diff --git a/lib/mongo_mapper/plugins/querying.rb b/lib/mongo_mapper/plugins/querying.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/mongo_mapper/plugins/querying.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo_mapper/plugins/querying.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ module MongoMapper
           query.model(self)
           query
         end
+        alias_method :scoped, :query
 
         # @api private for now
         def criteria_hash(criteria={})
diff --git a/spec/functional/querying_spec.rb b/spec/functional/querying_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/functional/querying_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/functional/querying_spec.rb
@@ -993,4 +993,11 @@ describe "Querying" do
       user.first_name.should == "John"
     end
   end
+
+  context "#scoped" do
+    it "should return a Query" do
+      document.scoped.should be_a MongoMapper::Plugins::Querying::DecoratedPluckyQuery
+      document.scoped.criteria_hash.should be_empty
+    end
+  end
 end
Add #scoped for AR 3.x parity