diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 064b109a6f22c9185462404b65ef5dba9ba23d25..297ccb1dbfdc2340f70ca961331fc57edbede7aa 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ def assets_gemfile_entry
         return [] if options[:skip_sprockets]
 
         gems = []
+        gems << GemfileEntry.version('sass-rails', '~> 5.0',
+                                     'Use SCSS for stylesheets')
 
         gems << GemfileEntry.version('uglifier',
                                    '>= 1.3.0',
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 314d8c50b0cd4ab4b718cbfa7c07d8dfac76344a..e5480180ce700bf00d24cd53d12427305e6b14c3 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -361,6 +361,13 @@ def test_generator_if_skip_action_mailer_is_given
     end
   end
 
+  def test_generator_has_assets_gems
+    run_generator
+
+    assert_gem 'sass-rails'
+    assert_gem 'uglifier'
+  end
+
   def test_generator_if_skip_sprockets_is_given
     run_generator [destination_root, "--skip-sprockets"]
     assert_no_file "config/initializers/assets.rb"