diff --git a/lib/globalize/model/active_record.rb b/lib/globalize/model/active_record.rb
index 450729c..a0bd9df 100644
--- a/lib/globalize/model/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/globalize/model/active_record.rb
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ module Globalize
 
         def define_accessors(klass, attr_names)
           attr_names.each do |attr_name|
-            klass.send :define_method, attr_name, lambda {
-              globalize.fetch I18n.locale, attr_name
+            klass.send :define_method, attr_name, lambda {|*args|
+              globalize.fetch(args.length > 0 ? args.first : I18n.locale, attr_name)
             }
             klass.send :define_method, "#{attr_name}=", lambda {|val|
               globalize.stash I18n.locale, attr_name, val
diff --git a/test/model/active_record/translated_test.rb b/test/model/active_record/translated_test.rb
index e54760c..2175745 100644
--- a/test/model/active_record/translated_test.rb
+++ b/test/model/active_record/translated_test.rb
@@ -288,6 +288,16 @@ class TranslatedTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     I18n.locale = 'de-DE'
     assert_equal 'foo', foo.subject
   end
+  
+  test "should be able to request for a specific locale as argument" do
+    post = Post.create :subject => 'foo'
+    I18n.locale = 'de-DE'
+    post.subject = 'bar'
+    I18n.locale = 'en-US'
+    assert_equal 'foo', post.subject
+    assert_equal 'foo', post.subject('en-US')
+    assert_equal 'bar', post.subject('de-DE')
+  end
 end
 
 # TODO should validate_presence_of take fallbacks into account? maybe we need