diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php
index 8056aeefe51..3f75f98571c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTask.php
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * The FixtureTask handles creating and updating fixture files.
- *
- * PHP 5
- *
  * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
  * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
@@ -16,6 +12,8 @@
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
 namespace Cake\Console\Command\Task;
+
+use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Console\Shell;
 use Cake\Model\Model;
 use Cake\Model\Schema;
@@ -244,7 +242,17 @@ public function bake($model, $useTable = false, $importOptions = array()) {
  * @return string Content saved into fixture file.
  */
 	public function generateFixtureFile($model, $otherVars) {
-		$defaults = array('table' => null, 'schema' => null, 'records' => null, 'import' => null, 'fields' => null);
+		$defaults = [
+			'table' => null,
+			'schema' => null,
+			'records' => null,
+			'import' => null,
+			'fields' => null,
+			'namespace' => Configure::read('App.namespace')
+		];
+		if ($this->plugin) {
+			$defaults['namespace'] = $this->plugin;
+		}
 		$vars = array_merge($defaults, $otherVars);
 
 		$path = $this->getPath();
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp
index fa2971a1c04..d7124c299dd 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Templates/default/classes/fixture.ctp
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@
  */
 ?>
 <?php echo '<?php' . "\n"; ?>
+namespace <?php echo $namespace; ?>\Test\Fixture;
+
+use Cake\TestSuite\Fixture\TestFixture;
+
 /**
  * <?php echo $model; ?>Fixture
  *
  */
-class <?php echo $model; ?>Fixture extends \Cake\TestSuite\Fixture\TestFixture {
+class <?php echo $model; ?>Fixture extends TestFixture {
 
 <?php if ($table): ?>
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTaskTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTaskTest.php
index e0ca5d6ad04..5dc059d5ff1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTaskTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/FixtureTaskTest.php
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * FixtureTask Test case
- *
- * PHP 5
- *
  * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
  * Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
  *
@@ -12,7 +8,6 @@
  *
  * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
  * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
- * @package       Cake.Test.Case.Console.Command.Task
  * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 1.3
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
@@ -152,7 +147,9 @@ public function testImportRecordsFromDatabaseWithConditionsPoo() {
 			'fromTable' => true, 'schema' => 'Article', 'records' => false
 		));
 
-		$this->assertContains('class ArticleFixture extends CakeTestFixture', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('namespace App\Test\Fixture;', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('use Cake\TestSuite\Fixture\TestFixture;', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('class ArticleFixture extends TestFixture', $result);
 		$this->assertContains('public $records', $result);
 		$this->assertContains('public $import', $result);
 		$this->assertContains("'title' => 'First Article'", $result, 'Missing import data %s');
@@ -302,13 +299,13 @@ public function testBake() {
 		$this->Task->path = '/my/path/';
 
 		$result = $this->Task->bake('Article');
-		$this->assertContains('class ArticleFixture extends CakeTestFixture', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('class ArticleFixture extends TestFixture', $result);
 		$this->assertContains('public $fields', $result);
 		$this->assertContains('public $records', $result);
 		$this->assertNotContains('public $import', $result);
 
 		$result = $this->Task->bake('Article', 'comments');
-		$this->assertContains('class ArticleFixture extends CakeTestFixture', $result);
+		$this->assertContains('class ArticleFixture extends TestFixture', $result);
 		$this->assertContains('public $table = \'comments\';', $result);
 		$this->assertContains('public $fields = array(', $result);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php
index bcdc460a187..9359c435d10 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/TemplateTaskTest.php
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ public function testGenerateWithTemplateFallbacks() {
 			'table' => 'articles',
 			'import' => false,
 			'records' => false,
-			'schema' => ''
+			'schema' => '',
+			'namespace' => ''
 		));
 		$result = $this->Task->generate('classes', 'fixture');
 		$this->assertRegExp('/ArticleFixture extends .*TestFixture/', $result);