diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
index e6c6b9817ba8..eba3599c8d42 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Egulias\EmailValidator\Validation\RFCValidation;
 use Egulias\EmailValidator\Validation\SpoofCheckValidation;
 use Exception;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
@@ -815,7 +816,17 @@ protected function getUniqueExtra($parameters)
      */
     public function parseTable($table)
     {
-        return Str::contains($table, '.') ? explode('.', $table, 2) : [null, $table];
+        [$connection, $table] = Str::contains($table, '.') ? explode('.', $table, 2) : [null, $table];
+
+        if (Str::contains($table, '\\') && class_exists($table)) {
+            $model = new $table;
+
+            if ($model instanceof Model) {
+                $table = $model->getTable();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return [$connection, $table];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
index 4ab6a9e0bb26..6d309750a480 100755
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Translation\Translator as TranslatorContract;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ImplicitRule;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Translation\ArrayLoader;
@@ -4293,6 +4294,36 @@ public function testExtractDataFromPath()
         $this->assertEquals(['cat' => ['cat1' => ['name' => '1']]], ValidationData::extractDataFromPath('cat.cat1.name', $data));
     }
 
+    public function testParsingTablesFromModels()
+    {
+        $trans = $this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator();
+        $v = new Validator($trans, [], []);
+
+        $implicit_no_connection = $v->parseTable(ImplicitTableModel::class);
+        $this->assertEquals(null, $implicit_no_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('implicit_table_models', $implicit_no_connection[1]);
+
+        $explicit_no_connection = $v->parseTable(ExplicitTableModel::class);
+        $this->assertEquals(null, $explicit_no_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('explicits', $explicit_no_connection[1]);
+
+        $raw_no_connection = $v->parseTable('table');
+        $this->assertEquals(null, $raw_no_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('table', $raw_no_connection[1]);
+
+        $implicit_connection = $v->parseTable('connection.'.ImplicitTableModel::class);
+        $this->assertEquals('connection', $implicit_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('implicit_table_models', $implicit_connection[1]);
+
+        $explicit_connection = $v->parseTable('connection.'.ExplicitTableModel::class);
+        $this->assertEquals('connection', $explicit_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('explicits', $explicit_connection[1]);
+
+        $raw_connection = $v->parseTable('connection.table');
+        $this->assertEquals('connection', $raw_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('table', $raw_connection[1]);
+    }
+
     public function testUsingSettersWithImplicitRules()
     {
         $trans = $this->getIlluminateArrayTranslator();
@@ -4755,3 +4786,16 @@ public function getIlluminateArrayTranslator()
         );
     }
 }
+
+class ImplicitTableModel extends Model
+{
+    protected $guarded = [];
+    public $timestamps = false;
+}
+
+class ExplicitTableModel extends Model
+{
+    protected $table = 'explicits';
+    protected $guarded = [];
+    public $timestamps = false;
+}