diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb
index c6a3cdd5db2dbcd718a2c8d5b4037f5ed37915c4..d9de6b8f39693be1e9a2f4f87c877d644f42b9d9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def open_session(application = nil)
         if self.class.respond_to?(:fixture_table_names)
           self.class.fixture_table_names.each do |table_name|
             name = table_name.tr(".", "_")
-            next unless respond_to?(name)
+            next unless respond_to?(name, true)
             extras.__send__(:define_method, name) { |*args|
               delegate.send(name, *args)
             }
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
index 609fbb56db6065734a50c264aa530f13ce793c1f..d1bb19c3ee4c35511a99e200029d1b9ce867d8be 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/integration_test.rb
@@ -227,6 +227,24 @@ def method_missing(name, *args)
   end
 end
 
+require 'active_record_unit'
+# Tests that fixtures are accessible in the integration test sessions
+class IntegrationTestWithFixtures < ActiveRecordTestCase
+  include ActionController::Integration::Runner
+
+  fixtures :companies
+
+  def test_fixtures_in_new_session
+    sym = :thirty_seven_signals
+    # fixtures are accessible in main session
+    assert_not_nil companies(sym)
+
+    # create a new session and the fixtures should be accessible in it as well
+    session1 = open_session { |sess| }
+    assert_not_nil session1.companies(sym)
+  end
+end
+
 # Tests that integration tests don't call Controller test methods for processing.
 # Integration tests have their own setup and teardown.
 class IntegrationTestUsesCorrectClass < ActionController::IntegrationTest