diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index 6d10b41bd5a9c036a049a8b64af94f6dd200d046..c4371dc705ece1ec040e5544564d0562937aa938 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -1935,6 +1935,8 @@ def nested_child_index(name)
   end
 
   ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) do
-    cattr_accessor(:default_form_builder) { ::ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder }
+    cattr_accessor(:default_form_builder, instance_writer: false, instance_reader: false) do
+      ::ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
index 1f97807f8c032c166ce98f676ede54bb6824f688..f24fe366705390200fd3a0092bfb45c0a53ec3c7 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/configuration_test.rb
@@ -494,6 +494,45 @@ def index
       assert last_response.body =~ /csrf\-param/
     end
 
+    test "default form builder specified as a string" do
+
+      app_file 'config/initializers/form_builder.rb', <<-RUBY
+      class CustomFormBuilder < ActionView::Helpers::FormBuilder
+        def text_field(attribute, *args)
+          label(attribute) + super(attribute, *args)
+        end
+      end
+      Rails.configuration.action_view.default_form_builder = "CustomFormBuilder"
+      RUBY
+
+      app_file 'app/models/post.rb', <<-RUBY
+      class Post
+        include ActiveModel::Model
+        attr_accessor :name
+      end
+      RUBY
+
+
+      app_file 'app/controllers/posts_controller.rb', <<-RUBY
+      class PostsController < ApplicationController
+        def index
+          render inline: "<%= begin; form_for(Post.new) {|f| f.text_field(:name)}; rescue => e; e.to_s; end %>"
+        end
+      end
+      RUBY
+
+      add_to_config <<-RUBY
+        routes.prepend do
+          resources :posts
+        end
+      RUBY
+
+      require "#{app_path}/config/environment"
+
+      get "/posts"
+      assert_match(/label/, last_response.body)
+    end
+
     test "default method for update can be changed" do
       app_file 'app/models/post.rb', <<-RUBY
       class Post