diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index 250822db7e7f3..ad8ba43c174bb 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *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]
+
 * Added view path support for engines [DHH]
 
 * Added that config/routes.rb files in engine plugins are automatically loaded (and reloaded when they change in dev mode) [DHH]
diff --git a/railties/lib/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
index 0c06d1bf21b8b..5baaf81403e4d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
@@ -48,12 +48,8 @@ def backtrace_cleaner
       end
     end
 
-    def root
-      if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
-        RAILS_ROOT
-      else
-        nil
-      end
+    def root(*args)
+      File.join(RAILS_ROOT, *args.compact) if defined?(RAILS_ROOT)
     end
 
     def env
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
index 2104412c5442e..33c81bc5ad887 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
@@ -311,3 +311,13 @@ def test_setting_another_default_locale
     end
   end
 end
+
+class RailsRootTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  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')
+  end
+end
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