diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb
index 1bf274bc66b9cc736dd97babe2b2caab0c30491d..c7f311f8116a762772f8900ac8c1a7b1de0b6c0d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/puma.rb
@@ -42,3 +42,6 @@
 # on_worker_boot do
 #   ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection if defined?(ActiveRecord)
 # end
+
+# Allow puma to be restarted by `rails restart` command.
+plugin :tmp_restart