diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/engine.rake b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/engine.rake
index 2152e811f5d9402d9911c72f372c201577ce766c..eea8abe7d281dcc6e23a68de85d714347a35445a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/tasks/engine.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/tasks/engine.rake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ task "load_app" do
   namespace :app do
     load APP_RAKEFILE
   end
+  task :environment => "app:environment"
 
   if !defined?(ENGINE_PATH) || !ENGINE_PATH
     ENGINE_PATH = find_engine_path(APP_RAKEFILE)