diff --git a/src/ng/rootScope.js b/src/ng/rootScope.js
index d06abfc248b3..b95ec8c6e680 100644
--- a/src/ng/rootScope.js
+++ b/src/ng/rootScope.js
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
           while (asyncQueue.length) {
             try {
               asyncTask = asyncQueue.shift();
-              asyncTask.scope.$eval(asyncTask.expression);
+              asyncTask.scope.$eval(asyncTask.expression, asyncTask.locals);
             } catch (e) {
               $exceptionHandler(e);
             }
@@ -958,8 +958,9 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
        *    - `string`: execute using the rules as defined in {@link guide/expression expression}.
        *    - `function(scope)`: execute the function with the current `scope` parameter.
        *
+       * @param {(object)=} locals Local variables object, useful for overriding values in scope.
        */
-      $evalAsync: function(expr) {
+      $evalAsync: function(expr, locals) {
         // if we are outside of an $digest loop and this is the first time we are scheduling async
         // task also schedule async auto-flush
         if (!$rootScope.$$phase && !asyncQueue.length) {
@@ -970,7 +971,7 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
           });
         }
 
-        asyncQueue.push({scope: this, expression: expr});
+        asyncQueue.push({scope: this, expression: expr, locals: locals});
       },
 
       $$postDigest: function(fn) {
diff --git a/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js b/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
index 6ff240d6330c..89d30820ff24 100644
--- a/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
@@ -1243,6 +1243,13 @@ describe('Scope', function() {
       expect($rootScope.log).toBe('12');
     }));
 
+    it('should allow passing locals to the expression', inject(function($rootScope) {
+      $rootScope.log = '';
+      $rootScope.$evalAsync('log = log + a', {a: 1});
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      expect($rootScope.log).toBe('1');
+    }));
+
     it('should run async expressions in their proper context', inject(function($rootScope) {
       var child = $rootScope.$new();
       $rootScope.ctx = 'root context';