diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 44f10aeeb5..5c88af0228 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@
 # Use SQL instead of Active Record's schema dumper when creating the test database.
 # This is necessary if your schema can't be completely dumped by the schema dumper,
 # like if you have constraints or database-specific column types
-# config.active_record.schema_format = :sql
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+# config.active_record.schema_format = :sql
+
+# Optionally load 'awesome_print' gem to be able to use it in specs.
+begin
+  require 'ap'
+rescue LoadError
+end