diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php
index 00cba31b..8946bce5 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ public function belongs_to($model, $foreign = null)
 	 * @param  string        $other
 	 * @return Relationship
 	 */
-	public function has_many_and_belongs_to($model, $table, $foreign = null, $other = null)
+	public function has_many_and_belongs_to($model, $table = null, $foreign = null, $other = null)
 	{
 		return new Has_Many_And_Belongs_To($this, $model, $table, $foreign, $other);
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php
index b4fe924f..4ac55570 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php
@@ -39,11 +39,27 @@ public function __construct($model, $associated, $table, $foreign, $other)
 	{
 		$this->other = $other;
 
-		$this->joining = $table;
+		$this->joining = $table ?: $this->joining($model, $associated);
 
 		parent::__construct($model, $associated, $foreign);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine the joining table name for the relationship.
+	 *
+	 * By default, the name is the models sorted and concatenated with an underscore.
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function joining($model, $associated)
+	{
+		$models = array(class_basename($model), class_basename($associated));
+
+		sort($models);
+
+		return strtolower($models[0].'_'.$models[1]);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the properly hydrated results for the relationship.
 	 *
diff --git a/laravel/helpers.php b/laravel/helpers.php
index 7507c5d2..68b68602 100644
--- a/laravel/helpers.php
+++ b/laravel/helpers.php
@@ -376,6 +376,21 @@ function root_namespace($class, $separator = '\\')
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the "class basename" of a class or object.
+ *
+ * The basename is considered the name of the class minus all namespaces.
+ *
+ * @param  object|string  $class
+ * @return string
+ */
+function class_basename($class)
+{
+	if (is_object($class)) $class = get_class($class);
+
+	return basename($class);
+}
+
 /**
  * Return the value of the given item.
  *