diff --git a/src/Shell/Task/TestTask.php b/src/Shell/Task/TestTask.php
index e84e8d593..a06e48a59 100644
--- a/src/Shell/Task/TestTask.php
+++ b/src/Shell/Task/TestTask.php
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public function main($type = null, $name = null)
     {
         parent::main();
         $type = $this->normalize($type);
+        $name = $this->_getName($name);
 
         if (empty($type) && empty($name)) {
             $this->outputTypeChoices();
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/TestTaskTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/TestTaskTest.php
index 50e21a7ce..f9f480ccb 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/TestTaskTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Shell/Task/TestTaskTest.php
@@ -163,6 +163,28 @@ public function testExecuteWithTwoArgs()
         $this->Task->main('Table', 'TestTaskTag');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * test execute with plugin syntax
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testExecuteWithPluginName()
+    {
+        $this->_loadTestPlugin('TestBake');
+
+        $this->Task
+            ->expects($this->once())->method('createFile')
+            ->with(
+                $this->stringContains(
+                    'Plugin' . DS . 'TestBake' . DS . 'tests' . DS . 'TestCase' . DS . 'Model' . DS . 'Table' . DS . 'ArticlesTableTest.php'
+                ),
+                $this->matchesRegularExpression(
+                    '/namespace TestBake\\\\Test\\\\TestCase\\\\Model\\\\Table;.*?class ArticlesTableTest extends TestCase/s'
+                )
+            );
+        $this->Task->main('Table', 'TestBake.Articles');
+    }
+
     /**
      * test execute with type and class name defined
      *