1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
index 3180d91c46..66cf3f237b 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/fixtures.rb
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
       end
 
       def setup_with_fixtures
+        return if !defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) || ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.blank?
         if pre_loaded_fixtures && !use_transactional_fixtures
           raise RuntimeError, 'pre_loaded_fixtures requires use_transactional_fixtures' 
         end
@@ -535,6 +536,7 @@ module Test #:nodoc:
       alias_method :setup, :setup_with_fixtures
 
       def teardown_with_fixtures
+        return if !defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) || ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.blank?
         # Rollback changes.
         if use_transactional_fixtures?
           ActiveRecord::Base.connection.rollback_db_transaction