4 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb
index 0330c0f37f..994cacb4f9 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     autoload :AutosaveAssociation
 
     autoload :Relation
+    autoload :AssociationRelation
     autoload :NullRelation
 
     autoload_under 'relation' do
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/association_relation.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/association_relation.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2976577f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/association_relation.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  class AssociationRelation < Relation
+    def initialize(klass, table, association)
+      super(klass, table)
+      @association = association
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def exec_queries
+      super.each { |r| @association.set_inverse_instance r }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb
index 710babe024..608a6af16c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/association.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
       # Can be overridden (i.e. in ThroughAssociation) to merge in other scopes (i.e. the
       # through association's scope)
       def target_scope
-        klass.all
+        all = klass.all
+        scope = AssociationRelation.new(klass, klass.arel_table, self)
+        scope.merge! all
+        scope.default_scoped = all.default_scoped?
+        scope
       end
 
       # Loads the \target if needed and returns it.
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations_test.rb
index 95c571fd03..0f2d22a4a2 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations_test.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ require 'models/ship'
 require 'models/liquid'
 require 'models/molecule'
 require 'models/electron'
+require 'models/man'
+require 'models/interest'
 
 class AssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :accounts, :companies, :developers, :projects, :developers_projects,
@@ -242,6 +244,17 @@ class AssociationProxyTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     david = developers(:david)
     assert david.projects.equal?(david.projects)
   end
+
+  test "inverses get set of subsets of the association" do
+    man = Man.create
+    man.interests.create
+
+    man = Man.find(man.id)
+
+    assert_queries(1) do
+      assert_equal man, man.interests.where("1=1").first.man
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class OverridingAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase