diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index bdeebbb8b5baa28382dfa7fa12a2ae1035c49660..fb2af96b45d6e7763679d72877b6f92dedeba398 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def gitignore
     end
 
     def version_control
-      unless options[:skip_git]
+      if !options[:skip_git] && !options[:pretend]
         run "git init"
       end
     end
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index 35f7d519d8506d026e81ec83fb0ee7d88bad7a29..ee996dc9d6798c34b14730345969f9ec86b07a0d 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ def test_no_active_record_or_tests_if_skips_given
   def test_pretend_option
     output = run_generator [File.join(destination_root, "myapp"), "--pretend"]
     assert_no_match(/run  bundle install/, output)
+    assert_no_match(/run  git init/, output)
   end
 
   def test_application_name_with_spaces