diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cc11e64501..3dcdbbe61e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Nov 10 00:36:42 2013  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* gc.c (should_be_callable): allow private call since rb_eval_cmd
+	  calls even private methods.
+
 Sun Nov 10 00:33:17 2013  Zachary Scott  <e@zzak.io>
 
 	* lib/racc/rdoc/grammar.en.rdoc: [DOC] fix typo by Tsuyoshi Sawada
diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 178d52e822..dda3292b60 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ rb_undefine_final(VALUE obj)
 static void
 should_be_callable(VALUE block)
 {
-    if (!rb_respond_to(block, rb_intern("call"))) {
+    if (!rb_obj_respond_to(block, rb_intern("call"), TRUE)) {
 	rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "wrong type argument %s (should be callable)",
 		 rb_obj_classname(block));
     }
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_objectspace.rb b/test/ruby/test_objectspace.rb
index 3127b61abe..c96f973895 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_objectspace.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_objectspace.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,27 @@ End
       !b
     END
     assert_raise(ArgumentError) { ObjectSpace.define_finalizer([], Object.new) }
+    fin = Struct.new(:garbage).new
+    class << fin
+      alias call garbage=
+    end
+    assertion = proc do
+      fin.garbage = nil
+      assert_nothing_raised(ArgumentError) {
+        EnvUtil.under_gc_stress do
+          3.times do
+            ObjectSpace.define_finalizer([], fin)
+          end
+          GC.start
+        end
+      }
+      assert_not_nil(fin.garbage)
+    end
+    assertion.call
+    class << fin
+      private :call
+    end
+    assertion.call
   end
 
   def test_each_object