diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb
index e983d5c0f9..519408fb0d 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/fixnum.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/fixnum/even_odd'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/fixnum/inflections'
 
 class Fixnum #:nodoc:
   include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Fixnum::EvenOdd
+  include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Fixnum::Inflections
 end
 
 class Bignum #:nodoc:
   include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Fixnum::EvenOdd
+  include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::Fixnum::Inflections
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/activesupport/test/core_ext/fixnum_ext_test.rb b/activesupport/test/core_ext/fixnum_ext_test.rb
index 7ffc32a9e1..66297fc378 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/core_ext/fixnum_ext_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/core_ext/fixnum_ext_test.rb
@@ -26,4 +26,11 @@ class FixnumExtTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !22953686867719691230002707821868552601124472329079.multiple_of?(5)
     assert !22953686867719691230002707821868552601124472329079.multiple_of?(7)
   end
+
+  def test_ordinalize
+    # These tests are mostly just to ensure that the ordinalize method exists
+    # It's results are tested comprehensively in the inflector test cases.
+    assert_equal '1st', 1.ordinalize
+    assert_equal '8th', 8.ordinalize
+  end
 end