diff --git a/Cake/ORM/Table.php b/Cake/ORM/Table.php
index 537abed27c0..28ba596c76e 100644
--- a/Cake/ORM/Table.php
+++ b/Cake/ORM/Table.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 use Cake\ORM\Association\HasOne;
 use Cake\ORM\BehaviorRegistry;
 use Cake\ORM\Entity;
+use Cake\ORM\Validator;
 use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
 
 /**
@@ -788,8 +789,8 @@ public function validator($name = 'default', $instance = null) {
 			return $this->_validators[$name] = $instance;
 		}
 
-		$validator = new Validator;
-		$validator = $this->{'validation' . $name}($validator);
+		$validator = new Validator($this);
+		$validator = $this->{'validation' . ucfirst($name)}($validator);
 		return $this->_validators[$name] = $validator;
 	}
 
diff --git a/Cake/ORM/Validator.php b/Cake/ORM/Validator.php
index ee36ddd57f7..06cdfebb609 100644
--- a/Cake/ORM/Validator.php
+++ b/Cake/ORM/Validator.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 2.2.0
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
-namespace Cake\Model;
+namespace Cake\ORM;
 
 use Cake\ORM\Validation\ValidationSet;
 use Cake\Utility\Hash;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *
  * @link          http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/data-validation.html
  */
-class ModelValidator implements \ArrayAccess, \IteratorAggregate, \Countable {
+class Validator implements \ArrayAccess, \IteratorAggregate, \Countable {
 
 /**
  * Holds the ValidationSet objects array
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ModelValidator implements \ArrayAccess, \IteratorAggregate, \Countable {
  * @param \Cake\ORM\Table $table A reference to the table object this is bound to
  */
 	public function __construct(Table $table) {
-		$this->_model = $model;
+		$this->_table = $table;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/ORM/TableTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/ORM/TableTest.php
index c3fc4317b95..2bffb379932 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/ORM/TableTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/ORM/TableTest.php
@@ -1797,4 +1797,43 @@ public function testHasField() {
 		$this->assertTrue($table->hasField('body'), 'Should be there.');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests that there exists a default validator
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testValidatorDefault() {
+		$table = new Table();
+		$validator = $table->validator();
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('\Cake\ORM\Validator', $validator);
+		$default = $table->validator('default');
+		$this->assertSame($validator, $default);
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests that it is possible to define custom validator methods
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function functionTestValidationWithDefiner() {
+		$table = $this->getMock('\Cake\ORM\Table', ['validationForOtherStuff']);
+		$table->expects($this->once())->method('validationForOtherStuff')
+			->will($this->returnArgument(0));
+		$other = $table->validator('forOtherStuff');
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('\Cake\ORM\Validator', $other);
+		$this->assertNotSame($other, $table->validator());
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Tests that it is possible to set a custom validator under a name
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testValidatorSetter() {
+		$table = new Table;
+		$validator = new \Cake\ORM\Validator($table);
+		$table->validator('other', $validator);
+		$this->assertSame($validator, $table->validator('other'));
+	}
+
 }