1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb
index c01b82884d..cd0f9c7eef 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ module Rails
       class_option :helper, type: :boolean
       class_option :orm, banner: "NAME", type: :string, required: true,
                          desc: "ORM to generate the controller for"
+      class_option :api, type: :boolean,
+                         desc: "Preconfigure smaller stack for API only apps"
 
       argument :attributes, type: :array, default: [], banner: "field:type field:type"
 
       def create_controller_files
-        template "controller.rb", File.join('app/controllers', controller_class_path, "#{controller_file_name}_controller.rb")
+        template_file = options.api? ? "api_controller.rb" : "controller.rb"
+        template template_file, File.join('app/controllers', controller_class_path, "#{controller_file_name}_controller.rb")
       end
 
       hook_for :template_engine, :test_framework, as: :scaffold