diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index ba5cf01178639..b338ef3037b0e 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Fixed that unit tests for MySQL are now run as the "rails" user instead of root #455 [Eric Hodel]
+
 * Added validates_associated that enables validation of objects in an unsaved association #398 [Tim Bates]. Example:
 
     class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
diff --git a/activerecord/test/connections/native_mysql/connection.rb b/activerecord/test/connections/native_mysql/connection.rb
index b663106d1faec..b73023f3379a0 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/connections/native_mysql/connection.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/connections/native_mysql/connection.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
   :adapter  => "mysql",
   :host     => "localhost",
-  :username => "root",
+  :username => "rails",
   :password => "",
   :database => db1
 )
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 Course.establish_connection(
   :adapter  => "mysql",
   :host     => "localhost",
-  :username => "root",
+  :username => "rails",
   :password => "",
   :database => db2
 )