diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Configuration/Configuration.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Configuration/Configuration.php
index 9900dfbf9e..402a48e815 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Configuration/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Configuration/Configuration.php
@@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ public function getMigrations()
      */
     public function getVersion($version)
     {
+        if (empty($this->migrations)) {
+            $this->registerMigrationsFromDirectory($this->getMigrationsDirectory());
+        }
+
         if (!isset($this->migrations[$version])) {
             throw MigrationException::unknownMigrationVersion($version);
         }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Tests/ConfigurationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Tests/ConfigurationTest.php
index 6a5fdff007..75d4ce7842 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Tests/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/DBAL/Migrations/Tests/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Migrations\Tests;
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Migrations\Configuration\Configuration;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Migrations\MigrationException;
 
 class ConfigurationTest extends MigrationTestCase
 {
@@ -190,6 +191,31 @@ public function testFormatVersion($version, $return)
         $this->assertEquals($return, $config->formatVersion($version));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider autoloadVersionProvider
+     *
+     * @param $version
+     */
+    public function testGetVersion($version)
+    {
+        $config = $this->getSqliteConfiguration();
+        $config->setMigrationsNamespace('Doctrine\DBAL\Migrations\Tests\Stub\Configuration\AutoloadVersions');
+        $config->setMigrationsDirectory(__DIR__ . '/Stub/Configuration/AutoloadVersions');
+
+        $result = $config->getVersion($version);
+
+        $this->assertNotNull($result);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetVersionNotFound()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException(MigrationException::class);
+
+        $config = $this->getSqliteConfiguration();
+
+        $config->getVersion('foo');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider versionProvider
      */
@@ -212,4 +238,18 @@ public function versionProvider()
             ['20150202162811', '2015-02-02 16:28:11']
         ];
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function autoloadVersionProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['1Test'],
+            ['2Test'],
+            ['3Test'],
+            ['4Test'],
+            ['5Test'],
+        ];
+    }
 }