diff --git a/lib/dialects/abstract/query-generator.js b/lib/dialects/abstract/query-generator.js
index 664487d95f87..5a438cd3268b 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/abstract/query-generator.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/abstract/query-generator.js
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ class QueryGenerator {
           ? this.quoteAttribute(attr, options.model)
           : this.escape(attr);
       }
-      if (!_.isEmpty(options.include) && !attr.includes('.') && addTable) {
+      if (!_.isEmpty(options.include) && (!attr.includes('.') || options.dotNotation) && addTable) {
         attr = `${mainTableAs}.${attr}`;
       }
 
diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index 9a7dfcd386e0..9960422d2383 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ class Model {
    * @param  {object}                                                    [options.having] Having options
    * @param  {string}                                                    [options.searchPath=DEFAULT] An optional parameter to specify the schema search_path (Postgres only)
    * @param  {boolean|Error}                                             [options.rejectOnEmpty=false] Throws an error when no records found
+   * @param  {boolean}                                                   [options.dotNotation] Allows including tables having the same attribute/column names - which have a dot in them. 
    *
    * @see
    * {@link Sequelize#query}
diff --git a/test/unit/sql/select.test.js b/test/unit/sql/select.test.js
index 6f44cd46bace..6aa33a5d8efe 100644
--- a/test/unit/sql/select.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/sql/select.test.js
@@ -826,6 +826,42 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('attributes with dot notation', () => {
+      const User = Support.sequelize.define('User', {
+        name: DataTypes.STRING,
+        age: DataTypes.INTEGER,
+        'status.label': DataTypes.STRING
+      },
+      {
+        freezeTableName: true
+      });
+      const Post = Support.sequelize.define('Post', {
+        title: DataTypes.STRING,
+        'status.label': DataTypes.STRING
+      },
+      {
+        freezeTableName: true
+      });
+
+      User.Posts = User.hasMany(Post, { foreignKey: 'user_id' });
+
+      expectsql(sql.selectQuery('User', {
+        attributes: ['name', 'age', 'status.label'],
+        include: Model._validateIncludedElements({
+          include: [{
+            attributes: ['title', 'status.label'],
+            association: User.Posts
+          }],
+          model: User
+        }).include,
+        model: User,
+        dotNotation: true
+      }, User), {
+        default: 'SELECT [User].[name], [User].[age], [User].[status.label], [Posts].[id] AS [Posts.id], [Posts].[title] AS [Posts.title], [Posts].[status.label] AS [Posts.status.label] FROM [User] AS [User] LEFT OUTER JOIN [Post] AS [Posts] ON [User].[id] = [Posts].[user_id];',
+        postgres: 'SELECT "User".name, "User".age, "User"."status.label", Posts.id AS "Posts.id", Posts.title AS "Posts.title", Posts."status.label" AS "Posts.status.label" FROM "User" AS "User" LEFT OUTER JOIN Post AS Posts ON "User".id = Posts.user_id;'
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('raw query', () => {