diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
index e70f85b9a6..817ffaa83e 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py
@@ -76,7 +76,17 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
if has_bz2:
compression_types['bz2'] = bz2.BZ2File
- app_fixtures = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(app.__file__), 'fixtures') for app in get_apps()]
+ app_module_paths = []
+ for app in get_apps():
+ if hasattr(app, '__path__'):
+ # It's a 'models/' subpackage
+ for path in app.__path__:
+ app_module_paths.append(path)
+ else:
+ # It's a models.py module
+ app_module_paths.append(app.__file__)
+
+ app_fixtures = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(path), 'fixtures') for path in app_module_paths]
for fixture_label in fixture_labels:
parts = fixture_label.split('.')
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/__init__.py b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..139597f9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture1.json b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7684d84609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[
+ {
+ "pk": "2",
+ "model": "fixtures_model_package.article",
+ "fields": {
+ "headline": "Poker has no place on ESPN",
+ "pub_date": "2006-06-16 12:00:00"
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "pk": "3",
+ "model": "fixtures_model_package.article",
+ "fields": {
+ "headline": "Time to reform copyright",
+ "pub_date": "2006-06-16 13:00:00"
+ }
+ }
+]
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture2.json b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4997627385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[
+ {
+ "pk": "3",
+ "model": "fixtures_model_package.article",
+ "fields": {
+ "headline": "Copyright is fine the way it is",
+ "pub_date": "2006-06-16 14:00:00"
+ }
+ },
+ {
+ "pk": "4",
+ "model": "fixtures_model_package.article",
+ "fields": {
+ "headline": "Django conquers world!",
+ "pub_date": "2006-06-16 15:00:00"
+ }
+ }
+]
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture2.xml b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55337cf810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/fixture2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/initial_data.json b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/initial_data.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66cb5d7b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/fixtures/initial_data.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[
+ {
+ "pk": "1",
+ "model": "fixtures_model_package.article",
+ "fields": {
+ "headline": "Python program becomes self aware",
+ "pub_date": "2006-06-16 11:00:00"
+ }
+ }
+]
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/models/__init__.py b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/models/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1581102b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures_model_package/models/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from django.db import models
+from django.conf import settings
+
+class Article(models.Model):
+ headline = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='Default headline')
+ pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
+
+ def __unicode__(self):
+ return self.headline
+
+ class Meta:
+ app_label = 'fixtures_model_package'
+ ordering = ('-pub_date', 'headline')
+
+__test__ = {'API_TESTS': """
+>>> from django.core import management
+>>> from django.db.models import get_app
+
+# Reset the database representation of this app.
+# This will return the database to a clean initial state.
+>>> management.call_command('flush', verbosity=0, interactive=False)
+
+# Syncdb introduces 1 initial data object from initial_data.json.
+>>> Article.objects.all()
+[]
+
+# Load fixture 1. Single JSON file, with two objects.
+>>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture1.json', verbosity=0)
+>>> Article.objects.all()
+[, , ]
+
+# Load fixture 2. JSON file imported by default. Overwrites some existing objects
+>>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture2.json', verbosity=0)
+>>> Article.objects.all()
+[, , , ]
+
+# Load a fixture that doesn't exist
+>>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'unknown.json', verbosity=0)
+
+# object list is unaffected
+>>> Article.objects.all()
+[, , , ]
+"""}
+
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+class SampleTestCase(TestCase):
+ fixtures = ['fixture1.json', 'fixture2.json']
+
+ def testClassFixtures(self):
+ "Check that test case has installed 4 fixture objects"
+ self.assertEqual(Article.objects.count(), 4)
+ self.assertEquals(str(Article.objects.all()), "[, , , ]")