diff --git a/activesupport/lib/core_ext/string/inflections.rb b/activesupport/lib/core_ext/string/inflections.rb
index c63b0592b4dc8a3438bf79ee1b530bac88433979..5d1070b00a94b1de245276b5ad89c34b2d708f94 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/core_ext/string/inflections.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/core_ext/string/inflections.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ def tableize
         def classify
           Inflector.classify(self)
         end
+        
+        def humanize
+          Inflector.humanize(self)
+        end
 
         def foreign_key(separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore = true)
           Inflector.foreign_key(self, separate_class_name_and_id_with_underscore)