diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fe62026d..9d31c955 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -128,4 +128,6 @@ that much better:
  * Peter Teichman
  * Jakub Kot
  * Jorge Bastida
- * Aleksandr Sorokoumov
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+ * Aleksandr Sorokoumov
+ * Yohan Graterol
+ * bool-dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8619a635..667413e2 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.7.10
 =================
+- Resolve field name to db field name when using distinct(#260, #264, #269)
 - Added kwargs to doc.save to help interop with django (#223, #270)
 - Fixed cloning querysets in PY3
 - Int fields no longer unset in save when changed to 0 (#272)
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset.py b/mongoengine/queryset.py
index 20b18b7e..4aeff833 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset.py
@@ -1212,8 +1212,11 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         .. versionchanged:: 0.5 - Fixed handling references
         .. versionchanged:: 0.6 - Improved db_field refrence handling
         """
-        return self._dereference(self._cursor.distinct(field), 1,
-                                 name=field, instance=self._document)
+        try:
+            field = self._fields_to_dbfields([field]).pop()
+        finally:
+            return self._dereference(self._cursor.distinct(field), 1,
+                                     name=field, instance=self._document)
 
     def only(self, *fields):
         """Load only a subset of this document's fields. ::
diff --git a/tests/test_queryset.py b/tests/test_queryset.py
index 43bb70bc..88daa5fa 100644
--- a/tests/test_queryset.py
+++ b/tests/test_queryset.py
@@ -2486,6 +2486,25 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(Foo.objects.distinct("bar"), [bar])
 
+    def test_distinct_handles_db_field(self):
+        """Ensure that distinct resolves field name to db_field as expected.
+        """
+        class Product(Document):
+            product_id = IntField(db_field='pid')
+
+        Product.drop_collection()
+
+        Product(product_id=1).save()
+        Product(product_id=2).save()
+        Product(product_id=1).save()
+
+        self.assertEqual(set(Product.objects.distinct('product_id')),
+                         set([1, 2]))
+        self.assertEqual(set(Product.objects.distinct('pid')),
+                         set([1, 2]))
+
+        Product.drop_collection()
+
     def test_custom_manager(self):
         """Ensure that custom QuerySetManager instances work as expected.
         """