diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/ImplicitRouteBinding.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/ImplicitRouteBinding.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Routing;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class ImplicitRouteBinding
+{
+    /**
+     * Resolve the implicit route bindings for the given route.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Container\Container  $container
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Routing\Route  $route
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function resolveForRoute($container, $route)
+    {
+        $parameters = $route->parameters();
+
+        foreach ($route->signatureParameters(Model::class) as $parameter) {
+            $class = $parameter->getClass();
+
+            if (array_key_exists($parameter->name, $parameters) &&
+                ! $route->parameter($parameter->name) instanceof Model) {
+                $method = $parameter->isDefaultValueAvailable() ? 'first' : 'firstOrFail';
+
+                $model = $container->make($class->name);
+
+                $route->setParameter(
+                    $parameter->name, $model->where(
+                        $model->getRouteKeyName(), $parameters[$parameter->name]
+                    )->{$method}()
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteBinding.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteBinding.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Routing;
+
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\ModelNotFoundException;
+
+class RouteBinding
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a Route model binding for a given callback.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Container\Container  $container
+     * @param  \Closure|string  $binder
+     * @return \Closure
+     */
+    public static function forCallback($container, $binder)
+    {
+        if (is_string($binder)) {
+            return static::createClassBinding($container, $binder);
+        }
+
+        return $binder;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a class based binding using the IoC container.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $binding
+     * @return \Closure
+     */
+    protected static function createClassBinding($container, $binding)
+    {
+        return function ($value, $route) use ($container, $binding) {
+            // If the binding has an @ sign, we will assume it's being used to delimit
+            // the class name from the bind method name. This allows for bindings
+            // to run multiple bind methods in a single class for convenience.
+            $segments = explode('@', $binding);
+
+            $method = count($segments) == 2 ? $segments[1] : 'bind';
+
+            $callable = [$container->make($segments[0]), $method];
+
+            return call_user_func($callable, $value, $route);
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a Route model binding for a model.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Container\Container  $container
+     * @param  string  $class
+     * @param  \Closure|null  $callback
+     * @return \Closure
+     */
+    public static function forModel($container, $class, $callback = null)
+    {
+        return function ($value) use ($container, $class, $callback) {
+            if (is_null($value)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // For model binders, we will attempt to retrieve the models using the first
+            // method on the model instance. If we cannot retrieve the models we'll
+            // throw a not found exception otherwise we will return the instance.
+            $instance = $container->make($class);
+
+            if ($model = $instance->where($instance->getRouteKeyName(), $value)->first()) {
+                return $model;
+            }
+
+            // If a callback was supplied to the method we will call that to determine
+            // what we should do when the model is not found. This just gives these
+            // developer a little greater flexibility to decide what will happen.
+            if ($callback instanceof Closure) {
+                return call_user_func($callback, $value);
+            }
+
+            throw (new ModelNotFoundException)->setModel($class);
+        };
+    }
+}