Veteran fly-half Lionel Beauxis will make his first appearance for France in six years after being picked to face Scotland in Sunday's Six Nations clash.
The 32-year-old playmaker was drafted in by Les Bleus boss Jacques Brunel after teenage stand-off Matthieu Jalibert suffered knee ligament damage in the opening 15-13 defeat by Ireland last weekend.
Beauxis plays for Lyon in France's Top 14 competition, after previously representing Bordeaux, and Brunel praised Les Loups coach Pierre Mignoni for reviving his career.
"I thanked Pierre Mignoni because he resurrected him," Brunel said, according to L'Equipe.
"I called him again yesterday (Thursday) and I said thank you.
"He (Beauxis) couldn't express himself, he wasn't finding his place to show what he could do (at Bordeaux). He changed his situation and it's done him the greatest good, he's rediscovered his sparkling form and his early season shows it."
Beauxis has not started for France since the Six Nations clash against Wales in Cardiff on March 17, 2012. Wales won 16-9 that day, with Beauxis scoring one penalty.
Brunel added: "We know his talent, his qualities, especially his kicking game, (but) he has not always expressed them at the highest level. He has not had consistency in its performances.
"Since the beginning of the season with Lyon, he has shown great things, which is why he is there (in the France team), compared to others who could have had a claim.
"We trust him, he's good, he's happy."
France will travel to Murrayfield hoping to get their Six Nations campaign properly up and running after Johnny Sexton's last-gasp drop goal saw Ireland snatch victory at the Stade de France.
Scotland were heavily beaten 34-7 by Wales in their opening clash to sit joint bottom of the standings with Italy.
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FORWARDS: 1 Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux), 2 Guilhem Guirado (CAPTAIN, Toulon), 3 Rabah Slimani (Clermont), 4 Arthur Iturria (Clermont), 5 Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont), 6 Wenceslas Lauret (Racing 92), 7 Yacouba Camara (Montpellier), 8 Marco Tauleigne (Bordeaux)
BACKS: 9 Maxime Machenaud (Racing 92), 10 Lionel Beauxis (Lyon), 11 Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92), 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou (La Rochelle), 13 Rémi Lamerat (Clermont), 14 Teddy Thomas (Racing 92), 15 Geoffrey Palis (Castres)
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Adrien Pelissie (Bordeaux), 17 Eddy Ben Arous (Racing 92), 18 Cedate Gomes Sa (Racing 92), 19 Paul Gabrillagues (Stade Francais), 20 Louis Picamoles (Montpellier), 21 Baptiste Serin (Bordeaux), 22 Anthony Belleau (Toulon), 23 Benjamin Fall (Montpellier)