diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index fabb368d..ed62e00e 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ PlotExample("Bar",
 PlotExample("Histogram",
     "",
     [:(begin
-        histogram(randn(1000), nbins=20)
+        histogram(randn(1000), bins = :scott, weights = repeat(1:5, outer = 200))
     end)]
 ),
 
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 97352505..8fb582ae 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ function _make_hist{N}(vs::NTuple{N,AbstractVector}, binning; normed = false, we
     edges = _hist_edges(vs, binning)
     h = float( weights == nothing ?
         StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, vs, edges, closed = :left) :
-        StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, vs, weights, edges, closed = :left)
+        StatsBase.fit(StatsBase.Histogram, vs, StatsBase.Weights(weights), edges, closed = :left)
     )
     normalize!(h, mode = _hist_norm_mode(normed))
 end