diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
index 901d4c2..2e8d625 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
           Scope.new(parent_scope, case options
             when Hash
               options
+            when Scope
+              options.proxy_options
             when Proc
               if self.model_name != parent_scope.model_name
                 options.bind(parent_scope).call(*args)
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
       def initialize(proxy_scope, options, &block)
         options ||= {}
+        options = options.proxy_options if options.class == ActiveRecord::NamedScope::Scope
         [options[:extend]].flatten.each { |extension| extend extension } if options[:extend]
         extend Module.new(&block) if block_given?
         unless Scope === proxy_scope
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb
index 0a04821..c99e6fa 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/named_scope_test.rb
@@ -364,3 +364,14 @@ class DynamicScopeTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal Post.scoped_by_author_id_and_title(1, "Welcome to the weblog").first, Post.find(:first, :conditions => { :author_id => 1, :title => "Welcome to the weblog"})
   end
 end
+
+class NamedScopeCallingAnotherNamedScopeTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  def test_named_scope_can_call_another_named_scope
+    assert_nothing_raised do 
+      Post.calling_containing_the_letter_a
+      Post.title_starts_with_w
+      Post.title_starts_with_w_limit_one
+    end
+    assert_equal Post.find(:all, :conditions => ["title LIKE ?", "W%"], :limit => 1), Post.title_starts_with_w_limit_one
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/post.rb b/activerecord/test/models/post.rb
index cf69d04..8815861 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/post.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/post.rb
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
   named_scope :with_type_self, lambda{{:conditions => ["type=?", self.name]}}
   named_scope :containing_the_letter_a, :conditions => "body LIKE '%a%'"
   named_scope :ranked_by_comments, :order => "comments_count DESC"
+  named_scope :calling_containing_the_letter_a, containing_the_letter_a
+
   named_scope :limit, lambda {|limit| {:limit => limit} }
   named_scope :with_authors_at_address, lambda { |address| {
       :conditions => [ 'authors.author_address_id = ?', address.id ],
       :joins => 'JOIN authors ON authors.id = posts.author_id'
     }
   }
+  named_scope :title_starts_with, lambda {|letter| {:conditions => ["title LIKE ?", letter + "%"]}}
+  named_scope :title_starts_with_w, title_starts_with("W")
+  named_scope :title_starts_with_w_limit_one, title_starts_with("W").limit(1)
 
   belongs_to :author do
     def greeting