4 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/actionview/bin/test b/actionview/bin/test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..404cabba51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actionview/bin/test
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+COMPONENT_ROOT = File.expand_path("../../", __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path("../tools/test", COMPONENT_ROOT)
+exit Minitest.run(ARGV)
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/digestor.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/digestor.rb
index 1f103786cb..b29eb48425 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/digestor.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/digestor.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ module ActionView
     def dependencies
       DependencyTracker.find_dependencies(name, template)
     rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate
-      [] # File doesn't exist, so no dependencies
+      logger.try :error, "  '#{name}' file doesn't exist, so no dependencies"
+      []
     end
 
     def nested_dependencies
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/railtie.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/railtie.rb
index 9a26cba574..5dc7950d6b 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/railtie.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/railtie.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ module ActionView
       end
     end
 
-    rake_tasks do
-      load "action_view/tasks/dependencies.rake"
+    rake_tasks do |app|
+      unless app.config.api_only
+        load "action_view/tasks/dependencies.rake"
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionview/test/template/digestor_test.rb b/actionview/test/template/digestor_test.rb
index c2b8439df3..f0afcdb5ae 100644
--- a/actionview/test/template/digestor_test.rb
+++ b/actionview/test/template/digestor_test.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ class TemplateDigestorTest < ActionView::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_logging_of_missing_template_for_dependencies
+    assert_logged "'messages/something_missing' file doesn't exist, so no dependencies" do
+      dependencies("messages/something_missing")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_logging_of_missing_template_for_nested_dependencies
+    assert_logged "'messages/something_missing' file doesn't exist, so no dependencies" do
+      nested_dependencies("messages/something_missing")
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_nested_template_directory
     assert_digest_difference("messages/show") do
       change_template("messages/actions/_move")
@@ -298,6 +310,14 @@ class TemplateDigestorTest < ActionView::TestCase
       ActionView::Digestor.digest({ name: template_name, finder: finder }.merge(options))
     end
 
+    def dependencies(template_name)
+      ActionView::Digestor.new({ name: template_name, finder: finder }).dependencies
+    end
+
+    def nested_dependencies(template_name)
+      ActionView::Digestor.new({ name: template_name, finder: finder }).nested_dependencies
+    end
+
     def finder
       @finder ||= FixtureFinder.new
     end