diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 10deeb0ba25762202e743582e29fe2cb9494d893..119a7cb829aa8946b4ea47014afb3a4dc6c78f33 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def bundle_install?
       end
 
       def spring_install?
-        !options[:skip_spring] && Process.respond_to?(:fork) && !RUBY_PLATFORM.include?("cygwin")
+        !options[:skip_spring] && !options.dev? && Process.respond_to?(:fork) && !RUBY_PLATFORM.include?("cygwin")
       end
 
       def run_bundle
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 282e8cc4f99d240995872ea84566979df876d15f..2bfa05a0b85bc83e73689fd4a86b9d34c50882b2 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -560,6 +560,14 @@ def test_skip_spring
     end
   end
 
+  def test_spring_with_dev_option
+    run_generator [destination_root, "--dev"]
+
+    assert_file "Gemfile" do |content|
+      assert_no_match(/spring/, content)
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_generator_if_skip_turbolinks_is_given
     run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-turbolinks"]