diff --git a/src/TestSuite/Fixture/TestFixture.php b/src/TestSuite/Fixture/TestFixture.php
index 1c0b38a9097..eb34ef90226 100644
--- a/src/TestSuite/Fixture/TestFixture.php
+++ b/src/TestSuite/Fixture/TestFixture.php
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ protected function _schemaFromImport() {
 
 		if (empty($import['table'])) {
 			throw new Error\Exception('Cannot import from undefined table.');
+		} else {
+			$this->table = $import['table'];
 		}
 
 		$db = ConnectionManager::get($import['connection'], false);
@@ -297,8 +299,9 @@ public function insert(Connection $db) {
  */
 	protected function _getRecords() {
 		$fields = $values = $types = [];
+		$columns = $this->_schema->columns();
 		foreach ($this->records as $record) {
-			$fields = array_merge($fields, array_keys(array_intersect_key($record, $this->fields)));
+			$fields = array_merge($fields, array_intersect(array_keys($record), $columns));
 		}
 		$fields = array_values(array_unique($fields));
 		foreach ($fields as $field) {
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/TestSuite/TestFixtureTest.php b/tests/TestCase/TestSuite/TestFixtureTest.php
index 529a0279faa..b62bb86f771 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/TestSuite/TestFixtureTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/TestSuite/TestFixtureTest.php
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ class ImportFixture extends TestFixture {
  * @var mixed
  */
 	public $import = ['table' => 'posts', 'connection' => 'test'];
+
+
+/**
+ * Records property
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+	public $records = array(
+		array('title' => 'Hello!', 'body' => 'Hello world!')
+	);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -269,6 +279,47 @@ public function testInsert() {
 		$this->assertSame($statement, $fixture->insert($db));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * test the insert method
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testInsertImport() {
+		$fixture = new ImportFixture();
+
+		$db = $this->getMock('Cake\Database\Connection', [], [], '', false);
+		$query = $this->getMock('Cake\Database\Query', [], [$db]);
+		$db->expects($this->once())
+			->method('newQuery')
+			->will($this->returnValue($query));
+
+		$query->expects($this->once())
+			->method('insert')
+			->with(['title', 'body'], ['title' => 'string', 'body' => 'text'])
+			->will($this->returnSelf());
+
+		$query->expects($this->once())
+			->method('into')
+			->with('posts')
+			->will($this->returnSelf());
+
+		$expected = [
+			['title' => 'Hello!', 'body' => 'Hello world!'],
+		];
+		$query->expects($this->at(2))
+			->method('values')
+			->with($expected[0])
+			->will($this->returnSelf());
+
+		$statement = $this->getMock('\PDOStatement', ['closeCursor']);
+		$statement->expects($this->once())->method('closeCursor');
+		$query->expects($this->once())
+			->method('execute')
+			->will($this->returnValue($statement));
+
+		$this->assertSame($statement, $fixture->insert($db));
+	}
+
 /**
  * test the insert method
  *