1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
index b0c8a8b815..080e3d0f5e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/named_scope.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       #   expected_options = { :conditions => { :colored => 'red' } }
       #   assert_equal expected_options, Shirt.colored('red').proxy_options
       def named_scope(name, options = {}, &block)
+        name = name.to_sym
         scopes[name] = lambda do |parent_scope, *args|
           Scope.new(parent_scope, case options
             when Hash
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ module ActiveRecord
         if scopes.include?(method)
           scopes[method].call(self, *args)
         else
-          with_scope :find => proxy_options do
+          with_scope :find => proxy_options, :create => proxy_options[:conditions].is_a?(Hash) ?  proxy_options[:conditions] : {} do
+            method = :new if method == :build
             proxy_scope.send(method, *args, &block)
           end
         end