diff --git a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_sql.rb b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_sql.rb
index 1b207e9f675605e3196b0f98fc467b69e59dab3f..4ceabaa827474ad4fb0d60749ae457610aa49d1d 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_sql.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_sql.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckSQL < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     Brakeman.debug "Finding possible SQL calls using constantized()"
     calls.concat tracker.find_call(:methods => @sql_targets).select { |result| constantize_call? result }
 
-    connect_targets = active_record_models.keys << nil
+    connect_targets = active_record_models.keys + [nil, :"ActiveRecord::Base"]
     calls.concat tracker.find_call(:targets => connect_targets, :methods => @connection_calls, :chained => true).select { |result| connect_call? result }
 
     Brakeman.debug "Finding calls to named_scope or scope"
@@ -556,11 +556,13 @@ class Brakeman::CheckSQL < Brakeman::BaseCheck
 
     if call? target and target.method == :connection
       target = target.target
+      klass = class_name(target)
 
       target.nil? or
       target == SELF_CLASS or
       node_type? target, :self or
-      active_record_models.include? class_name(target)
+      klass == :"ActiveRecord::Base" or
+      active_record_models.include? klass
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/apps/rails2/app/models/user.rb b/test/apps/rails2/app/models/user.rb
index fcca29a4cad02e55afce17ffed99c0f5aa5cabec..bb4c3c7d2e2b3f50b6f8d35fd8fe685abd15a3d9 100644
--- a/test/apps/rails2/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/test/apps/rails2/app/models/user.rb
@@ -21,4 +21,13 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     User.find(:all, :conditions => self.merge_conditions(some_conditions))
     find(:all, :conditions => User.merge_conditions(some_conditions))
   end
+
+  def self.some_method(value)
+    results = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(%Q(SELECT
+        id
+      FROM
+        table t
+      WHERE
+        t.something = '#{value}'))
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/tests/rails2.rb b/test/tests/rails2.rb
index e402caf1310bf0f7a98775c62161bbb4dc8a05c6..ee7888e1d0c8c9a9da468da905f2626971c18463 100644
--- a/test/tests/rails2.rb
+++ b/test/tests/rails2.rb
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ class Rails2Tests < Test::Unit::TestCase
         :controller => 1,
         :model => 3,
         :template => 45,
-        :generic => 48 }
+        :generic => 49 }
     else
       @expected ||= {
         :controller => 1,
         :model => 3,
         :template => 45,
-        :generic => 49 }
+        :generic => 50 }
     end
   end
 
@@ -611,6 +611,18 @@ class Rails2Tests < Test::Unit::TestCase
       :file => /user\.rb/,
       :relative_path => "app/models/user.rb"
   end
+ 
+  def test_sql_injection_active_record_base_connection
+    assert_warning :type => :warning,
+      :warning_code => 0,
+      :fingerprint => "37885d589fc5c41553dcc38b36b506c2e508d1f37ce040eb6dca92a958f858fb",
+      :warning_type => "SQL Injection",
+      :line => 26,
+      :message => /^Possible\ SQL\ injection/,
+      :confidence => 1,
+      :relative_path => "app/models/user.rb",
+      :user_input => s(:lvar, :value)
+  end
 
   def test_escape_once
     results = find :type => :template,
@@ -1252,13 +1264,13 @@ class Rails2WithOptionsTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
         :controller => 1,
         :model => 4,
         :template => 45,
-        :generic => 48 }
+        :generic => 49 }
     else
       @expected ||= {
         :controller => 1,
         :model => 4,
         :template => 45,
-        :generic => 49 }
+        :generic => 50 }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/test/tests/tabs_output.rb b/test/tests/tabs_output.rb
index a74964b2f670325167e8f6af02c37fb7f3f5cf16..86ed80a4330849f7bdaf755a858ef06bc19465ab 100644
--- a/test/tests/tabs_output.rb
+++ b/test/tests/tabs_output.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ class TestTabsOutput < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
   def test_reported_warnings
     if Brakeman::Scanner::RUBY_1_9
-      assert_equal 98, Report.lines.to_a.count
-    else
       assert_equal 99, Report.lines.to_a.count
+    else
+      assert_equal 100, Report.lines.to_a.count
     end
   end
 end