diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb
index dcf28e4d14..f36685da4b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/reporter.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require "minitest"
 
 module Rails
   class TestUnitReporter < Minitest::StatisticsReporter
+    class_attribute :app_root
     class_attribute :executable, default: "rails test"
 
     def record(result)
@@ -79,11 +80,9 @@ module Rails
       end
 
       def app_root
-        @app_root ||=
+        @app_root ||= self.class.app_root ||
           if defined?(ENGINE_ROOT)
             ENGINE_ROOT
-          elsif defined?(COMPONENT_ROOT)
-            COMPONENT_ROOT
           elsif Rails.respond_to?(:root)
             Rails.root
           end
diff --git a/tools/test.rb b/tools/test.rb
index 19bd980723..b40b83e52a 100644
--- a/tools/test.rb
+++ b/tools/test.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require "active_support"
 require "active_support/test_case"
 
 ActiveSupport::TestCase.extend Rails::LineFiltering
+Rails::TestUnitReporter.app_root = COMPONENT_ROOT
 Rails::TestUnitReporter.executable = "bin/test"
 
 Rails::TestUnit::Runner.parse_options(ARGV)