diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index 94e1eb8c89744..adcb149d6dd5c 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 require 'models/subscriber'
 require 'models/book'
 require 'models/subscription'
+require 'models/category'
+require 'models/categorization'
 
 class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
-  fixtures :posts, :readers, :people, :comments, :authors,
+  fixtures :posts, :readers, :people, :comments, :authors, :categories,
            :owners, :pets, :toys, :jobs, :references, :companies,
-           :subscribers, :books, :subscriptions, :developers
+           :subscribers, :books, :subscriptions, :developers,  :categorizations
 
   # Dummies to force column loads so query counts are clean.
   def setup
@@ -456,4 +458,9 @@ def test_size_of_through_association_should_increase_correctly_when_has_many_ass
     post.people << people(:michael)
     assert_equal readers + 1, post.readers.size
   end
+
+  def test_count_has_many_through_with_named_scope
+    assert_equal 2, authors(:mary).categories.count
+    assert_equal 1, authors(:mary).categories.general.count
+  end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/category.rb b/activerecord/test/models/category.rb
index 48415846dd367..06908ea85e2f8 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/category.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/category.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ def self.what_are_you
 
   has_many :categorizations
   has_many :authors, :through => :categorizations, :select => 'authors.*, categorizations.post_id'
+
+  scope :general, :conditions => { :name => 'General' }
 end
 
 class SpecialCategory < Category