diff --git a/django/utils/decorators.py b/django/utils/decorators.py
index 4ccf1d69dff..fbcf4edf139 100644
--- a/django/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/django/utils/decorators.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def method_decorator(decorator):
         def _wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
             @decorator
             def bound_func(*args2, **kwargs2):
-                return func(self, *args2, **kwargs2)
+                return func.__get__(self, type(self))(*args2, **kwargs2)
             # bound_func has the signature that 'decorator' expects i.e.  no
             # 'self' argument, but it is a closure over self so it can call
             # 'func' correctly.
diff --git a/tests/decorators/tests.py b/tests/decorators/tests.py
index e72e6cfee33..4a49dcc71da 100644
--- a/tests/decorators/tests.py
+++ b/tests/decorators/tests.py
@@ -232,9 +232,45 @@ class MethodDecoratorTests(TestCase):
             def method(self):
                 return True
 
-        # t = Test()
         self.assertEqual(Test().method(), False)
 
+    def test_descriptors(self):
+
+        def original_dec(wrapped):
+            def _wrapped(arg):
+                return wrapped(arg)
+
+            return _wrapped
+
+        method_dec = method_decorator(original_dec)
+
+        class bound_wrapper(object):
+            def __init__(self, wrapped):
+                self.wrapped = wrapped
+                self.__name__ = wrapped.__name__
+
+            def __call__(self, arg):
+                return self.wrapped(arg)
+
+            def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+                return self
+
+        class descriptor_wrapper(object):
+            def __init__(self, wrapped):
+                self.wrapped = wrapped
+                self.__name__ = wrapped.__name__
+
+            def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+                return bound_wrapper(self.wrapped.__get__(instance, owner))
+
+        class Test(object):
+            @method_dec
+            @descriptor_wrapper
+            def method(self, arg):
+                return arg
+
+        self.assertEqual(Test().method(1), 1)
+
 
 class XFrameOptionsDecoratorsTests(TestCase):
     """