diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index 21a2ae4e28f4e13a339e2873aea3cdbe83fd5b4d..105bae20c4573d691fda7d106e11e4bb94df548f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def assets_gemfile_entry
           group :assets do
             gem 'sass-rails',   :git => 'git://github.com/rails/sass-rails.git'
             gem 'coffee-rails', :git => 'git://github.com/rails/coffee-rails.git'
-            gem 'uglifier'
+            gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
           end
         GEMFILE
       end