diff --git a/lib/relation-definition.js b/lib/relation-definition.js
index 1fa299e4..426a043b 100644
--- a/lib/relation-definition.js
+++ b/lib/relation-definition.js
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ Relation.prototype.getCache = function () {
   return this.modelInstance.__cachedRelations[this.definition.name];
 };
 
+Relation.prototype.callScopeMethod = function(methodName) {
+  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+  var modelInstance = this.modelInstance;
+  var rel = modelInstance[this.definition.name];
+  if (rel && typeof rel[methodName] === 'function') {
+    return rel[methodName].apply(rel, args);
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('Unknown scope method: ' + methodName);
+  }
+} 
+
 /**
  * Fetch the related model(s) - this is a helper method to unify access.
  * @param (Boolean|Object} condOrRefresh refresh or conditions object
@@ -1782,7 +1793,7 @@ EmbedsOne.prototype.create = function (targetModelData, cb) {
   
   targetModelData = targetModelData || {};
   
-  var inst = this.build(targetModelData);
+  var inst = this.callScopeMethod('build', targetModelData);
   
   var updateEmbedded = function() {
     modelInstance.updateAttribute(propertyName, 
@@ -1854,9 +1865,9 @@ EmbedsOne.prototype.update = function (targetModelData, cb) {
       });
     }
   } else if (!embeddedInstance && cb) {
-    this.create(data, db);
+    this.callScopeMethod('create', data, cb);
   } else if (!embeddedInstance) {
-    this.build(data);
+    this.callScopeMethod('build', data);
   }
 };
 
@@ -2238,7 +2249,7 @@ EmbedsMany.prototype.create = function (targetModelData, cb) {
   
   var embeddedList = this.embeddedList();
   
-  var inst = this.build(targetModelData);
+  var inst = this.callScopeMethod('build', targetModelData);
   
   var updateEmbedded = function() {
     modelInstance.updateAttribute(propertyName,
@@ -2619,7 +2630,7 @@ ReferencesMany.prototype.create = function (targetModelData, cb) {
   
   var ids = modelInstance[fk] || [];
   
-  var inst = this.build(targetModelData);
+  var inst = this.callScopeMethod('build', targetModelData);
   
   inst.save(function(err, inst) {
     if (err) return cb(err, inst);