diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d75d9bc31cd7dff716de11cfbd7fb3449259533..0db44c6f70286129f9fd69fcfc0db8e771abf326 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+*   Clear query cache when `ActiveRecord::Base#relaod` is called.
+
+    *Shane Hender*
+
 *   Include stored procedures and function on the MySQL structure dump.
 
     *Jonathan Worek*
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
index 466175690e232b073c31291b4da3e643feef8409..437ba317115db8303753fb4c3e3e244c5d6337ee 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/persistence.rb
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def toggle!(attribute)
     #   # => #<Account id: 1, email: 'account@example.com'>
     #
     # Attributes are reloaded from the database, and caches busted, in
-    # particular the associations cache.
+    # particular the associations cache and the QueryCache.
     #
     # If the record no longer exists in the database <tt>ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound</tt>
     # is raised. Otherwise, in addition to the in-place modification the method
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ def toggle!(attribute)
     #   end
     #
     def reload(options = nil)
+      self.class.connection.clear_query_cache
+
       fresh_object =
         if options && options[:lock]
           self.class.unscoped { self.class.lock(options[:lock]).find(id) }
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb
index 1e93e2a05cd55cab972efb76e120b3fe57e635c0..42e7507631329f1cb8be6831d83492cb2b821b3f 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/persistence_test.rb
@@ -897,6 +897,33 @@ def test_find_via_reload
     assert_not post.new_record?
   end
 
+  def test_reload_via_querycache
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.enable_query_cache!
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.clear_query_cache
+    assert ActiveRecord::Base.connection.query_cache_enabled, 'cache should be on'
+    parrot = Parrot.create(:name => 'Shane')
+
+    # populate the cache with the SELECT result
+    found_parrot = Parrot.find(parrot.id)
+    assert_equal parrot.id, found_parrot.id
+
+    # Manually update the 'name' attribute in the DB directly
+    assert_equal 1, ActiveRecord::Base.connection.query_cache.length
+    ActiveRecord::Base.uncached do
+      found_parrot.name = 'Mary'
+      found_parrot.save
+    end
+
+    # Now reload, and verify that it gets the DB version, and not the querycache version
+    found_parrot.reload
+    assert_equal 'Mary', found_parrot.name
+
+    found_parrot = Parrot.find(parrot.id)
+    assert_equal 'Mary', found_parrot.name
+  ensure
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.disable_query_cache!
+  end
+
   class SaveTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     self.use_transactional_tests = false