diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
index 3924eec8725e6fbfbb5efe48e15b1ec4109475b1..217fc52dd51d1444d97eb0a60a09866ea6ebb601 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ def method_defined_within?(name, klass, sup = klass.superclass) # :nodoc:
         end
       end
 
+      def find_generated_attribute_method(method_name) # :nodoc:
+        klass = self
+        until klass == Base
+          gen_methods = klass.generated_attribute_methods
+          return gen_methods.instance_method(method_name) if method_defined_within?(method_name, gen_methods, Object)
+          klass = klass.superclass
+        end
+        nil
+      end
+
       # Returns +true+ if +attribute+ is an attribute method and table exists,
       # +false+ otherwise.
       #
@@ -163,7 +173,14 @@ def attribute_names
     def method_missing(method, *args, &block) # :nodoc:
       self.class.define_attribute_methods
       if respond_to_without_attributes?(method)
-        send(method, *args, &block)
+        # make sure to invoke the correct attribute method, as we might have gotten here via a `super`
+        # call in a overwritten attribute method
+        if attribute_method = self.class.find_generated_attribute_method(method)
+          # this is probably horribly slow, but should only happen at most once for a given AR class
+          attribute_method.bind(self).call(*args, &block)
+        else
+          send(method, *args, &block)
+        end
       else
         super
       end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
index 9c66ed354e6e6df963c0e07b21908c424d0dd2ac..6c581a432fd2dd491d226fdbe6cc9afb1be4eb9c 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/attribute_methods_test.rb
@@ -767,8 +767,7 @@ def test_read_attribute_with_nil_should_not_asplode
   # that by defining a 'foo' method in the generated methods module for B.
   # (That module will be inserted between the two, e.g. [B, <GeneratedAttributes>, A].)
   def test_inherited_custom_accessors
-    klass = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
-      self.table_name = "topics"
+    klass = new_topic_like_ar_class do
       self.abstract_class = true
       def title; "omg"; end
       def title=(val); self.author_name = val; end
@@ -783,8 +782,40 @@ def title=(val); self.author_name = val; end
     assert_equal "lol", topic.author_name
   end
 
+  def test_on_the_fly_super_invokable_generated_attribute_methods_via_method_missing
+    klass = new_topic_like_ar_class do
+      def title
+        super + '!'
+      end
+    end
+
+    real_topic = topics(:first)
+    assert_equal real_topic.title + '!', klass.find(real_topic.id).title
+  end
+
+  def test_on_the_fly_super_invokable_generated_predicate_attribute_methods_via_method_missing
+    klass = new_topic_like_ar_class do
+      def title?
+        !super
+      end
+    end
+
+    real_topic = topics(:first)
+    assert_equal !real_topic.title?, klass.find(real_topic.id).title?
+  end
+
   private
 
+  def new_topic_like_ar_class(&block)
+    klass = Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
+      self.table_name = 'topics'
+      class_eval(&block)
+    end
+
+    assert_empty klass.generated_attribute_methods.instance_methods(false)
+    klass
+  end
+
   def cached_columns
     Topic.columns.map(&:name) - Topic.serialized_attributes.keys
   end