diff --git a/config/initializers/active_record_base.rb b/config/initializers/active_record_base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f54d93090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/active_record_base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do
+  def dump_fixture
+    fixture_file = "#{Rails.root}/test/fixtures/#{self.class.table_name}.yml"
+    File.open(fixture_file, "a") do |f|
+      f.puts({ "#{self.class.table_name.singularize}_#{id}" => attributes }.
+        to_yaml.sub!(/---\s?/, "\n"))
+    end
+  end
+end