diff --git a/lib/customisation.nix b/lib/customisation.nix
index dfdb64cbf3e2..ce00e364ba76 100644
--- a/lib/customisation.nix
+++ b/lib/customisation.nix
@@ -631,9 +631,12 @@ rec {
   makeScope =
     newScope: f:
     let
-      self = f self // {
-        newScope = scope: newScope (self // scope);
+      self = {
         callPackage = self.newScope { };
+      }
+      // f self
+      // {
+        newScope = scope: newScope (self // scope);
         overrideScope = g: makeScope newScope (extends g f);
         packages = f;
       };
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index d4bdc344deb9..1a69d7dfb484 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -4789,6 +4789,58 @@ runTests {
       };
     };
 
+  # Check that makeScope provides a default callPackage
+  testMakeScopeDefaultCallPackage =
+    let
+      scope = lib.makeScope lib.callPackageWith (self: {
+        foo = self.callPackage ({ }: "foo-value") { };
+      });
+    in
+    {
+      expr = scope.foo;
+      expected = "foo-value";
+    };
+
+  # Check that callPackage can be overridden by the scope function
+  testMakeScopeOverrideCallPackage =
+    let
+      customCallPackage =
+        _self: fn: args:
+        (fn args) + "-custom";
+      scope = lib.makeScope lib.callPackageWith (self: {
+        callPackage = customCallPackage self;
+        foo = self.callPackage ({ }: "foo-value") { };
+      });
+    in
+    {
+      expr = scope.foo;
+      expected = "foo-value-custom";
+    };
+
+  # Check that overriding callPackage persists through overrideScope
+  testMakeScopeOverrideCallPackagePersistsThroughOverrideScope =
+    let
+      customCallPackage =
+        _self: fn: args:
+        (fn args) + "-custom";
+      scope = lib.makeScope lib.callPackageWith (self: {
+        callPackage = customCallPackage self;
+        foo = self.callPackage ({ }: "foo-value") { };
+      });
+      overridden = scope.overrideScope (
+        _final: _prev: {
+          bar = scope.callPackage ({ }: "bar-value") { };
+        }
+      );
+    in
+    {
+      expr = { inherit (overridden) foo bar; };
+      expected = {
+        foo = "foo-value-custom";
+        bar = "bar-value-custom";
+      };
+    };
+
   testFilesystemResolveDefaultNixFile1 = {
     expr = lib.filesystem.resolveDefaultNix ./foo.nix;
     expected = ./foo.nix;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index e440e979d5ce..acb164f047d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ makeScope newScope (
   in
   {
 
-    inherit callPackage buildOctavePackage computeRequiredOctavePackages;
+    inherit buildOctavePackage computeRequiredOctavePackages;
 
     inherit (callPackage ../development/interpreters/octave/hooks { })
       writeRequiredOctavePackagesHook