diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
index a7aff9f724..4705f129f2 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/core.rb
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
     # Takes a PP and prettily prints this record to it, allowing you to get a nice result from `pp record`
     # when pp is required.
     def pretty_print(pp)
+      return super if custom_inspect_method_defined?
       pp.object_address_group(self) do
         if defined?(@attributes) && @attributes
           column_names = self.class.column_names.select { |name| has_attribute?(name) || new_record? }
@@ -560,5 +561,9 @@ module ActiveRecord
         @attributes = @attributes.dup
       end
     end
+
+    def custom_inspect_method_defined?
+      self.class.instance_method(:inspect).owner != ActiveRecord::Base.instance_method(:inspect).owner
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/core_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/core_test.rb
index 715d92af99..3cb98832c5 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/core_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/core_test.rb
@@ -98,4 +98,15 @@ class CoreTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
     assert actual.start_with?(expected.split('XXXXXX').first)
     assert actual.end_with?(expected.split('XXXXXX').last)
   end
+
+  def test_pretty_print_overridden_by_inspect
+    subtopic = Class.new(Topic) do
+      def inspect
+        "inspecting topic"
+      end
+    end
+    actual = ''
+    PP.pp(subtopic.new, StringIO.new(actual))
+    assert_equal "inspecting topic\n", actual
+  end
 end