diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
index 255b797927e7..397b832834fc 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
@@ -819,7 +819,9 @@ public function parseTable($table)
         [$connection, $table] = Str::contains($table, '.') ? explode('.', $table, 2) : [null, $table];
 
         if (Str::contains($table, '\\') && class_exists($table) && is_a($table, Model::class, true)) {
-            $table = (new $table)->getTable();
+            $model = new $table;
+            $table = $model->getTable();
+            $connection = $connection ?? $model->getConnectionName();
         }
 
         return [$connection, $table];
diff --git a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
index 1457857560f5..1b1864511e29 100755
--- a/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Validation/ValidationValidatorTest.php
@@ -4323,6 +4323,10 @@ public function testParsingTablesFromModels()
         $this->assertEquals('connection', $explicit_connection[0]);
         $this->assertEquals('explicits', $explicit_connection[1]);
 
+        $explicit_model_implicit_connection = $v->parseTable(ExplicitTableAndConnectionModel::class);
+        $this->assertEquals('connection', $explicit_model_implicit_connection[0]);
+        $this->assertEquals('explicits', $explicit_model_implicit_connection[1]);
+
         $noneloquent_connection = $v->parseTable('connection.'.NonEloquentModel::class);
         $this->assertEquals('connection', $noneloquent_connection[0]);
         $this->assertEquals(NonEloquentModel::class, $noneloquent_connection[1]);
@@ -5198,6 +5202,14 @@ class ExplicitTableModel extends Model
     public $timestamps = false;
 }
 
+class ExplicitTableAndConnectionModel extends Model
+{
+    protected $table = 'explicits';
+    protected $connection = 'connection';
+    protected $guarded = [];
+    public $timestamps = false;
+}
+
 class NonEloquentModel
 {
 }