diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 3c2cd8a0fdf633759ef0d00525bc09554769b3a0..54fa7ac60c7c462d3c95cee672343699d0a86668 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fix HasManyThrough Association so it uses :conditions on the HasMany Association.  Closes #9729 [danger]
+
 * Ensure that column names are quoted.  Closes #10134 [wesley.moxam]
 
 * Smattering of grammatical fixes to documentation. Closes #10083 [BobSilva]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
index 5ff0e3d0d74c3b659e11067a781eb03014bc78a5..8bff88e839e39d9632698f73f41684ba1019af49 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/has_many_through_association.rb
@@ -262,8 +262,9 @@ def conditions
           @conditions ||= [
             (interpolate_sql(@reflection.klass.send(:sanitize_sql, @reflection.options[:conditions])) if @reflection.options[:conditions]),
             (interpolate_sql(@reflection.active_record.send(:sanitize_sql, @reflection.through_reflection.options[:conditions])) if @reflection.through_reflection.options[:conditions]),
+            (interpolate_sql(@reflection.active_record.send(:sanitize_sql, @reflection.source_reflection.options[:conditions])) if @reflection.source_reflection.options[:conditions]),
             ("#{@reflection.through_reflection.table_name}.#{@reflection.through_reflection.klass.inheritance_column} = #{@reflection.klass.quote_value(@reflection.through_reflection.klass.name.demodulize)}" unless @reflection.through_reflection.klass.descends_from_active_record?)
-          ].compact.collect { |condition| "(#{condition})" }.join(' AND ') unless (!@reflection.options[:conditions] && !@reflection.through_reflection.options[:conditions] && @reflection.through_reflection.klass.descends_from_active_record?)
+          ].compact.collect { |condition| "(#{condition})" }.join(' AND ') unless (!@reflection.options[:conditions] && !@reflection.through_reflection.options[:conditions]  && !@reflection.source_reflection.options[:conditions] && @reflection.through_reflection.klass.descends_from_active_record?)
         end
 
         alias_method :sql_conditions, :conditions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/associations/join_model_test.rb b/activerecord/test/associations/join_model_test.rb
index 0e146f74c4d4f20f131569073aa2970782753865..631f7034f4c2366ecb5cb85927acdd6dee813289 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/associations/join_model_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/associations/join_model_test.rb
@@ -410,6 +410,12 @@ def test_add_to_self_referential_has_many_through
     authors(:david).author_favorites.create :favorite_author => new_author
     assert_equal new_author, authors(:david).reload.favorite_authors.first
   end
+  
+  def test_has_many_through_uses_conditions_specified_on_the_has_many_association
+    author = Author.find(:first)
+    assert !author.comments.blank?
+    assert author.nonexistant_comments.blank?
+  end
 
   def test_has_many_through_uses_correct_attributes
     assert_nil posts(:thinking).tags.find_by_name("General").attributes["tag_id"]
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures/author.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures/author.rb
index 5ef0c6cfe9e7f8042522f5fd939100e4c83e1079..979c72ec6380a4430ad24591d9e7deb4cd991597 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures/author.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures/author.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def testing_proxy_target
   
   has_many :special_nonexistant_posts, :class_name => "SpecialPost", :conditions => "posts.body = 'nonexistant'"
   has_many :special_nonexistant_post_comments, :through => :special_nonexistant_posts, :source => :comments, :conditions => "comments.post_id = 0"
+  has_many :nonexistant_comments, :through => :posts
 
   has_many :hello_posts, :class_name => "Post", :conditions => "posts.body = 'hello'"
   has_many :hello_post_comments, :through => :hello_posts, :source => :comments
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures/post.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures/post.rb
index 44ac3c10534d153f712e08bb2633f76ee72a1a7d..4627da52065fa2cf5b69e337fc99ad4b1f8400fd 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures/post.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures/post.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def find_most_recent
   has_one  :very_special_comment
   has_one  :very_special_comment_with_post, :class_name => "VerySpecialComment", :include => :post
   has_many :special_comments
+  has_many :nonexistant_comments, :class_name => 'Comment', :conditions => 'comments.id < 0'
 
   has_and_belongs_to_many :categories
   has_and_belongs_to_many :special_categories, :join_table => "categories_posts", :association_foreign_key => 'category_id'