diff --git a/lib/job-iteration/active_record_cursor.rb b/lib/job-iteration/active_record_cursor.rb
index d60c8976..4c5350cb 100644
--- a/lib/job-iteration/active_record_cursor.rb
+++ b/lib/job-iteration/active_record_cursor.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def initialize(relation, columns, position = nil)
       @columns = columns
       self.position = Array.wrap(position)
       raise ArgumentError, "Must specify at least one column" if columns.empty?
-      if relation.joins_values.present? && !@columns.all? { |column| column.to_s.include?(".") }
+      if relation.joins_values.present? && !@columns.all? { |column| column.is_a?(Arel::Attributes::Attribute) || column.to_s.include?(".") }
         raise ArgumentError, "You need to specify fully-qualified columns if you join a table"
       end