diff --git a/src/SaveRelationsBehavior.php b/src/SaveRelationsBehavior.php
index 95ea4f0..69cf05b 100644
--- a/src/SaveRelationsBehavior.php
+++ b/src/SaveRelationsBehavior.php
@@ -120,12 +120,24 @@ public function _processModelAsArray($data, $relation)
     {
         /** @var ActiveRecord $modelClass */
         $modelClass = $relation->modelClass;
-        // get the related model foreign keys
+        // Get the related model foreign keys
         if (is_array($data)) {
             $fks = [];
-            foreach ($relation->link as $relatedAttribute => $modelAttribute) {
-                if (array_key_exists($relatedAttribute, $data) && !empty($data[$relatedAttribute])) {
-                    $fks[$relatedAttribute] = $data[$relatedAttribute];
+
+            // Get the right link definition
+            if ($relation->via instanceof ActiveRecord) {
+                $viaQuery = $relation->via;
+                $link = $viaQuery->link;
+            } elseif (is_array($relation->via)) {
+                list($viaName, $viaQuery) = $relation->via;
+                $link = $viaQuery->link;
+            } else {
+                $link = $relation->link;
+            }
+
+            foreach ($link as $relatedAttribute => $modelAttribute) {
+                if (array_key_exists($modelAttribute, $data) && !empty($data[$modelAttribute])) {
+                    $fks[$modelAttribute] = $data[$modelAttribute];
                 }
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/SaveRelationsBehaviorTest.php b/tests/SaveRelationsBehaviorTest.php
index 0093743..d0787b9 100644
--- a/tests/SaveRelationsBehaviorTest.php
+++ b/tests/SaveRelationsBehaviorTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Yii;
 use yii\base\Model;
 use yii\db\Migration;
+use yii\helpers\VarDumper;
 
 class SaveRelationsBehaviorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ public function testSaveAddedExistingHasManyRelationAsArrayShouldSucceed()
         $this->assertCount(2, $project->users, 'Project should have 2 users before save');
         $project->users = array_merge($project->users, [$user]); // Add new user to the existing list
         $this->assertCount(3, $project->users, 'Project should have 3 users after assignment');
-        $this->assertTrue($project->save(), 'Project could not be saved');
+        $this->assertTrue($project->save(), 'Project could not be saved'.VarDumper::dumpAsString($project->errors));
         $this->assertCount(3, $project->users, 'Project should have 3 users after save');
     }