diff --git a/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb b/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb
index a6c57399bf..8c389da4a1 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ def detected_formatter
 
       sig { returns(String) }
       def detected_test_library
+        # A Rails app may have a dependency on minitest, but we would instead want to use the Rails test runner provided
+        # by ruby-lsp-rails.
+        if direct_dependency?(/^rails$/)
+          "rails"
         # NOTE: Intentionally ends with $ to avoid mis-matching minitest-reporters, etc. in a Rails app.
-        if direct_dependency?(/^minitest$/)
+        elsif direct_dependency?(/^minitest$/)
           "minitest"
         elsif direct_dependency?(/^test-unit/)
           "test-unit"
diff --git a/test/requests/support/dependency_detector_test.rb b/test/requests/support/dependency_detector_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c9db0b0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/requests/support/dependency_detector_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# typed: true
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "test_helper"
+
+module RubyLsp
+  class DependencyDetectorTest < Minitest::Test
+    def test_detects_no_test_library_when_there_are_no_dependencies
+      dependencies = {}
+      Bundler.locked_gems.stubs(dependencies: dependencies)
+
+      assert_equal("unknown", DependencyDetector.detected_test_library)
+    end
+
+    def test_detects_minitest
+      dependencies = { "minitest" => "1.2.3" }
+      Bundler.locked_gems.stubs(dependencies: dependencies)
+
+      assert_equal("minitest", DependencyDetector.detected_test_library)
+    end
+
+    def test_does_not_detect_minitest_related_gems_as_minitest
+      dependencies = { "minitest-reporters" => "1.2.3" }
+      Bundler.locked_gems.stubs(dependencies: dependencies)
+
+      assert_equal("unknown", DependencyDetector.detected_test_library)
+    end
+
+    def test_detects_test_unit
+      dependencies = { "test-unit" => "1.2.3" }
+      Bundler.locked_gems.stubs(dependencies: dependencies)
+
+      assert_equal("test-unit", DependencyDetector.detected_test_library)
+    end
+
+    def test_detects_rails_if_both_rails_and_minitest_are_present
+      dependencies = { "minitest" => "1.2.3", "rails" => "1.2.3" }
+      Bundler.locked_gems.stubs(dependencies: dependencies)
+
+      assert_equal("rails", DependencyDetector.detected_test_library)
+    end
+  end
+end