diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 242677cc6560b4b10c0156b22085c03e7e7925d4..6af9d299aa36bb6c2bd85d747770955ac18640fc 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def doc
     def lib
       empty_directory "lib"
       empty_directory_with_gitkeep "lib/tasks"
+      empty_directory_with_gitkeep "lib/assets"
     end
 
     def log
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index c31c65a27d8c74c9b1ac1b8d7b2b28200df89212..6926027beddd8386cca3534cef574380d1a11e39 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   config.ru
   app/assets/javascripts
   app/assets/stylesheets
+  app/assets/images
   app/controllers
   app/helpers
   app/mailers
@@ -22,8 +23,8 @@
   doc
   lib
   lib/tasks
+  lib/assets
   log
-  app/assets/images
   script/rails
   test/fixtures
   test/functional