diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/controller_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/controller_generator.rb
index 7588a558e718f5c683930854a1ef3f05e160f656..fbecab1823f306ddfb4786c89d8515a72c252698 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/controller_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/controller_generator.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module Rails
   module Generators
     class ControllerGenerator < NamedBase # :nodoc:
       argument :actions, type: :array, default: [], banner: "action action"
+      class_option :skip_routes, type: :boolean, desc: "Dont' add routes to config/routes.rb."
+
       check_class_collision suffix: "Controller"
 
       def create_controller_files
@@ -9,8 +11,10 @@ def create_controller_files
       end
 
       def add_routes
-        actions.reverse.each do |action|
-          route generate_routing_code(action)
+        unless options[:skip_routes]
+          actions.reverse.each do |action|
+            route generate_routing_code(action)
+          end
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/controller_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/controller_generator_test.rb
index 4b2f8539d06e1d4047baf1badc8e409dca1ca5d9..c906d56b8f90fe1efe60d64d8c9d2cec66813c87 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/controller_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/controller_generator_test.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ def test_add_routes
     assert_file "config/routes.rb", /get 'account\/foo'/, /get 'account\/bar'/
   end
 
+  def test_skip_routes
+    run_generator ["account", "foo", "--skip-routes"]
+    assert_file "config/routes.rb" do |routes|
+      assert_no_match /get 'account\/foo'/, routes
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_invokes_default_template_engine_even_with_no_action
     run_generator ["account"]
     assert_file "app/views/account"