diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 4f8204821ce7568bde645a160249cf401b2f261f..4bc7135995552633a07e8fe52d92f62a88c7179d 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Added the possibility of specifying fixtures in multiple calls #816 [kim@tinker.com]
+
 * Added Base.exists?(id) that'll return true if an object of the class with the given id exists #854 [stian@grytoyr.net]
 
 * Added optionally allow for nil or empty strings with validates_numericality_of #801 [Sebastian Kanthak]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
index e1bfea2d071091491a45d3b20a4928a16ed3e8dc..6d3170f7bc835983bcc643c40d8a643b1a92aeca 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class TestCase #:nodoc:
       self.use_instantiated_fixtures = true
 
       def self.fixtures(*table_names)
-        self.fixture_table_names = table_names.flatten
+        self.fixture_table_names |= table_names.flatten
         require_fixture_classes
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/fixtures_test.rb b/activerecord/test/fixtures_test.rb
index c83b4babf5ff5bee971509a5076fd2176956fe4f..30acb945d11cfde54871564ed47133964d81c907 100755
--- a/activerecord/test/fixtures_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/fixtures_test.rb
@@ -136,3 +136,23 @@ def test_destroy_just_kidding
     assert_not_nil @first
   end
 end
+
+
+class MultipleFixturesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  fixtures :topics
+  fixtures :developers, :accounts
+
+  def test_fixture_table_names
+    assert_equal([:topics, :developers, :accounts], fixture_table_names)
+  end
+end
+
+
+class OverlappingFixturesTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  fixtures :topics, :developers
+  fixtures :developers, :accounts
+
+  def test_fixture_table_names
+    assert_equal([:topics, :developers, :accounts], fixture_table_names)
+  end
+end