diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ae1910da..8890f69e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ Suspenders also comes with:
 * [Fast-failing factories][fast]
 * A [low database connection pool limit][pool]
 * [Safe binstubs][binstub]
+* [t() and l() in specs without prefixing with I18n][i18n]
 
 [bin]: http://robots.thoughtbot.com/bin-setup
 [compress]: http://robots.thoughtbot.com/content-compression-with-rack-deflater/
 [fast]: http://robots.thoughtbot.com/testing-your-factories-first
 [pool]: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/concurrency-and-database-connections
 [binstub]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders/pull/282
+[i18n]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders/pull/304
 
 Suspenders fixes several of Rails' [insecure defaults]:
 
diff --git a/lib/suspenders/app_builder.rb b/lib/suspenders/app_builder.rb
index b0fe4bfc5..20f4dfff0 100644
--- a/lib/suspenders/app_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/suspenders/app_builder.rb
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ def configure_travis
       template 'travis.yml.erb', '.travis.yml'
     end
 
+    def configure_i18n_in_specs
+      copy_file 'i18n.rb', 'spec/support/i18n.rb'
+    end
+
     def use_spring_binstubs
       run 'bundle exec spring binstub --all'
     end
diff --git a/lib/suspenders/generators/app_generator.rb b/lib/suspenders/generators/app_generator.rb
index 5f7be301c..81e0015ab 100644
--- a/lib/suspenders/generators/app_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/suspenders/generators/app_generator.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ def setup_test_environment
       build :enable_database_cleaner
       build :configure_spec_support_features
       build :configure_travis
+      build :configure_i18n_in_specs
     end
 
     def setup_production_environment
diff --git a/templates/i18n.rb b/templates/i18n.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d4094d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/i18n.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.include AbstractController::Translation
+end