diff --git a/railties/test/generators/argv_scrubber_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/argv_scrubber_test.rb
index 26b33740c8ee3..2d2e81bf2c9a2 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/argv_scrubber_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/argv_scrubber_test.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ def test_new_homedir_rc
         file.unlink
       end
 
+      def test_new_rc_option
+        file = Tempfile.new 'myrcfile'
+        file.puts '--hello-world'
+        file.flush
+
+        message = nil
+        scrubber = Class.new(ARGVScrubber) {
+          define_method(:puts) { |msg| message = msg }
+        }.new ['new', "--rc=#{file.path}"]
+        args = scrubber.prepare!
+        assert_equal [nil, '--hello-world'], args
+        assert_match 'hello-world', message
+        assert_match file.path, message
+      ensure
+        file.close
+        file.unlink
+      end
+
       def test_no_rc
         scrubber = ARGVScrubber.new ['new', '--no-rc']
         args = scrubber.prepare!