diff --git a/lib/dbms.js b/lib/dbms.js
index 9bf7085..0b1c0af 100644
--- a/lib/dbms.js
+++ b/lib/dbms.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ const getPreviousVersion = async (modelPath) => {
 const create = async (modelPath, outputPath = modelPath) => {
   console.log('Generating SQL DDL script ' + shorten(outputPath));
   const model = await loadModel(modelPath);
+  const delayedKeys = {};
+  for (const key of model.order) {
+    delayedKeys[key] = null;
+  }
   const script = [];
   const ins = [];
   const upd = [];
@@ -58,13 +62,14 @@ const create = async (modelPath, outputPath = modelPath) => {
   for (const name of model.order) {
     const entity = model.entities.get(name);
     if (metaschema.KIND_STORED.includes(entity.kind)) {
-      script.push(createEntity(model, name), '');
+      script.push(createEntity(model, name, delayedKeys), '');
       if (model.entities.get('Identifier')) {
         const { inserts, updates } = registerEntity(model, name);
         ins.push(inserts);
         upd.push(updates);
       }
     }
+    delete delayedKeys[name];
   }
   if (ins.length) script.push(...ins, '', ...upd, '');
   const dbPath = path.join(outputPath, 'database.sql');
diff --git a/lib/pg.js b/lib/pg.js
index 2af7051..3f57740 100644
--- a/lib/pg.js
+++ b/lib/pg.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ const flatFields = (fields) => {
   return flat;
 };
 
-const createEntity = (model, name) => {
+const createEntity = (model, name, delayedKeys = {}) => {
   const entity = model.entities.get(name);
   const sql = [];
   const idx = [];
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ const createEntity = (model, name) => {
         const ref = model.entities.get(def.type);
         if (!ref) throw new Error(`Unknown schema: ${def.type}`);
         const refId = ref.kind === 'registry';
-        idx.push(foreignKey(name, field, def, refId));
+        const fKey = foreignKey(name, field, def, refId);
+        if (def.type in delayedKeys && def.type !== name) {
+          delayedKeys[def.type] = fKey;
+        } else {
+          idx.push(fKey);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -201,6 +206,7 @@ const createEntity = (model, name) => {
   }
   sql[sql.length - 1] = sql[sql.length - 1].slice(0, -1);
   sql.push(');');
+  if (delayedKeys[name]) idx.push(delayedKeys[name]);
   return sql.join('\n') + '\n\n' + idx.join('\n');
 };