2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
index 2e62189e7a..c856b7a724 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/associations/has_many_through_associations_test.rb
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ require 'models/categorization'
 require 'models/member'
 require 'models/membership'
 require 'models/club'
+require 'models/organization'
 
 class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   fixtures :posts, :readers, :people, :comments, :authors, :categories, :taggings, :tags,
            :owners, :pets, :toys, :jobs, :references, :companies, :members, :author_addresses,
            :subscribers, :books, :subscriptions, :developers, :categorizations, :essays,
-           :categories_posts, :clubs, :memberships
+           :categories_posts, :clubs, :memberships, :organizations
 
   # Dummies to force column loads so query counts are clean.
   def setup
@@ -1126,4 +1127,12 @@ class HasManyThroughAssociationsTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert_equal 2, post.lazy_readers_unscope_skimmers.to_a.size
     assert_equal 2, post.lazy_people_unscope_skimmers.to_a.size
   end
+
+  def test_build_for_has_many_through_association
+    organization = organizations(:nsa)
+    author = organization.author
+    post_direct = author.posts.build
+    post_through = organization.posts.build
+    assert_equal post_direct.author_id, post_through.author_id
+  end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/organization.rb b/activerecord/test/models/organization.rb
index 72e7bade68..f3e92f3067 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/organization.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/organization.rb
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ class Organization < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_one :author, :primary_key => :name
   has_one :author_owned_essay_category, :through => :author, :source => :owned_essay_category
 
+  has_many :posts, :through => :author, :source => :posts
+
   scope :clubs, -> { from('clubs') }
 end