diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php
index 8f99e8e3..b63f8d6e 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ public function pluck($column)
 		if ($result) return $result->{$column};
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a single column's value from the first result of a query.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $column
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function value($column)
+	{
+		$result = $this->first(array($column));
+
+		if ($result) return $result->{$column};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Chunk the results of the query.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php
index d9deeda9..f4b84a72 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php
@@ -1360,6 +1360,19 @@ public function pluck($column)
 		return count($result) > 0 ? reset($result) : null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a single column's value from the first result of a query.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $column
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function value($column)
+	{
+		$result = (array) $this->first(array($column));
+
+		return count($result) > 0 ? reset($result) : null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Execute the query and get the first result.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentBuilderTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentBuilderTest.php
index e409c93b..505947d6 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentBuilderTest.php
@@ -157,6 +157,26 @@ public function testPluckMethodWithModelNotFound()
 	}
 
 
+	public function testValueMethodWithModelFound()
+	{
+		$builder = m::mock('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder[first]', [$this->getMockQueryBuilder()]);
+		$mockModel = new StdClass;
+		$mockModel->name = 'foo';
+		$builder->shouldReceive('first')->with(['name'])->andReturn($mockModel);
+
+		$this->assertEquals('foo', $builder->value('name'));
+	}
+
+
+	public function testValueMethodWithModelNotFound()
+	{
+		$builder = m::mock('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder[first]', [$this->getMockQueryBuilder()]);
+		$builder->shouldReceive('first')->with(['name'])->andReturn(null);
+
+		$this->assertNull($builder->value('name'));
+	}
+
+
 	public function testChunkExecuteCallbackOverPaginatedRequest()
 	{
 		$builder = m::mock('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder[forPage,get]', [$this->getMockQueryBuilder()]);
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
index bf0db305..e6e4c0f8 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -884,6 +884,19 @@ public function testPluckMethodReturnsSingleColumn(): void
 	}
 
 
+	public function testValueMethodReturnsSingleColumn(): void
+    {
+		$builder = $this->getBuilder();
+		$builder->getConnection()->shouldReceive('select')->once()->with('select "foo" from "users" where "id" = ? limit 1', [1]
+        )->andReturn([['foo' => 'bar']]);
+		$builder->getProcessor()->shouldReceive('processSelect')->once()->with($builder, [['foo' => 'bar']])->andReturn(
+            [['foo' => 'bar']]
+        );
+		$results = $builder->from('users')->where('id', '=', 1)->value('foo');
+		$this->assertEquals('bar', $results);
+	}
+
+
 	public function testAggregateFunctions(): void
     {
 		$builder = $this->getBuilder();