diff --git a/rest_framework/routers.py b/rest_framework/routers.py
index 97b35c10a..2876dfa2a 100644
--- a/rest_framework/routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/routers.py
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ class DefaultRouter(SimpleRouter):
         class APIRoot(views.APIView):
             _ignore_model_permissions = True
 
-            def get(self, request, format=None):
+            def get(self, request, format=None, *args, **kwargs):
                 ret = {}
                 for key, url_name in api_root_dict.items():
-                    ret[key] = reverse(url_name, request=request, format=format)
+                    ret[key] = reverse(url_name, request=request, format=format, kwargs=kwargs)
                 return Response(ret)
 
         return APIRoot.as_view()
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py b/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
index e723f7d45..5eda19188 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/test_routers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from rest_framework import serializers, viewsets, permissions
+from rest_framework import serializers, viewsets, permissions, status
 from rest_framework.compat import include, patterns, url
 from rest_framework.decorators import link, action
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -164,6 +164,26 @@ class TestNameableRoot(TestCase):
         expected = 'nameable-root'
         self.assertEqual(expected, self.urls[0].name)
 
+class TestScopedRoot(TestCase):
+    class NoteViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+        model = RouterTestModel
+
+    router = DefaultRouter()
+    router.register(r'notes', NoteViewSet)
+
+    urls = patterns(
+        '',
+        url(r'^(?P<scope>\w[\w-]*)/', include(router.urls)),
+    )
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.view = self.router.get_api_root_view()
+
+    def test_api_root_is_accessible(self):
+        request = factory.get('/scope/') # get the api-root
+        response = self.view(request, scope='scope')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
 
 class TestActionKeywordArgs(TestCase):
     """