatch = f;
+        }
+
+        return (Field<T>) columnMatch;
+    }
+
+    private final String tableName(Field<?> field) {
+        if (field instanceof TableField) {
+            Table<?> table = ((TableField<?, ?>) field).getTable();
+
+            if (table != null) {
+                return table.getName();
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedField.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedField.java
index 7734394072..807cdb6f43 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedField.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedField.java
@@ -40,11 +40,16 @@
  */
 package org.jooq.impl;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.Name;
+import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.RenderContext;
+import org.jooq.Table;
+import org.jooq.TableField;
 
 /**
  * A <code>QualifiedField</code> is a {@link Field} that always renders a field name
@@ -52,19 +57,23 @@ import org.jooq.RenderContext;
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
-class QualifiedField<T> extends AbstractField<T> {
+class QualifiedField<T> extends AbstractField<T> implements TableField<Record, T> {
 
     /**
      * Generated UID
      */
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6937002867156868761L;
+    private static final long   serialVersionUID = 6937002867156868761L;
 
-    private final Name        name;
+    private final Name          name;
+    private final Table<Record> table;
 
     QualifiedField(Name name, DataType<T> type) {
         super(name.getName()[name.getName().length - 1], type);
 
         this.name = name;
+        this.table = name.getName().length > 1
+            ? DSL.table(DSL.name(Arrays.copyOf(name.getName(), name.getName().length - 1)))
+            : null;
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -75,4 +84,9 @@ class QualifiedField<T> extends AbstractField<T> {
     public final void accept(Context<?> ctx) {
         ctx.visit(name);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Table<Record> getTable() {
+        return table;
+    }
 }