diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
index 766d363d5..67eadce1f 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
@@ -876,7 +876,12 @@ class Controller extends Object {
 			if (isset($this->{$this->modelClass})) {
 				$object = $this->{$this->modelClass};
 			} else {
-				$object = $this->{$this->uses[0]};
+				if (strpos($this->uses[0], '.') !== false) {
+					list($plugin, $className) = explode('.', $this->uses[0]);
+					$object = $this->{$className};
+				} else {
+					$object = $this->{$this->uses[0]};
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
index 833535e5a..cd0b46303 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php
@@ -77,5 +77,19 @@ class ControllerTest extends CakeTestCase {
 
 		unset($Controller);
 	}
+
+	function testPaginate() {
+		$Controller =& new Controller();
+		$Controller->uses = array('ControllerPost', 'ControllerComment');
+		$Controller->passedArgs[] = '1';
+		$Controller->params['url'] = array();
+		$Controller->constructClasses();
+		$Controller->modelClass = null;
+
+		$Controller->uses[0] = 'Plugin.ControllerPost';
+		$results = Set::extract($Controller->paginate(), '{n}.ControllerPost.id');
+		$this->assertEqual($results, array(1, 2, 3));
+	}
 }
+
 ?>
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