diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 1ededcf..9ecbda6 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+  Bug: unable to make fields unique when the accessor differs from column name.
+
 0.29
    Fix tests broken because item is now cleared
 
@@ -78,4 +80,3 @@
     Fix dependency errors
 0.04 Sun July 26, 2009
     Split from HTML::FormHandler distribution
-
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index 16f8569..ba1cad8 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ HTML::FormHandler                       = 0.40016
 Moose                                   = 2.0007
 DBIx::Class                             = 0.08250
 DBIx::Class::ResultSet::RecursiveUpdate = 0.25
+List::Util                              = 1.29
 namespace::autoclean                    = 0.09
 
 [Prereqs / TestRequires]
diff --git a/lib/HTML/FormHandler/TraitFor/Model/DBIC.pm b/lib/HTML/FormHandler/TraitFor/Model/DBIC.pm
index 7720978..429efb8 100644
--- a/lib/HTML/FormHandler/TraitFor/Model/DBIC.pm
+++ b/lib/HTML/FormHandler/TraitFor/Model/DBIC.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Moose::Role;
 use Carp;
 use DBIx::Class::ResultClass::HashRefInflator;
 use DBIx::Class::ResultSet::RecursiveUpdate;
+use List::Util 'pairmap';
 use Scalar::Util ('blessed');
 
 our $VERSION = '0.26';
@@ -259,6 +260,20 @@ sub _build_ru_flags {
     { unknown_params_ok => 1 };
 }
 
+has _accessor_aliases => (
+    is         => 'ro',
+    isa        => 'HashRef',
+    lazy_build => 1,
+);
+
+sub _build__accessor_aliases {
+    my $self = shift;
+    return {
+        pairmap { $b->{accessor} || $a => $a, $a => $a }
+        %{ $self->resultset->result_source->columns_info }
+    };
+}
+
 sub validate_model {
     my ($self) = @_;
     return unless $self->validate_unique;
@@ -468,8 +483,9 @@ sub validate_unique {
         my $value = $field->value;
         next unless defined $value;
         my $accessor = $field->accessor;
+        my $column   = $self->_accessor_aliases->{$accessor} || $accessor;
 
-        my $count = $rs->search( { $accessor => $value, @id_clause } )->count;
+        my $count = $rs->search( { $column => $value, @id_clause } )->count;
         next if $count < 1;
         my $field_error = $field->get_message('unique') || $field->unique_message || 'Duplicate value for [_1]';
         $field->add_error( $field_error, $field->loc_label );
diff --git a/t/db/bookdb.sql b/t/db/bookdb.sql
index 5677903..0be26c5 100644
--- a/t/db/bookdb.sql
+++ b/t/db/bookdb.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 BEGIN TRANSACTION;
 CREATE TABLE user (
    user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
-   user_name VARCHAR(32),
+   un VARCHAR(32),
    fav_cat VARCHAR(32),
    fav_book VARCHAR(32),
    occupation VARCHAR(32),
diff --git a/t/lib/BookDB/Form/User.pm b/t/lib/BookDB/Form/User.pm
index 2271bfd..17781f2 100644
--- a/t/lib/BookDB/Form/User.pm
+++ b/t/lib/BookDB/Form/User.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use DateTime;
 
 has '+item_class' => ( default => 'User');
 
-has_field 'user_name';
+has_field 'user_name' => ( unique => 1 );
 has_field 'fav_cat' => ( label => 'Category' );
 has_field 'fav_book' => ( label => 'Favorite Book' );
 has_field 'occupation';
diff --git a/t/lib/BookDB/Schema/Result/User.pm b/t/lib/BookDB/Schema/Result/User.pm
index fbd2edd..e07698e 100644
--- a/t/lib/BookDB/Schema/Result/User.pm
+++ b/t/lib/BookDB/Schema/Result/User.pm
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->table("user");
 __PACKAGE__->add_columns(
   "user_id",
   { data_type => "INTEGER", is_nullable => 0, size => 8 },
-  "user_name",
-  { data_type => "VARCHAR", is_nullable => 0, size => 32 },
+  "un",
+  { accessor => "user_name", data_type => "VARCHAR", is_nullable => 0, size => 32 },
   "fav_cat",
   { data_type => "VARCHAR", is_nullable => 0, size => 32 },
   "fav_book",