diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access.rb
index d60b605942f40f556ffecf9ece3822eec61ebc4c..472e3ab7d1ca57c94a4a1206281ee4357689699b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access.rb
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ def with_indifferent_access
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index 875bc527a658132df2a6ffb70b3536db53e29cc8..e77b59d170093dd514e559df7374f88677ca617b 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Use --simple-prompt instead of --prompt-mode simple for console compatibility with Windows/Ruby 1.8.2 #4532 [starr@starrnhorne.com]
+
 * Make Rails::VERSION implicitly loadable #4491. [Nicholas Seckar]
 
 * Fixed rake rails:freeze:gems #4518 [benji@silverinsanity.com]
diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/console.rb b/railties/lib/commands/console.rb
index 3cc9fcbdb15cf250b42d1c8cac4ffddbcf9587f4..ed0cc10de7e7807b512609044cc03c1768496258 100644
--- a/railties/lib/commands/console.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/commands/console.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 else
   puts "Loading #{ENV['RAILS_ENV']} environment."
 end
-exec "#{options[:irb]} #{libs} --prompt-mode simple"
+exec "#{options[:irb]} #{libs} --simple-prompt"