diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/mailer_generator.rb b/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/mailer_generator.rb
index f86d43be6109312c11b96e70cc1b06f9358a42c9..01bdfb0685b9e29f2995d47811191816d313c0a5 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/mailer_generator.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/mailer_generator.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ def create_mailer_file
         template "mailer.rb", File.join('app/mailers', class_path, "#{file_name}_mailer.rb")
 
         in_root do
-          if self.behavior == :invoke && !File.exist?('app/mailers/application_mailer.rb')
-            template 'application_mailer.rb', 'app/mailers/application_mailer.rb'
+          if self.behavior == :invoke && !File.exist?(application_mailer_file_name)
+            template 'application_mailer.rb', application_mailer_file_name
           end
         end
       end
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ def create_mailer_file
         def file_name
           @_file_name ||= super.gsub(/_mailer/i, '')
         end
+
+      private
+        def application_mailer_file_name
+          @_application_mailer_file_name ||= if mountable_engine?
+                                             "app/mailers/#{namespaced_path}/application_mailer.rb"
+                                           else
+                                             "app/mailers/application_mailer.rb"
+                                           end
+        end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/templates/application_mailer.rb b/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/templates/application_mailer.rb
index 02e8d3e454827c745c40464e88505ccd30811a58..93fd9a74496d640b03e061b86cdfb634c8c05e52 100644
--- a/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/templates/application_mailer.rb
+++ b/actionmailer/lib/rails/generators/mailer/templates/application_mailer.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+<% module_namespacing do %>
 class ApplicationMailer < ActionMailer::Base
   default from: 'from@example.com'
   layout :mailer
 end
+<% end %>
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
index cf3ed8405d80a2108c7c78db52b6771cf6f52a99..17a2c6a3279a36123c479cd83fd3dc7d0c3c8a88 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/plugin_generator_test.rb
@@ -656,6 +656,19 @@ def test_generate_application_record_when_does_not_exist_in_mountable_engine
     end
   end
 
+  def test_generate_application_mailer_when_does_not_exist_in_mountable_engine
+    run_generator [destination_root, '--mountable']
+    FileUtils.rm "#{destination_root}/app/mailers/bukkits/application_mailer.rb"
+    capture(:stdout) do
+      `#{destination_root}/bin/rails g mailer User`
+    end
+
+    assert_file "#{destination_root}/app/mailers/bukkits/application_mailer.rb" do |mailer|
+      assert_match(/module Bukkits/, mailer)
+      assert_match(/class ApplicationMailer < ActionMailer::Base/, mailer)
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_after_bundle_callback
     path = 'http://example.org/rails_template'
     template = %{ after_bundle { run 'echo ran after_bundle' } }