diff --git a/lib/hanami/model/associations/has_many.rb b/lib/hanami/model/associations/has_many.rb
index f8724237..e8bb161b 100644
--- a/lib/hanami/model/associations/has_many.rb
+++ b/lib/hanami/model/associations/has_many.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ def initialize(repository, source, target, subject, scope = nil)
           freeze
         end
 
+        # @raise [MultipleResultsError] if more than one record is available
+        #
+        # @since 1.3.3
+        # @api private
+        def one
+          raise Hanami::Model::MultipleResultsError, "#{count} results returned" if count > 1
+
+          scope.one
+        end
+
         # @since 0.7.0
         # @api private
         def create(data)
diff --git a/lib/hanami/model/error.rb b/lib/hanami/model/error.rb
index 21fe379f..231f3c35 100644
--- a/lib/hanami/model/error.rb
+++ b/lib/hanami/model/error.rb
@@ -127,5 +127,8 @@ def initialize(url)
         super("Unknown database adapter for URL: #{url.inspect}. Please check your database configuration (hint: ENV['DATABASE_URL']).")
       end
     end
+
+    class MultipleResultsError < Error
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/integration/hanami/model/associations/has_many_spec.rb b/spec/integration/hanami/model/associations/has_many_spec.rb
index 617aba21..57e8378f 100644
--- a/spec/integration/hanami/model/associations/has_many_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/hanami/model/associations/has_many_spec.rb
@@ -192,4 +192,33 @@
     # skipped spec
     it '#remove'
   end
+
+  describe '#one' do
+    it 'raises an error if more than one record exists' do
+      author = authors.create(name: 'Cormac McCarthy')
+      book = books.create(author_id: author.id, title: 'Blood Meridian')
+      book = books.create(author_id: author.id, title: 'Blood Meridian')
+
+      expect do
+        authors.find_book_by_title(author, book.title)
+      end.to raise_error(Hanami::Model::MultipleResultsError)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns an individual record if only one record exists' do
+      author = authors.create(name: 'Toni Morrison')
+      book = books.create(author_id: author.id, title: 'Song of Solomon')
+
+      found = authors.find_book(author, book.id)
+
+      expect(found).to eq(book)
+    end
+
+    it 'returns nil if no records exist' do
+      author = authors.create(name: 'Aspiring Author')
+
+      found = authors.find_book(author, nil)
+
+      expect(found).to eq(nil)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/fixtures.rb b/spec/support/fixtures.rb
index 1b75c949..260571ac 100644
--- a/spec/support/fixtures.rb
+++ b/spec/support/fixtures.rb
@@ -258,12 +258,20 @@ def find_book(author, id)
     book_for(author, id).one
   end
 
+  def find_book_by_title(author, title)
+    book_by_title(author, title).one
+  end
+
   def book_exists?(author, id)
     book_for(author, id).exists?
   end
 
   private
 
+  def book_by_title(author, title)
+    assoc(:books, author).where(title: title)
+  end
+
   def book_for(author, id)
     assoc(:books, author).where(id: id)
   end