diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/named.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/named.rb
index 49cadb66d021e6bf00f1814af58fd0876ffd013a..04aeeeb4fa4bbe9a3934acd60843ec6a8fbac358 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/named.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/scoping/named.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ def scope_attributes? # :nodoc:
         #   Article.published.featured.latest_article
         #   Article.featured.titles
         def scope(name, body, &block)
+          raise ArgumentError, 'You need to suply a callable as scope body' unless
+            body.respond_to?(:call)
+
           if dangerous_class_method?(name)
             raise ArgumentError, "You tried to define a scope named \"#{name}\" " \
               "on the model \"#{self.name}\", but Active Record already defined " \
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/scoping/named_scoping_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/scoping/named_scoping_test.rb
index d3546bd4719794c6cdf383d4962c4df834e0221d..d8906b229960b9b3bc789843bd3be65211f229f4 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/scoping/named_scoping_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/scoping/named_scoping_test.rb
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ def test_scopes_honor_current_scopes_from_when_defined
     assert_equal Post.ranked_by_comments.limit_by(5), Post.top(5)
   end
 
+  def test_scopes_body_is_a_callable
+    assert_raises(ArgumentError, 'You need to suply a callable as scope body') do
+      Post.class_eval { scope :containing_the_letter_z, where("body LIKE '%z%'") }
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_active_records_have_scope_named__all__
     assert !Topic.all.empty?