diff --git a/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable.coffee.erb b/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable.coffee.erb
index d95fe78ac56b6880844a361f5ee6f1c63926e381..6a8b4eeb85575137dec41fd129db622259d7bd97 100644
--- a/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable.coffee.erb
+++ b/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable.coffee.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   getConfig: (name) ->
     element = document.head.querySelector("meta[name='action-cable-#{name}']")
-    element?.getAttribute("content")
+    element?.getAttribute("content") ? '/cable'
 
   createWebSocketURL: (url) ->
     if url and not /^wss?:/i.test(url)
diff --git a/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable/connection.coffee b/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable/connection.coffee
index ee888f567b40c1633b3e7c19cfc1bfccfcb69979..4244322a1e715795096b0a6c2813a1be4d71edc0 100644
--- a/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable/connection.coffee
+++ b/actioncable/app/assets/javascripts/action_cable/connection.coffee
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ class ActionCable.Connection
   @reopenDelay: 500
 
   constructor: (@consumer) ->
-    @open()
 
   send: (data) ->
+    unless @isOpen()
+      @open()
+
     if @isOpen()
       @webSocket.send(JSON.stringify(data))
       true
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/engine.rb b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/engine.rb
index f5f1cb59e0a43ac945705b0f2763f8fcebab8ccf..ae0c59dccddbe4b158ccaa69cacc175dfe8649b8 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/engine.rb
+++ b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/engine.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 module ActionCable
   class Railtie < Rails::Engine # :nodoc:
     config.action_cable = ActiveSupport::OrderedOptions.new
-    config.action_cable.url = '/cable'
+    config.action_cable.mount_path = '/cable'
 
     config.eager_load_namespaces << ActionCable
 
@@ -40,5 +40,16 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Engine # :nodoc:
         options.each { |k,v| send("#{k}=", v) }
       end
     end
+
+    initializer "action_cable.routes" do
+      config.after_initialize do |app|
+        config = app.config
+        unless config.action_cable.mount_path.nil?
+          app.routes.prepend do
+            mount ActionCable.server => config.action_cable.mount_path, internal: true
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/helpers/action_cable_helper.rb b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/helpers/action_cable_helper.rb
index 3067542b33ae57dcaa568f10c6edc17333f71685..200732fdcdfc9def416a9abf80c78374b09cb760 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/helpers/action_cable_helper.rb
+++ b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/helpers/action_cable_helper.rb
@@ -20,9 +20,20 @@ module ActionCableHelper
       # Make sure to specify the correct server location in each of your environments
       # config file:
       #
-      #   config.action_cable.url = "ws://example.com:28080"
+      #   config.action_cable.mount_path = "/cable123"
+      #   <%= action_cable_meta_tag %> would render:
+      #   => <meta name="action-cable-url" content="/cable123" />
+      #
+      #   config.action_cable.url = "ws://actioncable.com"
+      #   <%= action_cable_meta_tag %> would render:
+      #   => <meta name="action-cable-url" content="ws://actioncable.com" />
+      #
       def action_cable_meta_tag
-        tag "meta", name: "action-cable-url", content: Rails.application.config.action_cable.url
+        tag "meta", name: "action-cable-url", content: (
+          ActionCable.server.config.url ||
+          ActionCable.server.config.mount_path ||
+          raise("No Action Cable URL configured -- please configure this at config.action_cable.url")
+        )
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/configuration.rb b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/configuration.rb
index ee17bff13b0f891a7d0ac457250b42e24ef0e9f2..9a7301287ccc19567a712c0554216b37b3202150 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/configuration.rb
+++ b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/server/configuration.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Configuration
       attr_accessor :logger, :log_tags
       attr_accessor :connection_class, :worker_pool_size
       attr_accessor :disable_request_forgery_protection, :allowed_request_origins
-      attr_accessor :cable, :url
+      attr_accessor :cable, :url, :mount_path
 
       attr_accessor :channel_paths # :nodoc:
 
diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md
index 23866b1800d50e29a55635f2124e3a9f61c7246b..3f522386d308541ad913e5dbc1b30ee0a69a7329 100644
--- a/guides/source/configuring.md
+++ b/guides/source/configuring.md
@@ -613,6 +613,17 @@ There are a few configuration options available in Active Support:
 
 * `config.active_job.logger` accepts a logger conforming to the interface of Log4r or the default Ruby Logger class, which is then used to log information from Active Job. You can retrieve this logger by calling `logger` on either an Active Job class or an Active Job instance. Set to `nil` to disable logging.
 
+### Configuring Action Cable
+
+* `config.action_cable.url` accepts a string for the URL for where
+ you are hosting your Action Cable server. You would use this option
+if you are running Action Cable servers that are separated from your
+main application.
+* `config.action_cable.mount_path` accepts a string for where to mount Action
+  Cable, as apart of the main server process. Defaults to `/cable`.
+You can set this as nil to not mount Action Cable as apart of your
+normal Rails server.
+
 ### Configuring a Database
 
 Just about every Rails application will interact with a database. You can connect to the database by setting an environment variable `ENV['DATABASE_URL']` or by using a configuration file called `config/database.yml`.
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/cable.coffee b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/cable.coffee
index 07934d026f77c08f23d223a8cb9f3533d595881f..af08f58e340d9ab1a32fb0f894cdc7ca9b7dd12f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/cable.coffee
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/assets/javascripts/cable.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 # Action Cable provides the framework to deal with WebSockets in Rails.
 # You can generate new channels where WebSocket features live using the rails generate channel command.
 #
-# Turn on the cable connection by removing the comments after the require statements (and ensure it's also on in config/routes.rb).
-#
 #= require action_cable
 #= require_self
 #= require_tree ./channels
-#
-# @App ||= {}
-# App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer()
+
+@App ||= {}
+App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer()
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
index ec781721cbfb780cac7bdf4ad565c9e27332ff59..72258cc96b7eb7dbf68aa3f2bb81298577b6cc9c 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb.tt
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
   <head>
     <title><%= camelized %></title>
     <%%= csrf_meta_tags %>
-    <%- unless options[:skip_action_cable] -%>
-    <%%= action_cable_meta_tag %>
-    <%- end -%>
 
     <%- if options[:skip_javascript] -%>
     <%%= stylesheet_link_tag    'application', media: 'all' %>
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
index 236e42fcd76f90b00c0fb27813d2d8aaad93bfe6..0fc1179339d92b773c985641e524913bfc339806 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/environments/production.rb.tt
@@ -91,5 +91,9 @@ Rails.application.configure do
 
   # Do not dump schema after migrations.
   config.active_record.dump_schema_after_migration = false
+
+  # Don't mount Action Cable in the main server process.
+  # config.action_cable.mount_path = nil
+  # config.action_cable.url = "ws://example.com"
   <%- end -%>
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/routes.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/routes.rb
index 8293c8a483e8fa6c03eb0fd8e7360cd741a0cad7..787824f888b3bd1c3a56968e39c1fd47675b9c7a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/routes.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
   # For details on the DSL available within this file, see http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
-
-  # Serve websocket cable requests in-process
-  # mount ActionCable.server => '/cable'
 end
diff --git a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
index d1c828b509a20a66547fc2d83ae9a6eebf31b5e2..3db467256e8ca5789c8837f75fd41d7877d2b824 100644
--- a/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/application/rake_test.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_should_not_eager_load_model_for_rake
     end
 
     def test_code_statistics_sanity
-      assert_match "Code LOC: 14     Test LOC: 0     Code to Test Ratio: 1:0.0",
+      assert_match "Code LOC: 16     Test LOC: 0     Code to Test Ratio: 1:0.0",
         Dir.chdir(app_path){ `bin/rails stats` }
     end
 
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
index c2c3638f07ab04ee9113f68da03648aa0c7013d1..bc80c7eb1bf5ef07fce0861d56add92f74603b92 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/app_generator_test.rb
@@ -406,9 +406,6 @@ def test_generator_if_skip_action_cable_is_given
     assert_no_file "config/cable.yml"
     assert_no_file "app/assets/javascripts/cable.coffee"
     assert_no_file "app/channels"
-    assert_file "app/views/layouts/application.html.erb" do |content|
-      assert_no_match(/action_cable_meta_tag/, content)
-    end
     assert_file "Gemfile" do |content|
       assert_no_match(/redis/, content)
     end