diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index 82a7c2779966c681401a12292ed2cd82199d8547..0ba03338f69ec2b5a4f9ffbfa9972d73afe98a39 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ def last(*args)
         first_nth_or_last(:last, *args)
       end
 
-      def take
+      def take(n = nil)
         if loaded?
-          target.first
+          n ? target.take(n) : target.first
         else
-          scope.take.tap do |record|
+          scope.take(n).tap do |record|
             set_inverse_instance record if record.is_a? ActiveRecord::Base
           end
         end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index 87e80e88b26cd1927fa3b89b6be426f91afc80a8..e11c9490b7254a2f8c0c245cdeda8e9112624424 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@ def last(*args)
         @association.last(*args)
       end
 
-      def take
-        @association.take
+      def take(n = nil)
+        @association.take(n)
       end
 
       # Returns a new object of the collection type that has been instantiated
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
index 897c52a49d13c8379afc45b2bf35bc97435ae1c5..675bed9bfa9b138dc793c00212f220f9d65f010d 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_associations_test.rb
@@ -478,6 +478,19 @@ def test_taking_not_found
     assert_raise(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound) { authors(:bob).posts.take! }
   end
 
+  def test_taking_with_a_number
+    # taking from unloaded Relation
+    bob = Author.find(authors(:bob).id)
+    assert_equal [posts(:misc_by_bob)], bob.posts.take(1)
+    bob = Author.find(authors(:bob).id)
+    assert_equal [posts(:misc_by_bob), posts(:other_by_bob)], bob.posts.take(2)
+
+    # taking from loaded Relation
+    bob.posts.to_a
+    assert_equal [posts(:misc_by_bob)], authors(:bob).posts.take(1)
+    assert_equal [posts(:misc_by_bob), posts(:other_by_bob)], authors(:bob).posts.take(2)
+  end
+
   def test_taking_with_inverse_of
     interests(:woodsmanship).destroy
     interests(:survival).destroy