2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
index 9f2c7292ea..2dca6b612e 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_association.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
         first_nth_or_last(:forty_two, *args)
       end
 
+      def third_to_last(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:third_to_last, *args)
+      end
+
+      def second_to_last(*args)
+        first_nth_or_last(:second_to_last, *args)
+      end
+
       def last(*args)
         first_nth_or_last(:last, *args)
       end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
index fe693cfbb6..2a9627a474 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/associations/collection_proxy.rb
@@ -197,6 +197,16 @@ module ActiveRecord
         @association.forty_two(*args)
       end
 
+      # Same as #first except returns only the third-to-last record.
+      def third_to_last(*args)
+        @association.third_to_last(*args)
+      end
+
+      # Same as #first except returns only the second-to-last record.
+      def second_to_last(*args)
+        @association.second_to_last(*args)
+      end
+
       # Returns the last record, or the last +n+ records, from the collection.
       # If the collection is empty, the first form returns +nil+, and the second
       # form returns an empty array.