diff --git a/railties/test/application/runner_test.rb b/railties/test/application/runner_test.rb
index 8f5f48c281f..d590b6f6fbc 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/runner_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/runner_test.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ module ApplicationTests
       assert_match "development", rails("runner", "puts Rails.env")
     end
 
+    def test_environment_option
+      assert_match "production", rails("runner", "-e", "production", "puts Rails.env")
+    end
+
     def test_runner_detects_syntax_errors
       output = rails("runner", "puts 'hello world", allow_failure: true)
       assert_not_predicate $?, :success?