1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb
index 77c3404343..b836a17a49 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ module Rails
         abort opt.to_s unless (0..1).include?(ARGV.size)
       end
 
-      env = ARGV.first || ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'
       unless config = YAML::load(ERB.new(IO.read("#{@app.root}/config/database.yml")).result)[env]
         abort "No database is configured for the environment '#{env}'"
       end
@@ -97,4 +96,9 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
   end
+end
+
+# Has to set the RAILS_ENV before config/application is required
+if ARGV.first && !ARGV.first.index("-") && env = ARGV.first
+  ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = %w(production development test).find { |e| e.index(env) } || env
 end
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