diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php
index a701aeeb0dd9..51ba2638d8a6 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ public function scopes(array $scopes)
             }
 
             $builder = $builder->callScope(
-                'scope'.ucfirst($scope), (array) $parameters
+                [$this->model, 'scope'.ucfirst($scope)], (array) $parameters
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
index c242a039cea0..b42bbf7bbc72 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use Mockery as m;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation;
 
 class DatabaseEloquentModelTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
@@ -1348,6 +1349,22 @@ public function testStringIdTypePreserved()
         $this->assertEquals('string id', $model->id);
     }
 
+    public function testScopesMethod()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentModelStub;
+        $this->addMockConnection($model);
+
+        $scopes = [
+            'published',
+            'category' => 'Laravel',
+            'framework' => ['Laravel', '5.2'],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Builder::class, $model->scopes($scopes));
+
+        $this->assertSame($scopes, $model->scopesCalled);
+    }
+
     protected function addMockConnection($model)
     {
         $model->setConnectionResolver($resolver = m::mock('Illuminate\Database\ConnectionResolverInterface'));
@@ -1371,6 +1388,7 @@ public function saved()
 class EloquentModelStub extends Model
 {
     public $connection;
+    public $scopesCalled = [];
     protected $table = 'stub';
     protected $guarded = [];
     protected $morph_to_stub_type = 'EloquentModelSaveStub';
@@ -1429,6 +1447,21 @@ public function getAppendableAttribute()
     {
         return 'appended';
     }
+
+    public function scopePublished(Builder $builder)
+    {
+        $this->scopesCalled[] = 'published';
+    }
+
+    public function scopeCategory(Builder $builder, $category)
+    {
+        $this->scopesCalled['category'] = $category;
+    }
+
+    public function scopeFramework(Builder $builder, $framework, $version)
+    {
+        $this->scopesCalled['framework'] = [$framework, $version];
+    }
 }
 
 class EloquentModelCamelStub extends EloquentModelStub