diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index c78060c956872..400a0adbcf4e0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ def colorize_logging(*args)
 
       delegate :find, :first, :last, :all, :destroy, :destroy_all, :exists?, :delete, :delete_all, :update, :update_all, :to => :scoped
       delegate :find_each, :find_in_batches, :to => :scoped
-      delegate :select, :group, :order, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :includes, :from, :lock, :readonly, :having, :create_with, :to => :scoped
+      delegate :select, :group, :order, :reorder, :limit, :joins, :where, :preload, :eager_load, :includes, :from, :lock, :readonly, :having, :create_with, :to => :scoped
       delegate :count, :average, :minimum, :maximum, :sum, :calculate, :to => :scoped
 
       # Executes a custom SQL query against your database and returns all the results.  The results will
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/relation_scoping_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/relation_scoping_test.rb
index 41dcdbcd371d8..a5a3b3ef38970 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/relation_scoping_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/relation_scoping_test.rb
@@ -364,6 +364,12 @@ def test_named_scope_overwrites_default
     assert_equal expected, received
   end
 
+  def test_named_scope_reorders_default
+    expected = Developer.find(:all, :order => 'name DESC').collect { |dev| dev.name }
+    received = DeveloperOrderedBySalary.reordered_by_name.find(:all).collect { |dev| dev.name }
+    assert_equal expected, received
+  end
+
   def test_nested_exclusive_scope
     expected = Developer.find(:all, :limit => 100).collect { |dev| dev.salary }
     received = DeveloperOrderedBySalary.send(:with_exclusive_scope, :find => { :limit => 100 }) do
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb b/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb
index de68fd7f24a7e..c61c583c1dc3a 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/developer.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class DeveloperOrderedBySalary < ActiveRecord::Base
   self.table_name = 'developers'
   default_scope :order => 'salary DESC'
   scope :by_name, :order => 'name DESC'
+  scope :reordered_by_name, reorder('name DESC')
 
   def self.all_ordered_by_name
     with_scope(:find => { :order => 'name DESC' }) do