diff --git a/dblayeroo.php b/dblayeroo.php
index 3e1e349..ad24446 100644
--- a/dblayeroo.php
+++ b/dblayeroo.php
@@ -2814,6 +2814,8 @@ class dblayeroo
             $this->sep.".", "", $col);
           if ($col[0] === $this->sep)
             $col = substr ($col, 1);
+          elseif (strpos ($col, "DISTINCT ".$this->sep) === 0)
+            $col = "DISTINCT ".substr ($col, 10);
           if (substr ($col, -1) === $this->sep &&
               strpos ($col, " AS ".$this->sep) === false)
           {