diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultQueryCache.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultQueryCache.php
index 96f0fbd0ed6..83cc6128f9b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultQueryCache.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Cache/DefaultQueryCache.php
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public function put(QueryCacheKey $key, ResultSetMapping $rsm, $result, array $h
             throw new CacheException("Second-level cache query supports only select statements.");
         }
 
-        if (isset($hints[Query::HINT_FORCE_PARTIAL_LOAD]) && $hints[Query::HINT_FORCE_PARTIAL_LOAD]) {
+        if (($hints[Query\SqlWalker::HINT_PARTIAL] ?? false) === true || ($hints[Query::HINT_FORCE_PARTIAL_LOAD] ?? false) === true) {
             throw new CacheException("Second level cache does not support partial entities.");
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index d06d070610f..e3eb975020b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
      */
     const HINT_DISTINCT = 'doctrine.distinct';
 
+    /**
+     * Used to mark a query as containing a PARTIAL expression, which needs to be known by SLC.
+     */
+    public const HINT_PARTIAL = 'doctrine.partial';
+
     /**
      * @var ResultSetMapping
      */
@@ -1366,6 +1371,8 @@ public function walkSelectExpression($selectExpression)
             default:
                 // IdentificationVariable or PartialObjectExpression
                 if ($expr instanceof AST\PartialObjectExpression) {
+                    $this->query->setHint(self::HINT_PARTIAL, true);
+
                     $dqlAlias = $expr->identificationVariable;
                     $partialFieldSet = $expr->partialFieldSet;
                 } else {
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SecondLevelCacheQueryCacheTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SecondLevelCacheQueryCacheTest.php
index 0a32886dd0f..56188ade6c0 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SecondLevelCacheQueryCacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SecondLevelCacheQueryCacheTest.php
@@ -1095,11 +1095,25 @@ public function testCacheablePartialQueryException()
         $this->loadFixturesCountries();
 
         $this->_em->createQuery("SELECT PARTIAL c.{id} FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cache\Country c")
-            ->setHint(Query::HINT_FORCE_PARTIAL_LOAD, true)
             ->setCacheable(true)
             ->getResult();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Second level cache does not support partial entities.
+     */
+    public function testCacheableForcePartialLoadHintQueryException()
+    {
+        $this->evictRegions();
+        $this->loadFixturesCountries();
+
+        $this->_em->createQuery('SELECT c FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Cache\Country c')
+            ->setCacheable(true)
+            ->setHint(Query::HINT_FORCE_PARTIAL_LOAD, true)
+            ->getResult();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException \Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheException
      * @expectedExceptionMessage Second-level cache query supports only select statements.