diff --git a/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py b/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py
index 810031f47e..6aab204598 100644
--- a/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py
+++ b/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py
@@ -145,9 +145,12 @@ class SQLCompiler(object):
             # then also add having expressions to group by.
             pk = None
             for expr in expressions:
-                if (expr.output_field.primary_key and
-                        getattr(expr.output_field, 'model') == self.query.model):
+                # Is this a reference to query's base table primary key? If the
+                # expression isn't a Col-like, then skip the expression.
+                if (getattr(expr, 'target', None) == self.query.model._meta.pk and
+                        getattr(expr, 'alias', None) == self.query.tables[0]):
                     pk = expr
+                    break
             if pk:
                 expressions = [pk] + [expr for expr in expressions if expr in having]
         return expressions
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.2.txt
index f430eb6cb0..bf54aeefd4 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.2.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ Bugfixes
 * Corrected join promotion for ``Case`` expressions. For example, annotating a
   query with a  ``Case`` expression could unexpectedly filter out results
   (:ticket:`24766`).
+
+* Fixed incorrect GROUP BY clause generation on MySQL when the query's model
+  has a self-referential foreign key (:ticket:`24748`).
diff --git a/tests/aggregation_regress/models.py b/tests/aggregation_regress/models.py
index 2cad0a5486..4d675952c2 100644
--- a/tests/aggregation_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/aggregation_regress/models.py
@@ -104,3 +104,8 @@ class Bravo(models.Model):
 class Charlie(models.Model):
     alfa = models.ForeignKey(Alfa, null=True)
     bravo = models.ForeignKey(Bravo, null=True)
+
+
+class SelfRefFK(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', null=True, blank=True, related_name='children')
diff --git a/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py b/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py
index bc6a55875d..12bb1ae3f4 100644
--- a/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/aggregation_regress/tests.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from django.utils import six
 
 from .models import (
     Alfa, Author, Book, Bravo, Charlie, Clues, Entries, HardbackBook, ItemTag,
-    Publisher, WithManualPK,
+    Publisher, SelfRefFK, WithManualPK,
 )
 
 
@@ -1174,28 +1174,13 @@ class JoinPromotionTests(TestCase):
         self.assertIn(' INNER JOIN ', str(qs.query))
 
 
-class AggregationOnRelationTest(TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
-        self.a = Author.objects.create(name='Anssi', age=33)
-        self.p = Publisher.objects.create(name='Manning', num_awards=3)
-        Book.objects.create(isbn='asdf', name='Foo', pages=10, rating=0.1, price="0.0",
-                            contact=self.a, publisher=self.p, pubdate=datetime.date.today())
-
-    def test_annotate_on_relation(self):
-        qs = Book.objects.annotate(avg_price=Avg('price'), publisher_name=F('publisher__name'))
-        self.assertEqual(qs[0].avg_price, 0.0)
-        self.assertEqual(qs[0].publisher_name, "Manning")
-
-    def test_aggregate_on_relation(self):
-        # A query with an existing annotation aggregation on a relation should
-        # succeed.
-        qs = Book.objects.annotate(avg_price=Avg('price')).aggregate(
-            publisher_awards=Sum('publisher__num_awards')
+class SelfReferentialFKTests(TestCase):
+    def test_ticket_24748(self):
+        t1 = SelfRefFK.objects.create(name='t1')
+        SelfRefFK.objects.create(name='t2', parent=t1)
+        SelfRefFK.objects.create(name='t3', parent=t1)
+        self.assertQuerysetEqual(
+            SelfRefFK.objects.annotate(num_children=Count('children')).order_by('name'),
+            [('t1', 2), ('t2', 0), ('t3', 0)],
+            lambda x: (x.name, x.num_children)
         )
-        self.assertEqual(qs['publisher_awards'], 3)
-        Book.objects.create(isbn='asdf', name='Foo', pages=10, rating=0.1, price="0.0",
-                            contact=self.a, publisher=self.p, pubdate=datetime.date.today())
-        qs = Book.objects.annotate(avg_price=Avg('price')).aggregate(
-            publisher_awards=Sum('publisher__num_awards')
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(qs['publisher_awards'], 6)