diff --git a/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh
index d3849b4f..0139d22c 100644
--- a/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ alias migrate='rake db:migrate && rake db:test:prepare'
 alias sc='ruby script/console'
 alias sd='ruby script/server --debugger'
 alias devlog='tail -f log/development.log'
+alias -g RET='RAILS_ENV=test'
+alias -g REP='RAILS_ENV=production'
+alias -g RED='RAILS_ENV=development'
 
 function remote_console() {
   /usr/bin/env ssh $1 "( cd $2 && ruby script/console production )"
diff --git a/plugins/rails3/rails3.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rails3/rails3.plugin.zsh
index 237d0594..a2697872 100644
--- a/plugins/rails3/rails3.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rails3/rails3.plugin.zsh
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ alias rsd='_rails_command server --debugger'
 alias devlog='tail -f log/development.log'
 alias rdm='rake db:migrate'
 alias rdr='rake db:rollback'
+alias -g RET='RAILS_ENV=test'
+alias -g REP='RAILS_ENV=production'
+alias -g RED='RAILS_ENV=development'