diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
index 75333765aa..30932699d8 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
@@ -293,6 +293,14 @@ module ActiveRecord
         false
       end
 
+      # This is meant to be implemented by the adapters that support extensions
+      def disable_extension(name)
+      end
+
+      # This is meant to be implemented by the adapters that support extensions
+      def enable_extension(name)
+      end
+
       # A list of extensions, to be filled in by adapters that support them. At
       # the moment only postgresql does.
       def extensions
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/mysql_adapter_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/mysql_adapter_test.rb
index 4a23287448..9ad0744aee 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/mysql_adapter_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/mysql_adapter_test.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
         assert_equal 2, result.column_types['status'].type_cast(result.last['status'])
       end
 
+      def test_supports_extensions
+        assert_not @conn.supports_extensions?, 'does not support extensions'
+      end
+
+      def test_respond_to_enable_extension
+        assert @conn.respond_to?(:enable_extension)
+      end
+
+      def test_respond_to_disable_extension
+        assert @conn.respond_to?(:disable_extension)
+      end
+
       private
       def insert(ctx, data, table='ex')
         binds   = data.map { |name, value|
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
index a8e5ab81e4..6ba6518eaa 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/sqlite3/sqlite3_adapter_test.rb
@@ -354,6 +354,18 @@ module ActiveRecord
         assert_nil @conn.primary_key('failboat')
       end
 
+      def test_supports_extensions
+        assert_not @conn.supports_extensions?, 'does not support extensions'
+      end
+
+      def test_respond_to_enable_extension
+        assert @conn.respond_to?(:enable_extension)
+      end
+
+      def test_respond_to_disable_extension
+        assert @conn.respond_to?(:disable_extension)
+      end
+
       private
 
       def assert_logged logs