diff --git a/packages/cli/generators/relation/index.js b/packages/cli/generators/relation/index.js
index 0c7cb5703e50..fbdd6409dfc1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/generators/relation/index.js
+++ b/packages/cli/generators/relation/index.js
@@ -697,6 +697,17 @@ module.exports = class RelationGenerator extends ArtifactGenerator {
           ),
       },
     ]).then(props => {
+      if (
+        props.relationName === this.artifactInfo.foreignKeyName ||
+        this.artifactInfo.relationName === this.artifactInfo.foreignKeyName
+      ) {
+        /* istanbul ignore next */
+        return this.exit(
+          new Error(
+            `relation name ${props.relationName} cannot be the same as foreign key name ${this.artifactInfo.foreignKeyName}.`,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
       debug(`props after relation name prompt: ${inspect(props)}`);
       // checks if the relation name already exists
       this.artifactInfo.srcRepositoryFile = path.resolve(
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/relation.belongs-to.integration.js b/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/relation.belongs-to.integration.js
index b3a89f045d71..0bf1e0376a30 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/relation.belongs-to.integration.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/generators/relation.belongs-to.integration.js
@@ -58,6 +58,34 @@ describe('lb4 relation', /** @this {Mocha.Suite} */ function () {
     ).to.be.rejectedWith(/No models found/);
   });
 
+  it('rejects relation when relation name is the same as foreign key name', async () => {
+    await sandbox.reset();
+    const prompt = {
+      relationType: 'belongsTo',
+      sourceModel: 'Order',
+      destinationModel: 'Customer',
+      foreignKeyName: 'customerId',
+      relationName: 'customerId', // intentionally same as foreignKeyName
+    };
+
+    return expect(
+      testUtils
+        .executeGenerator(generator)
+        .inDir(sandbox.path, () =>
+          testUtils.givenLBProject(sandbox.path, {
+            additionalFiles: SANDBOX_FILES,
+          }),
+        )
+        .withOptions(options)
+        .withPrompts(prompt),
+      // Now that the bug is fixed, both values interpolate and we can assert the full message
+    ).to.be.rejectedWith(
+      new RegExp(
+        `relation name ${prompt.relationName} cannot be the same as foreign key name ${prompt.foreignKeyName}`,
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
   context('generates model relation with default values', () => {
     const promptArray = [
       {