3 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails.rb b/railties/lib/rails.rb
index 5f7e595d64..4ded2515fc 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require 'rails/rack'
 require 'rails/paths'
 require 'rails/configuration'
 require 'rails/deprecation'
+require 'rails/subscriber'
 require 'rails/ruby_version_check'
 
 # For Ruby 1.8, this initialization sets $KCODE to 'u' to enable the
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb b/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
index 9cc6b9c35b..a057b8f701 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/plugin.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ module Rails
       ActionController::Base.view_paths.concat ["#{path}/app/views"] if File.directory?("#{path}/app/views")
     end
 
+    # TODO Isn't it supposed to be :after => "action_controller.initialize_routing" ?
     initializer :add_routing_file, :after => :initialize_routing do |app|
       routing_file = "#{path}/config/routes.rb"
       if File.exist?(routing_file)
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb b/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
index ff28ade35d..43a0303c5b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/railtie.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ module Rails
       Configuration.default
     end
 
+    def self.subscriber(subscriber)
+      Rails::Subscriber.add(plugin_name, subscriber)
+    end
+
     def self.rake_tasks(&blk)
       @rake_tasks ||= []
       @rake_tasks << blk if blk