Index: library/Zend/Db/Select.php
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--- library/Zend/Db/Select.php	(revision 24490)
+++ library/Zend/Db/Select.php	(working copy)
@@ -876,9 +876,31 @@
             require_once 'Zend/Db/Select/Exception.php';
             throw new Zend_Db_Select_Exception("You can only perform a joinUsing after specifying a FROM table");
         }
+        
+        if (is_array($name)) {
+            // Must be array($correlationName => $tableName) or array($ident, ...)
+            foreach ($name as $_correlationName => $_tableName) {
+                if (is_string($_correlationName)) {
+                    // We assume the key is the correlation name and value is the table name
+                    $correlationName = $_correlationName;
+                } else {
+                    // We assume just an array of identifiers, with no correlation name
+                    $correlationName = $this->_uniqueCorrelation($name);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            $correlationName = $this->_uniqueCorrelation($name);
+        }
 
+        if (empty($correlationName)) {
+            require_once 'Zend/Db/Select/Exception.php';
+            throw new Zend_Db_Select_Exception("You specify a valid table when using joinUsing");
+       }
+
         $join  = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier(key($this->_parts[self::FROM]), true);
-        $from  = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier($this->_uniqueCorrelation($name), true);
+        $from  = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier($correlationName, true);
 
         $cond1 = $from . '.' . $cond;
         $cond2 = $join . '.' . $cond;
Index: tests/Zend/Db/Select/TestCommon.php
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--- tests/Zend/Db/Select/TestCommon.php	(revision 24490)
+++ tests/Zend/Db/Select/TestCommon.php	(working copy)
@@ -1698,4 +1698,24 @@
         $this->assertType('string',$serialize);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-3309
+     */
+    public function testJoinUsingUsesTableNameOfTableBeingJoinedWhenAliasNotDefined()
+    {
+        $select = $this->_db->select();
+        $select->from('table1')->joinUsing('table2', 'column1');
+        $this->assertRegexp("/[`\"']?table2[`\"']?.[`\"']?column1[`\"']?/s", $select->assemble());
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-3309
+     */
+    public function testJoinUsingUsesAliasOfTableBeingJoinedWhenAliasIsDefined()
+    {
+        $select = $this->_db->select();
+        $select->from('table1')->joinUsing(array('t2'=>'table2'), 'column1');
+        $this->assertRegexp("/[`\"']?t2[`\"']?.[`\"']?column1[`\"']?/s", $select->assemble());
+    }    
+    
 }