diff --git a/lib/_debugger.js b/lib/_debugger.js
index 58e29fb16a..f8af6810e6 100644
--- a/lib/_debugger.js
+++ b/lib/_debugger.js
@@ -235,23 +235,64 @@ Client.prototype.reqLookup = function(refs, cb) {
   });
 };
 
-
+// This is like reqEval, except it will look up the expression in each of the
+// scopes associated with the current frame.
 Client.prototype.reqEval = function(expression, cb) {
   var self = this;
+
+  if (this.currentFrame == NO_FRAME) {
+    // Only need to eval in global scope.
+    this.reqFrameEval(expression, NO_FRAME, cb);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise we need to get the current frame to see which scopes it has.
+  this.reqBacktrace(function (bt) {
+    var frame = bt.frames[self.currentFrame];
+
+    var evalFrames = frame.scopes.map(function(s) {
+      return bt.frames[s.index].index;
+    });
+
+    self._reqFramesEval(expression, evalFrames, cb);
+  });
+};
+
+
+// Finds the first scope in the array in which the epxression evals.
+Client.prototype._reqFramesEval = function(expression, evalFrames, cb) {
+  if (evalFrames.length == 0) {
+    // Just eval in global scope.
+    this.reqFrameEval(expression, NO_FRAME, cb);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var self = this;
+  var i = evalFrames.shift();
+
+  this.reqFrameEval(expression, i, function(res) {
+    if (res.success) {
+      if (cb) cb(res);
+    } else {
+      self._reqFramesEval(expression, evalFrames, cb);
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+
+Client.prototype.reqFrameEval = function(expression, frame, cb) {
+  var self = this;
   var req = {
     command: 'evaluate',
     arguments: { expression: expression }
   };
 
-
-  if (this.currentFrame == NO_FRAME) {
+  if (frame == NO_FRAME) {
     req.arguments.global = true;
   } else {
-    req.arguments.frame = this.currentFrame;
+    req.arguments.frame = frame;
   }
 
-  console.error("currentFrame: %d", this.currentFrame);
-
   this.req(req, function(res) {
     if (res.success) {
       self._addHandle(res.body);