diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 17c829149d..041eafe65b 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Add tasks to create, drop and rebuild the MySQL and PostgreSQL test  databases. [Marcel Molina Jr.]
+
 * Correct boolean handling in generated reader methods.  #2945 [don.park@gmail.com, Stefan Kaes]
 
 * Don't generate read methods for columns whose names are not valid ruby method names.  #2946 [Stefan Kaes]
diff --git a/activerecord/Rakefile b/activerecord/Rakefile
index 60d4580451..aeb1ca9f79 100755
--- a/activerecord/Rakefile
+++ b/activerecord/Rakefile
@@ -35,6 +35,41 @@ for adapter in %w( mysql postgresql sqlite sqlite3 firebird sqlserver sqlserver_
   }
 end
 
+SCHEMA_PATH = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w(test fixtures db_definitions))
+
+desc 'Build the MySQL test databases'
+task :build_mysql_databases do 
+  %x( mysqladmin  create activerecord_unittest )
+  %x( mysqladmin  create activerecord_unittest2 )
+  %x( mysql  activerecord_unittest < #{File.join(SCHEMA_PATH, 'mysql.sql')} )
+  %x( mysql  activerecord_unittest < #{File.join(SCHEMA_PATH, 'mysql2.sql')} )
+end
+
+desc 'Drop the MySQL test databases'
+task :drop_mysql_databases do 
+  %x( mysqladmin -f drop activerecord_unittest )
+  %x( mysqladmin -f drop activerecord_unittest2 )
+end
+
+desc 'Rebuild the MySQL test databases'
+task :rebuild_mysql_databases => [:drop_mysql_databases, :build_mysql_databases]
+
+desc 'Build the PostgreSQL test databases'
+task :build_postgresql_databases do 
+  %x( createdb activerecord_unittest )
+  %x( createdb activerecord_unittest2 )
+  %x( psql activerecord_unittest -f #{File.join(SCHEMA_PATH, 'postgresql.sql')} )
+  %x( psql activerecord_unittest -f #{File.join(SCHEMA_PATH, 'postgresql2.sql')} )
+end
+
+desc 'Drop the PostgreSQL test databases'
+task :drop_postgresql_databases do 
+  %x( dropdb   activerecord_unittest )
+  %x( dropdb   activerecord_unittest2 )
+end
+
+desc 'Rebuild the PostgreSQL test databases'
+task :rebuild_postgresql_databases => [:drop_postgresql_databases, :build_postgresql_databases]
 
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