diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
index 49d4b8f76b7d4a07c2ffd1c1bfcb3eab991f6a76..ff368146842b703ad89afd739c2b1c944b0e32c5 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ db_namespace = namespace :db do
       base_dir = ENV['FIXTURES_PATH'] ? File.join(Rails.root, ENV['FIXTURES_PATH']) : File.join(Rails.root, 'test', 'fixtures')
       fixtures_dir = ENV['FIXTURES_DIR'] ? File.join(base_dir, ENV['FIXTURES_DIR']) : base_dir
 
-      (ENV['FIXTURES'] ? ENV['FIXTURES'].split(/,/).map {|f| File.join(fixtures_dir, f) } : Dir["#{fixtures_dir}/**/*.{yml,csv}"]).each do |fixture_file|
-        Fixtures.create_fixtures(fixtures_dir, fixture_file[(fixtures_dir.size + 1)..-5])
+      (ENV['FIXTURES'] ? ENV['FIXTURES'].split(/,/) : Dir["#{fixtures_dir}/**/*.{yml,csv}"].map {|f| f[(fixtures_dir.size + 1)..-5] }).each do |fixture_file|
+        Fixtures.create_fixtures(fixtures_dir, fixture_file)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
index 822a6bf032929cb3f5125a421b411ce46676c4cc..59e5ef4dee799465e7dfd2ca73aae76373e05740 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
@@ -82,5 +82,22 @@ def test_model_and_migration_generator_with_change_syntax
       assert_match /remove_column\("users", :email\)/, output
       assert_match /AddEmailToUsers: reverted/, output
     end
+
+    def test_loading_specific_fixtures
+      Dir.chdir(app_path) do
+        `rails generate model user username:string password:string`
+        `rails generate model product name:string`
+        `rake db:migrate`
+      end
+
+      require "#{rails_root}/config/environment"
+      
+      # loading a specific fixture
+      errormsg = Dir.chdir(app_path) { `rake db:fixtures:load FIXTURES=products` }
+      assert $?.success?, errormsg
+
+      assert_equal 2, ::AppTemplate::Application::Product.count
+      assert_equal 0, ::AppTemplate::Application::User.count
+    end
   end
 end