3 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb
index 2984999a3c..41d3722c18 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb
@@ -84,10 +84,9 @@ when 'test'
   $LOAD_PATH.unshift("./test")
   require 'rails/commands/test_runner'
   options = Rails::TestRunner.parse_arguments(ARGV)
+  ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= options[:environment] || 'test'
 
   require APP_PATH
-  Rails.application.require_environment!
-  Rails.application.load_tasks
   Rails::TestRunner.start(ARGV, options)
 
 when 'dbconsole'
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/test_runner.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/test_runner.rb
index 92c4d4e593..d8857bd183 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/test_runner.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/test_runner.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ module Rails
             exit
           end
 
+          opts.on '-e', '--environment NAME', String, 'Specifies the environment to run this test under' do |e|
+            options[:environment] = e
+          end
+
           opts.on '-f', '--fixtures', 'Load fixtures in test/fixtures/ before running the tests' do
             options[:fixtures] = true
           end
@@ -68,8 +72,8 @@ module Rails
             options[:verbose] = true
           end
 
-          opts.on '-n', '--name PATTERN', "Filter test names on pattern (e.g. /foo/)" do |a|
-            options[:filter] = a
+          opts.on '-n', '--name PATTERN', "Filter test names on pattern (e.g. /foo/)" do |n|
+            options[:filter] = n
           end
 
           opts.separator ""
@@ -94,7 +98,9 @@ module Rails
     # Creates a new +TestRunner+ object with a list of test file paths.
     def initialize(files, options)
       @files = files
-      Rake::Task['test:prepare'].invoke
+
+      Rails.application.load_tasks
+      Rake::Task['db:test:load'].invoke
 
       if options.delete(:fixtures)
         if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base)
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb
index f0aeeee827..ca40914d3b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
 require 'rails/test_help'