diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 0606dafb..5561c452 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Version 0.7
 
+* Allow procs as default value in has scope to be able to use values from session, for example.
 * Allow blocks with arity 0 or -1 to be given as the redirect url:
 
     def destroy
diff --git a/README b/README
index b0139032..b5c54c72 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ it also is named_scope fluent. Let's suppose our Project model with the scopes:
 
 Your controller:
 
-  class GraduationsController < InheritedResources::Base
+  class ProjectsController < InheritedResources::Base
     has_scope :featured, :boolean => true, :only => :index
     has_scope :by_methodology
     has_scope :limit, :default => 10
@@ -331,6 +331,11 @@ In the last case, it would return:
 
   { :featured => "true", :by_methodology => "agile", :limit => "20" }
 
+Finally, let's suppose you store on the session how many projects the user sees
+per page. In such cases, you can give a proc as default value:
+
+   has_scope :limit, :default => proc{|c| c.session[:limit] || 10 }
+
 Belongs to
 ----------
 
diff --git a/lib/inherited_resources/has_scope_helpers.rb b/lib/inherited_resources/has_scope_helpers.rb
index f64dc38e..7de4c57b 100644
--- a/lib/inherited_resources/has_scope_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/inherited_resources/has_scope_helpers.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def apply_scope_to(target_object) #:nodoc:
             value, call_scope = params[key], true
           elsif options.key?(:default)
             value, call_scope = options[:default], true
+            value = value.call(self) if value.is_a?(Proc)
           end
 
           if call_scope
diff --git a/test/has_scope_test.rb b/test/has_scope_test.rb
index a68e140c..16c48d6e 100644
--- a/test/has_scope_test.rb
+++ b/test/has_scope_test.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ def self.human_name; 'Tree'; end
 class TreesController < InheritedResources::Base
   has_scope :color
   has_scope :only_tall, :boolean => true, :only => :index
-  has_scope :shadown_range, :default => 10, :except => [ :index, :show, :destroy ]
+  has_scope :shadown_range, :default => 10, :except => [ :index, :show, :destroy, :new ]
   has_scope :root_type, :key => :root
+  has_scope :calculate_height, :default => proc {|c| c.session[:height] || 20 }, :only => :new
 end
 
 class HasScopeTest < ActionController::TestCase
@@ -92,6 +93,15 @@ def test_scope_with_different_key
     assert_equal({ :root => 'outside' }, assigns(:current_scopes))
   end
 
+  def test_scope_with_default_value_as_proc
+    session[:height] = 100
+    Tree.expects(:calculate_height).with(100).returns(Tree).in_sequence
+    Tree.expects(:new).returns(mock_tree).in_sequence
+    get :new
+    assert_equal(mock_tree, assigns(:tree))
+    assert_equal({ :calculate_height => 100 }, assigns(:current_scopes))
+   end
+
   protected
 
     def mock_tree(stubs={})