diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index ad8ba43c174bb..6d822a2f8832a 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 *2.3.0 [Edge]*
 
-* Enhanced Rails.root to take parameters that'll be join with the root, like Rails.root('app', 'controllers') => File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'controllers') #1482 [Damian Janowski]
+* Changed Rails.root to return a Pathname object (allows for Rails.root.join('app', 'controllers') => "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers") #1482 [Damian Janowski/?]
 
 * Added view path support for engines [DHH]
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
index ef0c3354788e1..a134c68a505b4 100644
--- a/railties/lib/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ def backtrace_cleaner
       end
     end
 
-    def root(*args)
-      File.join(RAILS_ROOT, *args.compact) if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
+    def root
+      Pathname.new(RAILS_ROOT) if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
     end
 
     def env
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
index 33c81bc5ad887..99f69a15756c7 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def test_rails_dot_root_equals_rails_root
     assert_equal RAILS_ROOT, Rails.root
   end
 
-  def test_rails_dot_root_accepts_arguments_for_file_dot_join
-    assert_equal File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'app', 'controllers'), Rails.root('app', 'controllers')
+  def test_rails_dot_root_should_be_a_pathname
+    assert_equal File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'app', 'controllers'), Rails.root.join('app', 'controllers')
   end
 end
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