2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
index aafbbc29ee..4d04184b20 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ module Rails
       super
     end
 
+    def reload_routes!
+      routes_reloader.reload!
+    end
+
     def routes_reloader
       @routes_reloader ||= RoutesReloader.new
     end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb
index 23b72a0ec6..6da903c1ac 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/routes_reloader.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Rails
       def blocks
         @blocks ||= {}
       end
-    private
+
       def reload!
         clear!
         load_blocks
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ module Rails
         revert
       end
 
+    protected
+
       def clear!
         routers.each do |routes|
           routes.disable_clear_and_finalize = true
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ module Rails
       end
 
       def load_paths
-          paths.each { |path| load(path) }
+        paths.each { |path| load(path) }
       end
 
       def finalize!