diff --git a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
index b49a4a97c891bf7af4a98f1df35d8eaff3448802..3bd17d08d82efe2eaf8b8b4cff6f7f3ae1a01114 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ module Geocoder::Store
         end
       end
 
-      private # ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
       ##
       # Get options hash suitable for passing to ActiveRecord.find to get
       # records within a radius (in kilometers) of the given point.
@@ -119,6 +117,8 @@ module Geocoder::Store
         }
       end
 
+      private # ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
       ##
       # SQL for calculating distance based on the current database's
       # capabilities (trig functions?).
diff --git a/test/near_test.rb b/test/near_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a2dc9fae5bd16b2c36424858685c610206041c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/near_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class NearTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+
+  def test_near_scope_options
+    result = Event.near_scope_options(1.0, 2.0, 5)
+    expected = {
+      :select =>
+        "test_table_name.*, 3958.755864232 * 2 * ASIN(SQRT(POWER(SIN((1.0 - test_table_name.latitude) * PI() / 180 / 2), 2) + COS(1.0 * PI() / 180) * COS(test_table_name.latitude * PI() / 180) * POWER(SIN((2.0 - test_table_name.longitude) * PI() / 180 / 2), 2))) AS distance, CAST(DEGREES(ATAN2( RADIANS(test_table_name.longitude - 2.0), RADIANS(test_table_name.latitude - 1.0))) + 360 AS decimal) % 360 AS bearing",
+      :conditions =>
+        ["3958.755864232 * 2 * ASIN(SQRT(POWER(SIN((1.0 - test_table_name.latitude) * PI() / 180 / 2), 2) + COS(1.0 * PI() / 180) * COS(test_table_name.latitude * PI() / 180) * POWER(SIN((2.0 - test_table_name.longitude) * PI() / 180 / 2), 2))) <= ?", 5],
+      :order => "distance ASC"
+    }
+
+    assert_equal expected, result
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index e390f0dbae5af55a5ca3419af546204cf7ebed94..1f592ecf259edd4d72efd06d4a19d38474579545 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ require 'test/unit'
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
 
+class MysqlConnection
+  def adapter_name
+    "mysql"
+  end
+end
+
 ##
 # Simulate enough of ActiveRecord::Base that objects can be used for testing.
 #
@@ -28,6 +34,10 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
     def self.scope(*args); end
 
+    def self.connection
+      MysqlConnection.new
+    end
+
     def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
       if name.to_s[-1..-1] == "="
         write_attribute name.to_s[0...-1], *args