diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/base.rb b/railties/lib/generators/base.rb
index d1543e8d9420e172816ab82d17ee8c9fbbf1c578..c1a384647caa10fc975dec8e9437bb04fac27537 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/base.rb
@@ -91,13 +91,29 @@ def self.namespace(name=nil)
       #
       #   ruby script/generate controller Account --no-test-framework
       #
-      def self.hook_for(*names)
+      # ==== Custom invocations
+      #
+      # You can also supply a block to hook for to customize how the hook is
+      # going to be invoked. The block receives two parameters, an instance
+      # of the current class and the klass to be invoked.
+      #
+      # For example, in the resource generator, the controller should be invoked
+      # with a pluralized class name. By default, it is invoked with the same
+      # name as the resource generator, which is singular. To change this, we
+      # can give a block to customize how the controller can be invoked.
+      #
+      #   hook_for :resource_controller do |instance, controller|
+      #     instance.invoke controller, [ instance.name.pluralize ]
+      #   end
+      #
+      def self.hook_for(*names, &block)
         default_class_options(*names)
         options = names.extract_options!
         verbose = options.fetch(:verbose, :blue)
 
         names.each do |name|
           invocations << [ name, base_name, generator_name ]
+          invocation_blocks[name] = block if block_given?
 
           class_eval <<-METHOD, __FILE__, __LINE__
             def invoke_for_#{name}
@@ -108,7 +124,7 @@ def invoke_for_#{name}
 
               if klass
                 say_status :invoke, options[#{name.inspect}], #{verbose.inspect}
-                invoke klass
+                invoke_class_with_block #{name.inspect}, klass
               else
                 say "Could not find and invoke '\#{options[#{name.inspect}]}'."
               end
@@ -140,13 +156,19 @@ def invoke_for_#{name}
       #
       #   "rails:generators:webrat", "webrat:generators:controller", "webrat"
       #
-      def self.invoke_if(*names)
+      # ==== Custom invocations
+      #
+      # This method accepts custom invocations as in hook_for. Check hook_for
+      # for usage and examples.
+      #
+      def self.invoke_if(*names, &block)
         conditional_class_options(*names)
         options = names.extract_options!
         verbose = options.fetch(:verbose, :blue)
 
         names.each do |name|
           invocations << [ name, base_name, generator_name ]
+          invocation_blocks[name] = block if block_given?
 
           class_eval <<-METHOD, __FILE__, __LINE__
             def invoke_if_#{name}
@@ -157,7 +179,7 @@ def invoke_if_#{name}
 
               if klass
                 say_status :invoke, #{name.inspect}, #{verbose.inspect}
-                invoke klass
+                invoke_class_with_block #{name.inspect}, klass
               else
                 say "Could not find and invoke '#{name}'."
               end
@@ -168,6 +190,18 @@ def invoke_if_#{name}
 
       protected
 
+        # This is the common method that both hook_for and invoke_if use to
+        # invoke a class. It searches for a block in the invocation blocks
+        # in case the user wants to customize how the class is invoked.
+        #
+        def invoke_class_with_block(name, klass) #:nodoc:
+          if block = self.class.invocation_blocks[name]
+            block.call(self, klass)
+          else
+            invoke klass
+          end
+        end
+
         # Check whether the given class names are already taken by user
         # application or Ruby on Rails.
         #
@@ -229,6 +263,12 @@ def self.invocations #:nodoc:
           @invocations ||= from_superclass(:invocations, [])
         end
 
+        # Stores invocation blocks used on hook_for and invoke_if.
+        #
+        def self.invocation_blocks #:nodoc:
+          @invocation_blocks ||= from_superclass(:invocation_blocks, {})
+        end
+
         # Creates a conditional class option with type boolean, default value
         # lookup and default description.
         #
diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/rails/resource/resource_generator.rb b/railties/lib/generators/rails/resource/resource_generator.rb
index f61e55a01ed88172a445256aba585ad10de9b216..8d787aaa75affc8395be9442602fda006928840a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/rails/resource/resource_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/rails/resource/resource_generator.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 module Rails
   module Generators
     class ResourceGenerator < ModelGenerator
-      hook_for :resource_controller
+      hook_for :resource_controller do |base, controller|
+        base.invoke controller, [ base.name.pluralize, base.options[:actions] ]
+      end
 
       class_option :actions, :type => :array, :default => [], :banner => "ACTION ACTION",
                              :desc => "Actions for the resource controller", :aliases => "-a"
@@ -11,25 +13,8 @@ class ResourceGenerator < ModelGenerator
       class_option :singleton, :type => :boolean, :default => false, :aliases => "-i",
                                :desc => "Supply to create a singleton controller"
 
-      def invoke_for_resource_controller
-        return unless options[:resource_controller]
-
-        klass = Rails::Generators.find_by_namespace(options[:resource_controller], :rails, :controller)
-
-        if klass
-          args = []
-          args << pluralize?(class_name)
-          args << options[:actions]
-
-          say_status :invoke, options[:resource_controller], :blue
-          klass.new(args, options.dup, _overrides_config).invoke(:all)
-        else
-          say "Could not find and invoke '#{options[:resource_controller]}'."
-        end
-      end
-
       def add_resource_route
-        route "map.resource#{"s" unless options[:singleton]} :#{pluralize?(file_name)}"
+        route "map.resource#{:s unless options[:singleton]} :#{pluralize?(file_name)}"
       end
 
       protected
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 6f0bad06b90db9610cfbf593e07f8282d6d07a1b..98994f6ad20325f3035934ee25b66f14a88dfc63 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def test_shebang_is_added_to_files
 
   def test_rails_is_frozen
     generator(:freeze => true, :database => "sqlite3").expects(:run).with("rake rails:freeze:edge", false)
-    silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke(:all) }
+    silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke }
     assert_file 'config/environment.rb', /# RAILS_GEM_VERSION/
   end
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def test_template_is_executed_when_supplied
     template.instance_eval "def read; self; end" # Make the string respond to read
 
     generator(:template => path, :database => "sqlite3").expects(:open).with(path).returns(template)
-    assert_match /It works!/, silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke(:all) }
+    assert_match /It works!/, silence(:stdout){ generator.invoke }
   end
 
   def test_usage_read_from_file
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
index 9e7b5977395f1669d27b0191fc6c3cc665435d71..3388b2f6f5254d3907ae960238db3ad88a241553 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ def test_check_class_collision
 
   def test_invokes_default_test_framework
     run_generator
-    assert_file "vendor/plugins/plugin_fu/test/plugin_fu_test.rb"
+    assert_file "vendor/plugins/plugin_fu/test/plugin_fu_test.rb", /class PluginFuTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase/
+    assert_file "vendor/plugins/plugin_fu/test/test_helper.rb"
   end
 
   def test_logs_if_the_test_framework_cannot_be_found
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/resource_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/resource_generator_test.rb
index 3d856f519bcfa78712994b7ee573197ad5730862..456e6ff3eae7a70bf6d2ebd88de15d2356470183 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/resource_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/resource_generator_test.rb
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ def test_resource_routes_are_added
   def test_singleton_resource
     run_generator ["account", "--singleton"]
 
-    assert_file "app/controllers/account_controller.rb", /class AccountController < ApplicationController/
-    assert_file "test/functional/account_controller_test.rb", /class AccountControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase/
-
-    assert_file "app/helpers/account_helper.rb", /module AccountHelper/
-    assert_file "test/unit/helpers/account_helper_test.rb", /class AccountHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase/
-
     assert_file "config/routes.rb" do |route|
       assert_match /map\.resource :account$/, route
     end