diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/test/test_helper.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/test/test_helper.rb
index 2bd6ffef72..0852ffce9a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin/templates/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/support/**/*.rb"].each { |f| require f }
 if ActiveSupport::TestCase.respond_to?(:fixture_path=)
   ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path = File.expand_path("../fixtures", __FILE__)
   ActiveSupport::TestCase.file_fixture_path = ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path + "files"
+  ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixtures :all
 end