diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
index 26ad2087c1f3b3a20cf76976d94592eb49bd4e45..7922bbcfa0cd3fc472aa7d058f3c79fbd6c66dde 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ class FixtureSet
 
     @@all_cached_fixtures = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = {} }
 
+    def self.find_table_name(fixture_set_name) # :nodoc:
+      ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(
+        "ActiveRecord::Fixtures.find_table_name is deprecated and shall be removed from future releases.  Use ActiveRecord::Fixtures.default_fixture_model_name instead.")
+      default_fixture_model_name(fixture_set_name)
+    end
+
     def self.default_fixture_model_name(fixture_set_name) # :nodoc:
       ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names ?
         fixture_set_name.singularize.camelize :