diff --git a/internal/dbtest/orm_test.go b/internal/dbtest/orm_test.go
index 45b76ed4a..a4c3ecd64 100644
--- a/internal/dbtest/orm_test.go
+++ b/internal/dbtest/orm_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ func testBookRelations(t *testing.T, db *bun.DB) {
 		Relation("Author.Avatar").
 		Relation("Editor").
 		Relation("Editor.Avatar").
-		Relation("Genres").
+		Relation("Genres", func(q *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
+			return q.Column("id", "name", "genre__rating")
+		}).
 		Relation("Comments").
 		Relation("Translations", func(q *bun.SelectQuery) *bun.SelectQuery {
 			return q.Order("id")
diff --git a/relation_join.go b/relation_join.go
index 200f6758a..87503fbeb 100644
--- a/relation_join.go
+++ b/relation_join.go
@@ -178,7 +178,12 @@ func (j *relationJoin) m2mQuery(q *SelectQuery) *SelectQuery {
 	baseTable := j.BaseModel.Table()
 
 	if j.Relation.M2MTable != nil {
-		q = q.ColumnExpr(string(j.Relation.M2MTable.SQLAlias) + ".*")
+		fields := append(j.Relation.M2MBaseFields, j.Relation.M2MJoinFields...)
+
+		b := make([]byte, 0, len(fields))
+		b = appendColumns(b, j.Relation.M2MTable.SQLAlias, fields)
+
+		q = q.ColumnExpr(internal.String(b))
 	}
 
 	//nolint