diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
index dd77f3d7b6a..8b326efc549 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function __construct($config = array()) {
 
 		App::import('Helper', $ajaxProvider);
 		$classname = $ajaxProvider . 'Helper';
-		if (!method_exists($classname, 'link')) {
+		if (!is_callable(array($classname, 'link'))) {
 			$message = sprintf(
 				__('%s does not implement a link() method, it is incompatible with PaginatorHelper', true),
 				$classname