diff --git a/railties/CHANGELOG b/railties/CHANGELOG
index 25a59b2734ece..b1218b3245583 100644
--- a/railties/CHANGELOG
+++ b/railties/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Reaper knows how to find processes even if the dispatch path is very long.  #2711 [matthew@walker.wattle.id.au]
+
 * Make fcgi handler respond to TERM signals with an explicit exit [Jamis Buck]
 
 * Added demonstration of fixture use to the test case generated by the model generator [DHH]
diff --git a/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb b/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb
index b99fd1efa2313..0064642d6a5b9 100644
--- a/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/commands/process/reaper.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def process_keywords(action, *keywords)
     #   ProgramProcess.find_by_keyword("basecamp")
     def find_by_keyword(keyword)
       process_lines_with_keyword(keyword).split("\n").collect { |line|
-        next if line.include?("inq") || line.include?("ps -ax") || line.include?("grep")
+        next if line.include?("inq") || line.include?("ps -axww") || line.include?("grep")
         pid, *command = line.split
         new(pid, command.join(" "))
       }.compact
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def find_by_keyword(keyword)
 
     private
       def process_lines_with_keyword(keyword)
-        `ps -ax -o 'pid command' | grep #{keyword}`
+        `ps -axww -o 'pid command' | grep #{keyword}`
       end
   end
 
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ def to_s #:nodoc:
   opts.parse!
 end
 
-ProgramProcess.process_keywords(OPTIONS[:action], OPTIONS[:dispatcher])
\ No newline at end of file
+ProgramProcess.process_keywords(OPTIONS[:action], OPTIONS[:dispatcher])