diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
index e441b856e1..e91a72cbe5 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
 
         def resource(*resources, &block)
           options = resources.extract_options!
+          options = (@scope[:options] || {}).merge(options)
 
           if apply_common_behavior_for(:resource, resources, options, &block)
             return self
@@ -611,6 +612,7 @@ module ActionDispatch
 
         def resources(*resources, &block)
           options = resources.extract_options!
+          options = (@scope[:options] || {}).merge(options)
 
           if apply_common_behavior_for(:resources, resources, options, &block)
             return self
diff --git a/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb b/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb
index ecc73f1fbc..a294535e88 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/dispatch/routing_test.rb
@@ -229,10 +229,13 @@ class TestRoutingMapper < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
         root :to => 'projects#index'
       end
 
-      resources :products, :constraints => { :id => /\d{4}/ } do
-        root :to => "products#root"
-        get :favorite, :on => :collection
-        resources :images
+      scope :only => [:index, :show] do
+        resources :products, :constraints => { :id => /\d{4}/ } do
+          root :to => "products#root"
+          get :favorite, :on => :collection
+          resources :images
+        end
+        resource :account
       end
 
       resource :dashboard, :constraints => { :ip => /192\.168\.1\.\d{1,3}/ }
@@ -1123,6 +1126,29 @@ class TestRoutingMapper < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     end
   end
 
+  def test_resource_merges_options_from_scope
+    with_test_routes do
+      assert_raise(NameError) { new_account_path }
+
+      get '/account/new'
+      assert_equal 404, status
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_resources_merges_options_from_scope
+    with_test_routes do
+      assert_raise(NoMethodError) { edit_product_path('1') }
+
+      get '/products/1/edit'
+      assert_equal 404, status
+
+      assert_raise(NoMethodError) { edit_product_image_path('1', '2') }
+
+      post '/products/1/images/2/edit'
+      assert_equal 404, status
+    end
+  end
+
   private
     def with_test_routes
       yield