diff --git a/railties/lib/generators.rb b/railties/lib/generators.rb
index dd61a686c2186bdec46ccc844477415addc4a763..a4ce92e04b7d082e784fb4e97b71cf9cb2a16b91 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 end
 
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
-require 'rails/version' unless defined?(Rails::VERSION)
 
 # TODO Use vendored Thor
 require 'rubygems'
@@ -22,6 +21,46 @@
 
 module Rails
   module Generators
+    DEFAULT_ALIASES = {
+      :actions => '-a',
+      :fixture_replacement => '-r',
+      :orm => '-o',
+      :resource_controller => '-c',
+      :scaffold_controller => '-c',
+      :stylesheets => '-y',
+      :test_framework => '-t',
+      :template_engine => '-e'
+    }
+
+    DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
+      :fixture => true,
+      :force_plural => false,
+      :helper => true,
+      :layout => true,
+      :migration => true,
+      :orm => 'active_record',
+      :resource_controller => 'controller',
+      :scaffold_controller => 'scaffold_controller',
+      :singleton => false,
+      :stylesheets => true,
+      :test_framework => 'test_unit',
+      :template_engine => 'erb',
+      :timestamps => true
+    }
+
+    def self.aliases
+      @@aliases ||= DEFAULT_ALIASES.dup
+    end
+
+    def self.options
+      @@options ||= DEFAULT_OPTIONS.dup
+    end
+
+    # Remove the color from output.
+    #
+    def self.no_color!
+      Thor::Base.shell = Thor::Shell::Basic
+    end
 
     # Generators load paths used on lookup. The lookup happens as:
     #
@@ -48,21 +87,7 @@ def self.load_path
         paths
       end
     end
-    load_path # Cache load paths
-
-    # Keep builtin generators in an Array[Array[group, name]].
-    #
-    def self.builtin
-      Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/generators/*/*'].collect do |file|
-        file.split('/')[-2, 2]
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Remove the color from output.
-    #
-    def self.no_color!
-      Thor::Base.shell = Thor::Shell::Basic
-    end
+    load_path # Cache load paths. Needed to avoid __FILE__ pointing to wrong paths.
 
     # Receives a namespace and tries different combinations to find a generator.
     #
@@ -106,6 +131,19 @@ def self.find_by_namespace(name, base=nil, context=nil)
       nil
     end
 
+    # Receives a namespace, arguments and the behavior to invoke the generator.
+    # It's used as the default entry point for generate, destroy and update
+    # commands.
+    #
+    def self.invoke(namespace, args=ARGV, config={})
+      if klass = find_by_namespace(namespace, "rails")
+        args << "--help" if klass.arguments.any? { |a| a.required? } && args.empty?
+        klass.start args, config
+      else
+        puts "Could not find generator #{namespace}."
+      end
+    end
+
     # Show help message with available generators.
     #
     def self.help
@@ -137,19 +175,6 @@ def self.help
       puts "Others: #{others.join(', ')}." unless others.empty?
     end
 
-    # Receives a namespace, arguments and the behavior to invoke the generator.
-    # It's used as the default entry point for generate, destroy and update
-    # commands.
-    #
-    def self.invoke(namespace, args=ARGV, config={})
-      if klass = find_by_namespace(namespace, "rails")
-        args << "--help" if klass.arguments.any? { |a| a.required? } && args.empty?
-        klass.start args, config
-      else
-        puts "Could not find generator #{namespace}."
-      end
-    end
-
     protected
 
       # Return all defined namespaces.
@@ -158,6 +183,14 @@ def self.namespaces
         Thor::Base.subclasses.map(&:namespace)
       end
 
+      # Keep builtin generators in an Array[Array[group, name]].
+      #
+      def self.builtin
+        Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/generators/*/*'].collect do |file|
+          file.split('/')[-2, 2]
+        end
+      end
+
       # Receives namespaces in an array and tries to find matching generators
       # in the load path. Each path is traversed into directory lookups. For
       # example:
diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/base.rb b/railties/lib/generators/base.rb
index 0d2d1657410c372249d5c378e44d01f851b33f3c..dcc210240e6b57f89bb19ba1e3b742a28e448532 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/base.rb
@@ -2,33 +2,6 @@
 
 module Rails
   module Generators
-    DEFAULTS = {
-      :fixture => true,
-      :force_plural => false,
-      :helper => true,
-      :layout => true,
-      :migration => true,
-      :orm => 'active_record',
-      :resource_controller => 'controller',
-      :scaffold_controller => 'scaffold_controller',
-      :singleton => false,
-      :stylesheets => true,
-      :test_framework => 'test_unit',
-      :template_engine => 'erb',
-      :timestamps => true
-    }
-
-    ALIASES = {
-      :actions => '-a',
-      :fixture_replacement => '-r',
-      :orm => '-o',
-      :resource_controller => '-c',
-      :scaffold_controller => '-c',
-      :stylesheets => '-y',
-      :test_framework => '-t',
-      :template_engine => '-e'
-    }
-
     class Error < Thor::Error
     end
 
@@ -137,7 +110,7 @@ def self.hook_for(*names, &block)
         names.each do |name|
           defaults = if options[:type] == :boolean
             { }
-          elsif [true, false].include?(options.fetch(:default, DEFAULTS[name]))
+          elsif [true, false].include?(options.fetch(:default, Rails::Generators.options[name]))
             { :banner => "" }
           else
             { :desc => "#{name.to_s.humanize} to be invoked", :banner => "NAME" }
@@ -212,12 +185,12 @@ def self.remove_hook_for(*names)
         end
       end
 
-      # Make class option aware of DEFAULTS and ALIASES.
+      # Make class option aware of Rails::Generators.options and Rails::Generators.aliases.
       #
       def self.class_option(name, options) #:nodoc:
         options[:desc]    = "Indicates when to generate #{name.to_s.humanize.downcase}" unless options.key?(:desc)
-        options[:aliases] = ALIASES[name]  unless options.key?(:aliases)
-        options[:default] = DEFAULTS[name] unless options.key?(:default)
+        options[:aliases] = Rails::Generators.aliases[name]  unless options.key?(:aliases)
+        options[:default] = Rails::Generators.options[name] unless options.key?(:default)
         super(name, options)
       end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index 1971d150c86eb4c42de13da70c1707c90d7fab25..dc1d360e3fc341aed85cd9043eab4ff7896594a8 100644
--- a/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'digest/md5' 
 require 'active_support/secure_random'
+require 'rails/version' unless defined?(RAILS::VERSION)
 
 module Rails::Generators
   class AppGenerator < Base
diff --git a/railties/lib/initializer.rb b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
index f0fb78c8f4fb715159fadac52e8e5484eb78ac61..fa7d2d524975c6a3e58de01033e87ea54cb6ff1d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/initializer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/initializer.rb
@@ -568,4 +568,14 @@ def self.run(initializer = nil, config = nil)
       ActiveSupport::Dependencies.unhook!
     end
   end
+
+  # Load generators if RAILS_ENV == "generators"
+  Initializer.default.add :initialize_generators do
+    if RAILS_ENV == "generators"
+      require 'generators'
+      Rails::Generators.no_color! unless config.generators.colorize_logging
+      Rails::Generators.aliases.merge! config.generators.aliases
+      Rails::Generators.options.merge! config.generators.options
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
index 4a5fe4da7d858209ad94cad4784f66f0293c5efd..1a8f261e6f4a417f59d8f32cd5291799be042ddb 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/configuration.rb
@@ -252,21 +252,25 @@ def reload_plugins?
 
     # Holds generators configuration:
     #
-    #   config.generators.orm :datamapper
-    #   config.generators.test_framework :rspec
-    #   config.generators.template_engine :haml
+    #   config.generators.orm = :datamapper
+    #   config.generators.test_framework = :rspec
+    #   config.generators.template_engine = :haml
     #
     # A block can also be given for less verbose configuration:
     #
     #   config.generators do |g|
-    #     g.orm :datamapper
-    #     g.test_framework :datamapper
-    #     g.template_engine :haml
+    #     g.orm = :datamapper
+    #     g.test_framework = :datamapper
+    #     g.template_engine = :haml
     #   end
     #
     # You can also configure/override aliases:
     #
-    #   config.generators.aliases :test_framework => "-w"
+    #   config.generators.aliases = :test_framework => "-w"
+    #
+    # Finally, to disable color in console, do:
+    #
+    #   config.generators.colorize_logging = false
     #
     def generators
       @generators ||= Generators.new
@@ -278,22 +282,19 @@ def generators
     end
 
     class Generators #:nodoc:
-      def initialize
-        @aliases, @options = {}, {}
-      end
+      attr_accessor :aliases, :options, :colorize_logging
 
-      def aliases(values=nil)
-        @aliases = values if values
-        @aliases
-      end
-
-      def options(values=nil)
-        @options = values if values
-        @options
+      def initialize
+        @aliases, @options, @colorize_logging = {}, {}, true
       end
 
       def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
-        @options[method.to_sym] = args.first
+        method = method.to_s
+        if method.gsub!(/=$/, '')
+          @options[method.to_sym] = args.first
+        else
+          super(method.to_sym, *args, &block)
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
index da78647ab372e9ff4b9e1f16f767652a44650240..0a423b4da269dc75fa245b743e676cb8f9b975fa 100644
--- a/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/initializer_test.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'abstract_unit'
 require 'initializer'
+require 'generators'
 
 require 'action_view'
 require 'action_mailer'
@@ -10,8 +11,19 @@ module Rails
   def self.configuration
     Rails::Configuration.new
   end
+
+  module Generators
+    def self.clear_aliases!
+      @aliases = nil
+    end
+
+    def self.clear_options!
+      @@options = nil
+    end
+  end
 end
 
+
 class ConfigurationMock < Rails::Configuration
   attr_reader :environment_path
 
@@ -279,32 +291,77 @@ def load_plugins!
 end
 
 class InitializerGeneratorsTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def test_generators_empty_aliases_and_options
-    assert_equal({}, Rails::Configuration.new.generators.aliases)
-    assert_equal({}, Rails::Configuration.new.generators.options)
+
+  def setup
+    @old_env_value = RAILS_ENV.dup
+    @configuration = Rails::Configuration.new
+    @initializer   = Rails::Initializer.default
+    @initializer.config = @configuration
+  end
+
+  def test_generators_default_values
+    assert_equal(true, @configuration.generators.colorize_logging)
+    assert_equal({}, @configuration.generators.aliases)
+    assert_equal({}, @configuration.generators.options)
   end
 
   def test_generators_set_options
-    config = Rails::Configuration.new
-    config.generators.orm :datamapper
-    config.generators.test_framework :rspec
-    assert_equal({ :orm => :datamapper, :test_framework => :rspec }, config.generators.options)
+    @configuration.generators.orm = :datamapper
+    @configuration.generators.test_framework = :rspec
+    assert_equal({ :orm => :datamapper, :test_framework => :rspec }, @configuration.generators.options)
   end
 
   def test_generators_set_aliases
-    config = Rails::Configuration.new
-    config.generators.aliases :test_framework => "-w"
-    assert_equal({ :test_framework => "-w" }, config.generators.aliases)
+    @configuration.generators.aliases = { :test_framework => "-w" }
+    assert_equal({ :test_framework => "-w" }, @configuration.generators.aliases)
   end
 
   def test_generators_with_block
-    config = Rails::Configuration.new
-    config.generators do |g|
-      g.orm :datamapper
-      g.test_framework :rspec
+    @configuration.generators do |g|
+      g.orm = :datamapper
+      g.test_framework = :rspec
     end
-    assert_equal({ :orm => :datamapper, :test_framework => :rspec }, config.generators.options)
+    assert_equal({ :orm => :datamapper, :test_framework => :rspec }, @configuration.generators.options)
   end
+
+  def test_generators_aliases_and_options_on_initialization
+    @configuration.generators.aliases = { :test_framework => "-w" }
+    @configuration.generators.orm = :datamapper
+    @configuration.generators.test_framework = :rspec
+
+    RAILS_ENV.replace "generators"
+    @initializer.run(:initialize_generators)
+
+    assert_equal :rspec, Rails::Generators.options[:test_framework]
+    assert_equal "-w", Rails::Generators.aliases[:test_framework]
+  end
+
+  def test_generators_no_color_on_initialization
+    @configuration.generators.colorize_logging = false
+    RAILS_ENV.replace "generators"
+    @initializer.run(:initialize_generators)
+    assert_equal Thor::Base.shell, Thor::Shell::Basic
+  end
+
+  def test_generators_raise_no_method_error_non_setters
+    assert_raise NoMethodError do
+      @configuration.generators.foo
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_generators_are_not_invoked_with_other_environments
+    @configuration.generators.test_framework = :rspec
+    @initializer.run(:initialize_generators)
+    assert_equal "test_unit", Rails::Generators.options[:test_framework]
+  end
+
+  protected
+
+    def teardown
+      RAILS_ENV.replace @old_env_value
+      Rails::Generators.clear_aliases!
+      Rails::Generators.clear_options!
+    end
 end
 
 class InitializerSetupI18nTests < Test::Unit::TestCase