1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake_proxy.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake_proxy.rb
index ad5249ff48..f8da71831a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake_proxy.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/rake_proxy.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-require "rake"
 require "active_support"
 
 module Rails
   module RakeProxy #:nodoc:
     private
       def run_rake_task(command)
+        require_rake
+
         ARGV.unshift(command) # Prepend the command, so Rake knows how to run it.
 
         Rake.application.standard_exception_handling do
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ module Rails
       end
 
       def rake_tasks
+        require_rake
+
         return @rake_tasks if defined?(@rake_tasks)
 
         ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do
@@ -23,12 +26,16 @@ module Rails
 
         Rake::TaskManager.record_task_metadata = true
         Rake.application.instance_variable_set(:@name, "rails")
-        Rails.application.load_tasks
+        load_tasks
         @rake_tasks = Rake.application.tasks.select(&:comment)
       end
 
       def formatted_rake_tasks
         rake_tasks.map { |t| [ t.name_with_args, t.comment ] }
       end
+
+      def require_rake
+        require "rake" # Defer booting Rake until we know it's needed.
+      end
   end
 end