4 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index df781b4f1e..690d487a09 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+*   Add `ActiveRecord::Relation#extract_associated` for extracting associated records from a relation. 
+
+    ```
+    account.memberships.extract_associated(:user)
+    # => Returns collection of User records
+    ```
+
+    *DHH*
+
 *   Add `ActiveRecord::Relation#annotate` for adding SQL comments to its queries.
 
     For example:
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/querying.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/querying.rb
index 81ab502824..ae1501f5a1 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/querying.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/querying.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       :destroy_all, :delete_all, :update_all, :destroy_by, :delete_by,
       :find_each, :find_in_batches, :in_batches,
       :select, :reselect, :order, :reorder, :group, :limit, :offset, :joins, :left_joins, :left_outer_joins,
-      :where, :rewhere, :preload, :eager_load, :includes, :from, :lock, :readonly, :extending, :or,
+      :where, :rewhere, :preload, :extract_associated, :eager_load, :includes, :from, :lock, :readonly, :extending, :or,
       :having, :create_with, :distinct, :references, :none, :unscope, :optimizer_hints, :merge, :except, :only,
       :count, :average, :minimum, :maximum, :sum, :calculate, :annotate,
       :pluck, :pick, :ids
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
index 6f0f2125dc..c37855172b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/relation/query_methods.rb
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ module ActiveRecord
       self
     end
 
+    # Extracts a named +association+ from the relation. The named association is first preloaded,
+    # then the individual association records are collected from the relation. Like so:
+    #
+    #   account.memberships.extract_associated(:user)
+    #   # => Returns collection of User records
+    #
+    # This is short-hand for:
+    #
+    #   account.memberships.preload(:user).collect(&:user)
+    def extract_associated(association)
+      preload(association).collect(&association)
+    end
+
     # Use to indicate that the given +table_names+ are referenced by an SQL string,
     # and should therefore be JOINed in any query rather than loaded separately.
     # This method only works in conjunction with #includes.
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/relations_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/relations_test.rb
index 36b4000018..131e034c66 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/relations_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/relations_test.rb
@@ -602,6 +602,13 @@ class RelationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_extracted_association
+    relation_authors = assert_queries(2) { Post.all.extract_associated(:author) }
+    root_authors = assert_queries(2) { Post.extract_associated(:author) }
+    assert_equal relation_authors, root_authors
+    assert_equal Post.all.collect(&:author), relation_authors
+  end
+
   def test_find_with_included_associations
     assert_queries(2) do
       posts = Post.includes(:comments).order("posts.id")