diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
index d513874aee..d0a5ddcc1e 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+*   Make Dependencies pass a name to NameError error.
+    *arthurnn*
+
 *   Fixed `ActiveSupport::Cache::FileStore` exploding with long paths.
     *Adam Panzer / Michael Grosser* 
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
index 8a545e4386..a8d12366cc 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
       # top-level constant.
       def guess_for_anonymous(const_name)
         if Object.const_defined?(const_name)
-          raise NameError, "#{const_name} cannot be autoloaded from an anonymous class or module"
+          raise NameError.new "#{const_name} cannot be autoloaded from an anonymous class or module", const_name.to_s
         else
           Object
         end
@@ -516,9 +516,9 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
         end
       end
 
-      raise NameError,
-            "uninitialized constant #{qualified_name}",
-            caller.reject { |l| l.starts_with? __FILE__ }
+      name_error = NameError.new("uninitialized constant #{qualified_name}", qualified_name)
+      name_error.set_backtrace(caller.reject {|l| l.starts_with? __FILE__ })
+      raise name_error
     end
 
     # Remove the constants that have been autoloaded, and those that have been
diff --git a/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb b/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb
index 4ca63b3417..ef0955e1a8 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/dependencies_test.rb
@@ -367,9 +367,11 @@ class DependenciesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     with_autoloading_fixtures do
       e = assert_raise(NameError) { A::DoesNotExist.nil? }
       assert_equal "uninitialized constant A::DoesNotExist", e.message
+      assert_equal "A::DoesNotExist", e.name
 
       e = assert_raise(NameError) { A::B::DoesNotExist.nil? }
       assert_equal "uninitialized constant A::B::DoesNotExist", e.message
+      assert_equal "A::B::DoesNotExist", e.name
     end
   end
 
@@ -537,6 +539,7 @@ class DependenciesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       mod = Module.new
       e = assert_raise(NameError) { mod::E }
       assert_equal 'E cannot be autoloaded from an anonymous class or module', e.message
+      assert_equal 'E', e.name
     end
   end
 
@@ -954,7 +957,7 @@ class DependenciesTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_kind_of Class, A::B # Necessary to load A::B for the test
       ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mark_for_unload(A::B)
       ActiveSupport::Dependencies.remove_unloadable_constants!
-       
+
       A::B # Make sure no circular dependency error
     end
   end