diff --git a/lib/dotenv/rails.rb b/lib/dotenv/rails.rb
index 3a03376b..ad844ef3 100644
--- a/lib/dotenv/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/dotenv/rails.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ def load
       Dotenv.load(*dotenv_files)
     end
 
+    # Public: Reload dotenv
+    #
+    # Same as `load`, but will override existing values in `ENV`
+    def overload
+      Dotenv.overload(*dotenv_files)
+    end
+
     # Internal: `Rails.root` is nil in Rails 4.1 before the application is
     # initialized, so this falls back to the `RAILS_ROOT` environment variable,
     # or the current working directory.
diff --git a/spec/dotenv/rails_spec.rb b/spec/dotenv/rails_spec.rb
index 4c511dc2..110e2496 100644
--- a/spec/dotenv/rails_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/dotenv/rails_spec.rb
@@ -87,4 +87,46 @@ def add(*items)
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context "overload" do
+    before { Dotenv::Railtie.overload }
+
+    it "does not load .env.local in test rails environment" do
+      expect(Dotenv::Railtie.instance.send(:dotenv_files)).to eql(
+        [
+          Rails.root.join(".env.test.local"),
+          Rails.root.join(".env.test"),
+          Rails.root.join(".env")
+        ]
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "does load .env.local in development environment" do
+      Rails.env = "development"
+      expect(Dotenv::Railtie.instance.send(:dotenv_files)).to eql(
+        [
+          Rails.root.join(".env.development.local"),
+          Rails.root.join(".env.local"),
+          Rails.root.join(".env.development"),
+          Rails.root.join(".env")
+        ]
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "overloads .env.test with .env" do
+      expect(ENV["DOTENV"]).to eql("true")
+    end
+
+    context "when loading a file containing already set variables" do
+      subject { Dotenv::Railtie.overload }
+
+      it "overrides any existing ENV variables" do
+        ENV["DOTENV"] = "predefined"
+
+        expect do
+          subject
+        end.to(change { ENV["DOTENV"] }.from("predefined").to("true"))
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end