diff --git a/lib/dialects/postgres/query.js b/lib/dialects/postgres/query.js
index 92f0685f0da8..13f421bc44da 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/postgres/query.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/postgres/query.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
             if (!!this.callee.daoFactory && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key] && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key].type && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key].type.type && this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key].type.type === DataTypes.HSTORE.type) {
               record = hstore.parse(record)
             }
-            this.callee[key] = record
+            this.callee.dataValues[key] = record
           }
         }
       }  
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ module.exports = (function() {
             if (!!this.callee.daoFactory && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key] && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key].type && !!this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key].type.type && this.callee.daoFactory.rawAttributes[key].type.type === DataTypes.HSTORE.type) {
               record = hstore.parse(record)
             }
-            this.callee[key] = record
+            this.callee.dataValues[key] = record
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/dao/values.test.js b/test/dao/values.test.js
index 17937238f79c..dc45fff3cf85 100644
--- a/test/dao/values.test.js
+++ b/test/dao/values.test.js
@@ -193,6 +193,40 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser("DAO"), function () {
         })
         expect(product.toJSON()).to.deep.equal({withTaxes: 1250, price: 1000, id: null})
       })
+
+      it('should work with save', function (done) {
+        var Contact = this.sequelize.define('Contact', {
+          first: { type: Sequelize.STRING },
+          last: { type: Sequelize.STRING },
+          tags: { 
+            type: Sequelize.STRING,
+            get: function(field) {
+              var val = this.getDataValue(field);
+              return JSON.parse(val);
+            },
+            set: function(val, field) {
+              this.setDataValue(field, JSON.stringify(val));
+            }
+          }
+        });
+
+        this.sequelize.sync().done(function () {
+          var contact = Contact.build({
+            first: 'My',
+            last: 'Name',
+            tags: ['yes','no']
+          });
+          expect(contact.get('tags')).to.deep.equal(['yes', 'no'])
+
+          contact.save().done(function(err, me) {
+            expect(err).not.to.be.ok
+            var idToTest = me.id;
+
+            expect(me.get('tags')).to.deep.equal(['yes', 'no'])
+            done();
+          });
+        });
+      })
     })
 
     describe('changed', function () {