2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/xml_serialization_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/xml_serialization_test.rb
index bd29ae2612..751946ffc5 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/xml_serialization_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/xml_serialization_test.rb
@@ -234,4 +234,12 @@ class DatabaseConnectedXmlSerializationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert types.include?('StiPost')
   end
 
+  def test_should_produce_xml_for_methods_returning_array
+    xml = authors(:david).to_xml(:methods => :social)
+    array = Hash.from_xml(xml)['author']['social']
+    assert_equal 2, array.size
+    assert array.include? 'twitter'
+    assert array.include? 'github'
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/models/author.rb b/activerecord/test/models/author.rb
index 025f6207f8..655b45bf57 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/models/author.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/models/author.rb
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
     "#{id}-#{name}"
   end
 
+  def social
+    %w(twitter github)
+  end
+
   private
     def log_before_adding(object)
       @post_log << "before_adding#{object.id || '<new>'}"