diff --git a/src/Console/Templates/default/actions/controller_actions.ctp b/src/Console/Templates/default/actions/controller_actions.ctp
index b373758a6af..17a42296bf6 100644
--- a/src/Console/Templates/default/actions/controller_actions.ctp
+++ b/src/Console/Templates/default/actions/controller_actions.ctp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
  * @since         1.3.0
  * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
  */
+$associations = [];
+foreach ($modelObj->associations()->type('BelongsTo') as $assoc) {
+	$associations[] = "'" . $assoc->target()->alias() . "'";
+}
 ?>
 
 /**
@@ -22,6 +26,11 @@
  * @return void
  */
 	public function index() {
+<?php if ($associations): ?>
+		$this->paginate = [
+			'contain' => [<?= implode(', ', $associations) ?>]
+		];
+<?php endif; ?>
 		$this->set('<?= $pluralName ?>', $this->paginate($this-><?= $currentModelName ?>));
 	}
 
@@ -33,7 +42,9 @@
  * @return void
  */
 	public function view($id = null) {
-		$<?= $singularName?> = $this-><?= $currentModelName ?>->get($id);
+		$<?= $singularName?> = $this-><?= $currentModelName ?>->get($id, [
+			'contain' => [<?= implode(', ', $associations) ?>]
+		]);
 		$this->set('<?= $singularName; ?>', $<?= $singularName; ?>);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/ControllerTaskTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/ControllerTaskTest.php
index 9f46c208634..b256b8ea50b 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/ControllerTaskTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Console/Command/Task/ControllerTaskTest.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 class BakeArticlesTable extends Table {
 
 	public function initialize(array $config) {
+		$this->belongsTo('BakeUsers');
 		$this->hasMany('BakeComments');
 		$this->belongsToMany('BakeTags');
 	}
diff --git a/tests/bake_compare/Controller/Actions.ctp b/tests/bake_compare/Controller/Actions.ctp
index 8ae1b80543f..4bcd23fb171 100644
--- a/tests/bake_compare/Controller/Actions.ctp
+++ b/tests/bake_compare/Controller/Actions.ctp
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
  * @return void
  */
 	public function index() {
+		$this->paginate = [
+			'contain' => ['BakeUsers']
+		];
 		$this->set('bakeArticles', $this->paginate($this->BakeArticles));
 	}
 
@@ -16,7 +19,9 @@
  * @return void
  */
 	public function view($id = null) {
-		$bakeArticle = $this->BakeArticles->get($id);
+		$bakeArticle = $this->BakeArticles->get($id, [
+			'contain' => ['BakeUsers']
+		]);
 		$this->set('bakeArticle', $bakeArticle);
 	}
 
@@ -36,8 +41,9 @@
 				$this->Session->setFlash(__('The bake article could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
 			}
 		}
+		$bakeUsers = $this->BakeArticles->association('BakeUsers')->find('list');
 		$bakeTags = $this->BakeArticles->association('BakeTags')->find('list');
-		$this->set(compact('bakeTags'));
+		$this->set(compact('bakeUsers', 'bakeTags'));
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -58,8 +64,9 @@
 				$this->Session->setFlash(__('The bake article could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
 			}
 		}
+		$bakeUsers = $this->BakeArticles->association('BakeUsers')->find('list');
 		$bakeTags = $this->BakeArticles->association('BakeTags')->find('list');
-		$this->set(compact('bakeTags'));
+		$this->set(compact('bakeUsers', 'bakeTags'));
 	}
 
 /**