diff --git a/lib/rom/factory/attributes/association.rb b/lib/rom/factory/attributes/association.rb
index 164eca8..f661c7e 100644
--- a/lib/rom/factory/attributes/association.rb
+++ b/lib/rom/factory/attributes/association.rb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def call(attrs, persist: true)
         def parent_traits
           @parent_traits ||=
             if assoc.target.associations.key?(assoc.source.name)
-              traits + [assoc.target.associations[assoc.source.name].name => false]
+              traits + [assoc.target.associations[assoc.source.name].key => false]
             else
               traits
             end
diff --git a/spec/integration/rom/factory_spec.rb b/spec/integration/rom/factory_spec.rb
index f0e336a..338f5ab 100644
--- a/spec/integration/rom/factory_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/rom/factory_spec.rb
@@ -184,6 +184,22 @@
           expect(task.author.first_name).to eql("John")
         end
       end
+
+      context "with a self-ref association" do
+        before do
+          factories.define(:task) do |f|
+            f.title { "A Task" }
+            f.association(:parent)
+          end
+        end
+
+        it "creates the associated record with provided attributes" do
+          task = factories[:task, title: "Foo", parent: {title: "Bar"}]
+
+          expect(task.title).to eql("Foo")
+          expect(task.parent.title).to eql("Bar")
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context "one-to-one-through" do
diff --git a/spec/shared/relations.rb b/spec/shared/relations.rb
index b9e5fc2..59018c8 100644
--- a/spec/shared/relations.rb
+++ b/spec/shared/relations.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     conn.create_table?(:tasks) do
       primary_key :id
       foreign_key :user_id, :users
+      foreign_key :task_id, :tasks, null: true
       column :title, String, null: false
     end
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
         associations do
           belongs_to :user
           belongs_to :user, as: :author
+          belongs_to :task, as: :parent
         end
       end
     end