1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
index 1bf9c8c831..0e4c712acb 100755
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/templates/Rakefile
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ begin
 rescue LoadError
   puts 'You must `gem install bundler` and `bundle install` to run rake tasks'
 end
-
-require 'rdoc/task'
+begin
+  require 'rdoc/task'
+rescue LoadError
+  require 'rake/rdoctask'
+end
 
 RDoc::Task.new(:rdoc) do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'rdoc'