diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb
index d70c7d1d34..acf829ecd0 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/migration.rb
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
       say_with_time "#{method}(#{arg_list})" do
         unless arguments.empty? || method == :execute
           arguments[0] = Migrator.proper_table_name(arguments.first)
+          arguments[1] = Migrator.proper_table_name(arguments.second) if method == :rename_table
         end
         return super unless connection.respond_to?(method)
         connection.send(method, *arguments, &block)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
index 00c811194c..6b17d3d63e 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ require 'models/topic'
 require 'models/developer'
 
 require MIGRATIONS_ROOT + "/valid/2_we_need_reminders"
+require MIGRATIONS_ROOT + "/rename/1_we_need_things"
+require MIGRATIONS_ROOT + "/rename/2_rename_things"
 require MIGRATIONS_ROOT + "/decimal/1_give_me_big_numbers"
 
 if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
 
   class Reminder < ActiveRecord::Base; end
 
+  class Thing < ActiveRecord::Base; end
+
   class ActiveRecord::Migration
     class << self
       attr_accessor :message_count
@@ -57,6 +61,11 @@ if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
       ActiveRecord::Base.connection.initialize_schema_migrations_table
       ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute "DELETE FROM #{ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name}"
 
+      %w(things awesome_things prefix_things_suffix prefix_awesome_things_suffix).each do |table|
+        Thing.connection.drop_table(table) rescue nil
+      end
+      Thing.reset_column_information
+
       %w(reminders people_reminders prefix_reminders_suffix).each do |table|
         Reminder.connection.drop_table(table) rescue nil
       end
@@ -1534,6 +1543,28 @@ if ActiveRecord::Base.connection.supports_migrations?
       Reminder.reset_table_name
     end
 
+    def test_rename_table_with_prefix_and_suffix
+      assert !Thing.table_exists?
+      ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_prefix = 'prefix_'
+      ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_suffix = '_suffix'
+      Thing.reset_table_name
+      Thing.reset_sequence_name
+      WeNeedThings.up
+
+      assert Thing.create("content" => "hello world")
+      assert_equal "hello world", Thing.find(:first).content
+
+      RenameThings.up
+      Thing.set_table_name("prefix_awesome_things_suffix")
+
+      assert_equal "hello world", Thing.find(:first).content
+    ensure
+      ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_prefix = ''
+      ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_suffix = ''
+      Thing.reset_table_name
+      Thing.reset_sequence_name
+    end
+
     def test_add_drop_table_with_prefix_and_suffix
       assert !Reminder.table_exists?
       ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_prefix = 'prefix_'
diff --git a/activerecord/test/migrations/rename/1_we_need_things.rb b/activerecord/test/migrations/rename/1_we_need_things.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdbe0b1679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/migrations/rename/1_we_need_things.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class WeNeedThings < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table("things") do |t|
+      t.column :content, :text
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table "things"
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/activerecord/test/migrations/rename/2_rename_things.rb b/activerecord/test/migrations/rename/2_rename_things.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d441b71fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/migrations/rename/2_rename_things.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class RenameThings < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    rename_table "things", "awesome_things"
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    rename_table "awesome_things", "things"
+  end
+end
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