diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 6436f887d14669c25b53031289c6e8e5628396d0..25c5a8f5a994c06f718f83633ee89cecf7e25e8b 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ module Gitlab
 
     config.generators.templates.push("#{config.root}/generator_templates")
 
+    # Rake tasks ignore the eager loading settings, so we need to set the
+    # autoload paths explicitly
+    config.autoload_paths = config.eager_load_paths.dup
+
     # Only load the plugins named here, in the order given (default is alphabetical).
     # :all can be used as a placeholder for all plugins not explicitly named.
     # config.plugins = [ :exception_notification, :ssl_requirement, :all ]